Guest Speaker
Modern Fire Conditions and Impact on Building Safety
Chief Sean De Crane
October 5, 2016
Chief Sean De Crane is a 25+ year veteran of the Cleveland Division of Fire. He has risen through the ranks and currently serves as a Battalion Chief covering Cleveland’s Westside. He has served as the Director of Training and Acting Chief of Operations.
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Chief De Crane has been very involved in the research at the Underwriters Laboratories and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He serves on the UL Fire Council, and is a member of the UL Fire Fighter Safety Research Institute. Chief DeCrane also represents the IAFF in the International Code Council process and has served on the 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018 Fire Code Developing Committee and Foundation on Tall Wood Buildings and was recently appointed as the IAFF alternate to the NFPA Fire Behavior Research Technical Committee.
Hanover Park Fire Department 6850 Barrington Road Hanover Park 630-823-5800
Class Location Hanover Park Fire Department Station#1 6850 Barrington Road Hanover Park
To Register Modern Fire Conditions And Impact on Building Safety Today’s modern fire environment is hugely different than it was years ago. We have seen saturation in the market place of fuel loads with increased heat release rates. These changing environments expose occupants, firefighters and the building’s structural elements to greater extremes. This has caused the timeframe of operations for firefighters to dramatically change. Historically, response times permitted firefighters to arrive prior to flashover. We are now seeing that it has been reduced to the point where firefighters are arriving when conditions are ripe for extreme fire behavior. These changes have implications for occupants, responding firefighters and how we construct and protect todays built environment. In this class we will look at modern fire dynamics, growth rates, impacts on occupant safety, firefighter safety and structural safety. We will also examine residential construction techniques including traditional dimensional
Continued….. lumber, modern dimensional lumber and engineered floor systems; changes from legacy construction to modern day construction. We will examine their performance under fire conditions and review potential protection strategies. We will also review recent research projects as they apply to the modern fire environment, recent code changes and their impact to firefighter safety and potential avenues to improved occupant safety. This class is designed for and will benefit both the firefighter, building code officials, building inspectors and plans examiners.
Email the following information to: Battalion Chief Pikora
lpikora@hpil.org Attendee Name: __________________________ Department:_______________________ ______ PO# (if applicable):_
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Class Cost: $80.00 per person
Includes lunch on site Return registration information by: September 30, 2016 Make Checks Payable To: Village of Hanover Park **Check-in Required** Check-in Begins at 7:30 am Questions? Contact: Battalion Chief Larry Pikora 630-823-5806 630-823-5810 (fax) lpikora@hpil.org
Registration Deadline: September 30, 2016