Presenter: Scott Futrell
During this presentation Scott will walk us through some specific case studies of systems that he has worked on to try and mitigate ongoing issues related to errors in design, install and maintenance.
As president and founder of Futrell Fire Consult & Design, Inc. Scott has provided services related to fire code consulting, project management, system design, and loss investigation of fire protection systems for a broad range of building types and system failures since 1989. He is a Fire Protection Engineer registered in the State of Wisconsin and has been in the Fire Protection industry since 1975. Mr. Futrell is a Fellow in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, a Certified Fire Protection Specialist, a Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator, is Chairperson and on the instructors for the task force that has written the curriculum for the Society of Fire Protection Engineers classes entitled Sprinkler Design for Engineers (since 2000), the Protection of High-Piled Storage, and Hydraulic Calculations. For the National Fire Protection Research Foundation, he has served as a member on the technical panels for the Residential Sprinklers and Sloped Ceilings (2008 to 2010), Home Fire Sprinklers and Antifreeze Solutions Literature Review (2010), Home Fire Sprinklers and Antifreeze Solutions Phase II (2010), Antifreeze in Commercial Sprinkler Systems (2012), Reliability Based Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (2012), and other more recent projects. A large percentage of Mr. Futrell's time is currently spent investigating the failures of fire protection systems and fire protection system components.
As we stated in our previous email, we will be hosting our meeting at a new location (St Louis Park Tavern) and will be going over some items to do with the future of our chapter. It is very important that we get registrations in with enough notice to let the venue know how much food we will need to provide, so please try and get registered by no later than Wednesday, September 14th.
Membership is not mandatory for this program, but always encouraged. See you there!
Schedule
Social hour - 5:00 p.m.
Dinner - 5:30 p.m.
Business Meeting - 5:45 p.m.
Presentation - 6:00 p.m.
Park Tavern
3401 Louisiana Avenue South
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Meeting, Program, and Dinner Costs
$20.00 (Members of MN SFPE)
$25.00 (Non-members of MN SFPE)
Reservations must be made before 4:00 pm Wednesday, September 14th, 2022.