August 17, 2022
Featured Articles
AFSA Chapter Shares Fire Protection Industry Opportunities with Local High School Students The American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) Virginia Chapter held an interactive Fire Protection Industry Career Fair on March 29, 2022, at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in Richmond, Virginia, focusing on fire protection careers in fire sprinkler, …
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June 30, 2022
Association News, Chapter, Education, Featured Articles, Industry
Event Brings Industry Together The Sacramento Valley Chapter of the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) held its 10th Annual Training & Trade Show on March 10, 2022, at Thunder Valley Casino Resort in Lincoln, California. In the morning, AFSA Vice President of Engineering & Technical Services John August Denhardt, P.E., …
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June 30, 2022
Education, Featured Articles, Technical Articles
Can You Meet the Challenge? Each issue, AFSA’s Engineering & Technical Services Department staff present technical challenges. Besides testing yourself and your co-workers, these exercises are excellent preparation for professional certification tests and also may count as continuing education hours. Check with your certification organization. Each issue of Sprinkler Age …
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June 29, 2022
Featured Articles
Help AFSA Help You Everywhere I go, I hear people talk about the current crisis facing the construction industry, and especially in our fire sprinkler industry: • We don’t have enough labor to do the available jobs. • Steel prices and other material prices keep going up. • Supply chain …
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June 28, 2022
Featured Articles
It Was a Great Day for Golf On October 13, 2021, the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s (AFSA) Virginia Chapter held is 28th Annual Burn Survivors Golf Tournament at the Williamsburg National Golf Club in Williamsburg, Virginia. It was a great day filled with beautiful weather, spectacular golf, and great camaraderie …
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June 26, 2022
Education, Featured Articles, Industry
ITM, Hydraulic Calculations, Design, and Apprenticeship Programs Offered In-Person and Virtually The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is your education destination! The association has new education training programs to meet everyone’s needs. Invest in your business and empower your employees in 2022 with these offerings, developed based on AFSA member …
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June 24, 2022
Association News, Featured Articles, Industry, Membership
One of the primary missions of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is to formulate health and safety standards. The term “standard” includes various technical words that prescribe rules, guidelines, best practices, specifications, test methods, design or installation procedures, and the like. The size, scope, and subject matter of standards …
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June 23, 2022
Association News, Convention, Featured Articles, Industry, People
Despite the challenges we’re living through—from economic recession, war in Ukraine, and the nightly news showing criminal atrocities—not to mention the pandemic or the availability of trained people to hire—we need to remain optimistic to succeed. Let’s learn from the past… It’s a little-known fact that more millionaires were made …
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June 22, 2022
Association News, Chapter, Featured Articles, Industry, Membership
Remembering Your “Why” There are thousands of contractor companies in the United States. Out of those thousands, less than half are members of a professional organization. Those who are members join for an intended purpose, whether it be networking, training, professional development, or professional advice. It’s called their “why”—why they …
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June 22, 2022
Convention, Education, Featured Articles, Industry
AFSA41 in Las Vegas Features Nearly 60 Technical and Managerial Seminars The biggest and brightest minds in the fire sprinkler industry are converging Las Vegas for AFSA41: Convention, Exhibition & Apprentice Competition, to be held October 16-19, 2022. Learn from the best and earn CEUs, CPDs, and Contact Hours with …
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