Members Save Time and Money with Products and Services to Better Their Business The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) strives to provide the best benefits to members to help advance their businesses in new and advantageous ways and also simplify business practices where possible. AFSA currently offers eight “Business Solutions,” …
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Members Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is recognizing members who are celebrating milestone membership anniversaries. The member companies featured here have belonged to AFSA for 15 or more years of continuous membership. “During a time where the world is chaotic and filled with uncertainties, one thing …
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Each issue, AFSA’s Engineering & Technical Services Department presents 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. Update for 2022—each issue of Sprinkler Age will focus on one …
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I hope you all had a great holiday season and are looking forward to the new year as much as I am. I am praying that 2022 takes us further from the pandemic’s peak and allows us to move closer to the lifestyle we truly enjoyed before COVID. AFSA’s founding …
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AFSA Ushers In Additional Dues Categories In 2020 the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) Board of Directors voted to increase the membership dues structure for only the second time in the past 20 years. That action was needed to keep pace with the rising cost of doing business, and the …
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A Look Back at Four Decades of Serving Members This year, the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) will celebrate at its 40th Annual Convention & Exhibition at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas! With such a milestone anniversary comes the opportunity to reflect on …
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Fire Sprinkler Advocate of the Year Louisiana State Fire Marshal H. “Butch” Browning Goes the Extra Mile Louisianans always like to give “lagniappe,” or a little extra, to friends, family, customers… whoever is the recipient of their business or generosity. This year’s Fire Sprinkler Advocate of the Year awardee is …
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Members Celebrate Milestone Anniversaries The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) is recognizing members who are celebrating milestone membership anniversaries. The member companies featured here have belonged to AFSA for 15 or more years of continuous membership. “Thank you to all those who are celebrating AFSA anniversaries and to all our …
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A Brief History of the Premier Fire Sprinkler Association Before there was ever an American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA), there was the Independent Sprinkler Training Committee (ISTC). During the 1981 NFPA convention in Dallas, ISTC held its third meeting, with over 60 people in attendance. At the time, the ISTC’s …
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AFSA’s Dallas School Goes on Following Historic 100-Year Winter Event As Texas faced record-low temperatures and snow and ice made roads impassable, the state’s electric grid operator lost control of the power supply, leaving 4.5 million without access to electricity and many subject to boil orders. Due to the prolonged …
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