October 23, 2008 - Gregory Cade, U.S. Fire Administrator, will join leaders with a wide range of expertise in areas of fire protection and safety at a symposium hosted by the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) to focus on preparing for the next 25 years. The event will take place November 17-18 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.
The one-and-a-half days of meetings will include keynotes and panel sessions on the following topics:
- Future Fire Protection: the Social and Demographic Context
- Tomorrow's Materials and Technologies and Fire Safety
- Tomorrow's Sustainability Challenges and Fire Safety
Speakers:
- James M. Shannon, President, National Fire Protection Association and Chairman, FPRF Board of Trustees
- Kevin McCarthy, Ph.D., Senior Social Scientist, RAND Corporation
- Philip Anton, Ph.D., Director, Acquisition and Technology Policy Center, RAND Corporation
- Craig Beyler, Ph.D., Hughes Associates, Inc. and Chairman, International Association of Fire Safety Science
- Shere Abbott, Director, Center for Science and Practice of Sustainability, University of Texas at Austin
- Kathleen Almand, Executive Director, Fire Protection Research Foundation
Panel session participants:
- Fred Mowrer, University of Maryland
- Gregory Cade, U.S. Fire Administration
- Paul Hough, Armstrong World Industries
- William Koffel, Koffel Associates
- Ozzie Mirkhah, Las Vegas Fire and Rescue
- Kathy Ann Notarianni, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Stacy Welch, Marriott Corporation
- Greg Monty, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
- Robert Boyer, GE Fire and Security
- John Dean, State of Maine
- Russ Fleming, National Fire Sprinkler Association
- Anthony Hamins, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Bob Khan, Phoenix Fire Department
- Ian Stronach, Rio Tinto
- Carl Baldassarra, Schirmer Engineering Corporation
- Ed Altizer, State of Virginia
- James Golinveaux, Tyco Fire and Building Products
- Jon Hall, FM Global
- Jim Pauley, Schneider Electric
- Bill Stewart, Toronto Fire Services
- Ian Thomas, Victoria University
The Fire Protection Research Foundation plans, manages, and communicates consortium-funded research on a broad range of fire safety issues in collaboration with scientists and laboratories around the world. The Foundation is an affiliate of NFPA.
NFPA has been a worldwide leader in providing fire, electrical, building, and life safety to the public since 1896. The mission of the international nonprofit organization is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
