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• NCN-SFPE Joint Meeting : Professional Fire Protection Engineering Licensure in California

  • When
    October 14, 2024
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Virtual

  
  

  Please join us on Monday, October 14, 2024 for a virtual meeting on Professional Fire Protection Engineering Licensure in California.

  JOINT MEETING OF THE SOCAL, NORCAL/NEVADA, & SAN DIEGO SFPE CHAPTERS

  Topic: Professional Fire Protection Engineering Licensure in California

  Date: October 14, 2024

  Location: Live Virtual Event - Online Only (Zoom) 

  Speaker: Ric Moore, BPELSG Executive Officer

  Meeting Flyer: October Meeting Flyer

  Registration: https://www.sfpesocal.org/event-5871786
  

  NOTE: Registration will be through SoCal SFPE website. Please choose Option 2: Virtual Registration - NCN SFPE Chapter.

  Registration will close on Friday October 11^th.  The Zoom meeting link will be emailed to you no later than 9 am the day of the event.

  Schedule:
  

  11:30 - 11:45 AM: Chapter Business 

  11:45 - 1:00 PM: Keynote Presentation including Q&A 

  Description: What you need to know from the CA Board of Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists (BPELSG)

  • About BPELSG
  • California’s Professional Engineer License Types
  • Common laws and requirements PEs need to know
  • Fire Protection PE as the Board sees it
  • Fire Protection Licensure statistics
  • Answers to questions you submit in advance Link to submit your questions by 4 October  (link address: https://forms.gle/CqF3msU59eehh1cF6)
  • Live Q&A

  Biography: Ric Moore, BPELSG Executive Officer
  

  After working in the land surveying profession for more than 30 years, Ric Moore began working at the Board in 2007 when he contracted as the Land Surveyor Consultant to what was then BPELS.  In 2009, he joined staff by assuming the newly formed Senior Registrar Land Surveyor position.  After managing the licensing examination operations of the Board, Ric was appointed to be the BPELSG Executive Officer in July 2011.

  
  

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• NCNSFPE Joint Meeting with NorCal FPO

  • When
    October 25, 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    777 B Street, Hayward CA 94541
  • Registered
    4 registrants

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  Join us for a joint meeting with Northern California Fire Prevention Officers Association, networking, lunch and drinks!

  Public parking is available at 871 B St, Hayward, CA 94541

  Location: Meeting room 2A

  Tentative Agenda (to Be Confirmed)

  I.    CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
  II.    MOMENT OF SILENCE
  III.    APPOINTMENT OF SERGEANT AT ARMS/MODERATOR
  IV.    PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  V.    INTRODUCTION OF HOSTS
  VI.    INTRODUCTION OF VISITING FIRE CHIEFS, BUILDING OFFICIALS & DIGNITARIES
  VII.    INTRODUCTIONS
  VIII.    PAST PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A QUORUM
  IX.    APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
  X.    ANNOUNCEMENTS
  XI.    EXTERNAL REPORTS/UPDATES

  XII.    EXCHANGE OF IDEAS/GOOD FOR THE ORDER

  XIII.    COMMITTEE BREAKOUT SESSION
  

  XIV.    LUNCH (At Noon)
  XV.    COMMITTEE REPORTS

  
  

  
  XVI.    AFTERNOON PROGRAM (Starting at 1:30pm)

  Presentation Topic: Performance-Based Structural Fire Engineering, Bevan Jones, P.E., Principal, Holmes

  • Advantages of performance-based design, particularly in light of recent developments in the Codes (improved structural fire safety, possibility to accelerate construction schedules, improved aesthetics, sustainability, optimized life-cycle maintenance)
  • Concept of reliability-based structural fire engineering
  • Case studies
  • Q&A

  The afternoon session will be followed by networking event (drinks included).
  
  XVII.    ADJOURNMENT
  

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• 2024 NCN-SFPE Golf Tournament/Scholarship Fundraiser - REGISTRATION ENDS NOVEMBER 3rd

  • When
    November 08, 2024
  •  
    8:00 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Lake Chabot Golf Course 11450 Golf Links Road Oakland, CA 94605
  • Spaces left
    65

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  2024 Northern California-Nevada Society of Fire Protection Engineers

  Golf Tournament /Scholarship Fundraiser

   

  The Northern California/Nevada Chapter of SFPE is pleased to announce its annual golf tournament and scholarship fundraiser to be held at the beautiful Lake Chabot Golf Course located in Oakland, CA on:  Friday, November 8, 2024.  Shotgun start at 8 AM. Rain or shine. Registration opens at 7AM.

  Not only is this a great opportunity for professionals in the field to network and enjoy a beautiful golf outing in a social environment, but it is also the perfect time to give back to the Society to benefit others pursuing careers in the field of Fire Protection.  Proceeds from the 2024 NCN-SFPE Tournament will be used to help fund the 2025 Northern California-Nevada SFPE Chapter College Scholarship for students who have demonstrated outstanding dedication and promise in Fire Protection Engineering. 

  Registration ends November 3rd.
  

  The $195 entry fee includes:
  

  Greens fee, golf cart, warm-up range balls, breakfast burrito, and post tournament meal during the awards ceremony. There will be a raffle with great prizes (one complimentary raffle ticket with each entry fee, and more available for purchase). Of course, there will be some contest holes for you to test your skills!

  Sign up for the tournament at the NCN-SFPE website.   

  Click on the “Events” tab and scroll down to the “2024 Golf Tournament.”  Once there, you will be able to register as an individual or for multiple players.  Here you can also pre-purchase raffle tickets!

  The tournament is open to anyone interested in participating.  We will accommodate any number of players, including singles, members and non-members. 

  If you are interested in sponsoring (Gold Sponsor $2,500, Silver Sponsor $1,500, Golf Holes $300 per hole, Meal sponsor $2,000), donating a prize for the raffle, or donating golf balls or tees with your company logo, please contact:  

  Hamed Salehi, hsalehi@thefireconsultants.com 925.322.3460

  Jon Corbett, Treasurer, jon@lockedinfire.com 925.566.4160

  Matthew Signes, matthew.signes@victaulic.com 415.416.8375

  If you have business contacts that would like to sponsor, donate or participate in the tournament, please share this information with them.

   

  COME JOIN US FOR ANOTHER GREAT EVENT AND HELP SUPPORT OUR CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISING ACTIVITY!

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