Expertise Can assist ONLY with water-based fire protection, specifically fire sprinklers. Legislative issues, education, home fire sprinklers, where to find resources, and promoting fire sprinklers as "Green". Mostly NFPA 13, 13R, 13D, 14, 20, 24, 25, 101 and model building, residential, and fire codes.
Experience Fire sprinklers, code enforcement, working with legislation, creating reports, presentations. Familiar with the LEED system. NY Regional Manager of the National Fire Sprinkler Assn. Member of two NFPA committees and the American Water Works Assn - Fire Protection Committee. I have done countless presentations and articles involving the fire sprinkler concept. Presently a memebr of the NY State subcommittee to the Codes Council for dwelling fire sprinklers.
Organizations NFPA, ICC, AWWA, SFPE, NYSBOC, NY Fire Marshals, Greater NYC FSDA, US Green Building Council.
Publications NFPA Fire Service Section newsletter, SQ Magazine, NFSA Regional Reports.
Education/Credentials Former NJ Certified Firefighter, Fire Inspector, Fire Official, and Fire Instructor. Presently an NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist and NY Certified Code Enforcement Official.
Awards and Honors US Army- GCM, and Honorable Discharge. Fire Service- 2 commendations.
Q: I have a First Alert alarm/monitoring system (FA110C) with six zones (3 entry doors, 3 IR sensors). ... A: Christos~ Depending on price, it may be worthy to replace afer a few years. You should call the ...
Q: Help! One of 7 fire alarms has a red light and is making another one chirp. I have replaced old with ... A: Firefighters usually recommend changing batteries (and placing into recycle) every 6 months, but not ...
Q: We have the above system that is monitored by our own mobile phones (not a monitoring company). We ... A: Perri~ Here is the manual. I do not see a Mobile Phone feature. ...
Q: my napco 1000 chirps from time to time any ideas have replaced battery already A: Here is the manual. http://www.central.cc/tech/pdf/napco1000UserManual.pdf How old is the ...
Q: I have an 8980 that I was disabling the telephone line fault because we no longer have a home phone. ... A: Roy~ Best I can do is supply the link to the Owner' Manuals. Hopeflly you can find the appropriate ...
Q: I had a wired smoke alarms with battery back-up on each of our three floors in the house, they were ... A: I'm fairly sure your detector is way past it's replacemnt date. Most smoke alarms/detectors are to ...
Q: We have 5 FIREX AD smoke detectors in our house. Yesterday 3 of the 5 started going off at about ... A: Please contact Firex immediately or your alarm company if you have one. This situation must be ...
Q: I have 2 alarms in my house...tonight one of them went off..screaching until I pulled electrical ... A: Liz~ Not the answer you ae expecting, but at 10 years old, it needs to be replaced. This would fix ...
Q: I have a Vista-20se alarm system. It's almost 7 years old. Recently I noticed a continuous chiming. ... A: Suresh~ Here is the web page for your product; ...
Q: I live in a Skyline Mobile Home that I purchased new in 2005. There are three smoke alarms in here ... A: Diane~ My immediate opinion is to call the Home's manufacturer and/or the smoke alarm manufacturer. ...
Q: My new vacation home (completed December 12) has inside sprinkler system installed. The builder has ... A: Tracy~ Sorry to read of this issue. I would visit www.HomeFireSprinkler.org and look for a ...
Q: We recently purchased a 1950's vintage warehouse. It has two fire sprinkler systems splitting the ... A: Mark~ If the system is required by code, you must fix or replace, but either way will require an ...
Q: We recently purchased a 1950's vintage warehouse. It has two fire sprinkler systems splitting the ... A: In my opinion, I think it will be difficult to get a fire sprinkler contractor to take ...
