Continuing for Spring 2025: Electronic PDHs will be available to Chapter members at no cost for virtual presentations. If you are not a current member you may still enjoy the presentation at no charge, or pay $10 at registration to be granted a PDH.
This is an online event. You must join from a computer, no dial-in only information is available. The meeting details will be made available when you register.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES and OUTCOMES:
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Identify types of fire hazards and risks associated with sustainable building attributes.
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Understand how sustainability and fire safety objectives might be in competition and how this can be resolved by considering the concept of sustainable and fire resilient built environments (SAFR-BE).
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Learn how the decision framework for sustainable and fire resilient buildings (SAFR-B) was developed and how it works.
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Learn through example how application of the SAFR-B framework can help identify problems and appropriate mitigation strategies.
Presenter: Dr. Brian Meacham - Crux Consulting, LLC - Director of Risk and Regulatory Consulting
Brian is Director of Risk & Regulatory Consulting at Crux Consulting, Boston, MA and Adjunct Professor in Fire Safety Engineering at Lund University, Sweden. He develops risk-informed performance-based solutions to complex building, infrastructure and fire safety management challenges, provides peer-review services and conducts building and fire regulatory system studies. He also conducts research in these areas as well as in sustainable and fire resilient built environments, fire safety technologies and sociotechnical systems approaches. Over his 40 years in the profession, Brian has undertaken work for government entities, the private sector, and NGOs around the world. He has also served in many leadership roles, including: Chair of the Code Development Committee for the ICC Performance Code, Immediate Past Chair and Trustee of the International Association for Fire Safety Science, Member of the Research advisory Board of the UL Fire Safety Research Institute, a Past President of the SFPE, a Past Chair of the NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Risk Assessment Methods, Vice Chair of the IFSS Coalition Committee on a Decade of Action for Fire Safety, and a past Chair of the Inter-jurisdictional Regulatory Collaboration Committee. He is a licensed PE in CT and MA, a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers (UK), a registered European Engineer (EUR ING), a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, a Fulbright Global Scholar, and a Fulbright Specialist.
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