Lineup of Seminars and Class Sessions for 2025
Tuesday Seminars March 11
8:30am – 4:30pm
Seminar 1 Fire Pump Class and SPP Pump Factory Practial Kevin Biando – The Biando Group, Chris Dilday – SPP Pumps, Wills Lacrosse – Lacrosse Engineering
Seminar 2 Tech Symposium Honeywell Data Center – Garth Dehoff, Reliable Sprinkler for Battery Storage – Phil Friday, CSA Group – Michael Becker & Woody Ridgeway
Seminar 3 Special Hazards Classes presented by FSSA
Wednesday Sessions – March 12
Session 1A Copenhagen Stock Exchange Fire John Frank – AXAXL Chris Jelenewicz – SFPE, Brian Meacham – Fire, Risk & Regulatory Consultant, Brigitte Messerschmidt – NFPA
Session 1B PANEL Discussion: Fire Protection of Parking Structures with Modern Vehicles Rick Fluegge – City of Charleston, Victoria Hutchinson – NFPA, Brett Martin – CAN Insurance, John Fisher – GSA, Moderator: Dan Dahl
Session 1C Fire Protection in Buildings Under Construction Bob Duval – NFPA
Session 1D Engineering for the Unknown: Preparing for Future Fire Hazards in Emerging Technologies Patrick Durham – StashD
Session 2A Repair and Restoration of Mass Timbered Buildings after a Fire (Final Extinguishment) Carl Baldassarra – WJE
Session 2B Combustible Dust and What NFPA is Doing with the New NFPA 660 Rob McFeaters – Harrington Group
Session 2C Data Center Fire Protection David Quirk – DLB Associates
Session 2D FM New Data Sheet 7-122 Li-Ion Battery Manufacturing and Storage Stephanie Thomas – FM Global
Session 3A Mastering the Pre-Plan for Automatic Storage Retrieval Systems (ASRS) Sean Gray – Carine, Inc., Nathan Lordemann – Carine, Inc., Andrew Trost – Carine, Inc.
Session 3B Bio-Lab Fire Incident Review Scott Stookey – Austin FD
Session 3C Window Sprinklers and Window Curtains Melissa Rodriguez – Johnson Controls
Session 3D Li-Ion Batteries Noah Ryder – Fire and Risk Alliance, LLC
Session 4A Healthcare – NFPA 101 Michael Crowley – Coffman Engineers
Session 4B Lessons Learned from Loss Investigations can Make you a Better FPE/Designer Mike Ernst – Coffman Engineers
Session 4C Adaptive Reuse Challenges in Georgia Craig Landolt – GA State Fire Marshal
Session 4D Emergency Response to Electric Vehicle Incidents Chris Soda – Junk Yard Dog Extrication Training
If you have any questions please reach out to Tracy Williams directly at 770-355-0774 or email at tracysfpeatlanta@gmail.com
CONFERENCE LOCATION – GAS SOUTH DISTRICT 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth, Georgia 30097 (770) 813-7500
HOTELS IN THE AREA WITH DISCOUNT RATE LISTED BELOW – Map of hotels near Gas South District
BLOCKS FOR SFPE GAC CONFERENCE
Courtyard Atlanta NE/Duluth Sugarloaf 1948 Satellite Blvd. – Duluth, GA 30097 $149-$159
Hampton Inn – Lawrenceville I-85/Sugarloaf 6010 Sugarloaf Parkway – Lawrenceville, GA 30043 $120
The Westin Atlanta Gwinnett 6450 Sugarloaf Pkwy – DULUTH, GA 30097 $239 Book your group rate for SFPE GAC Conference 2025
OTHER HOTELS NEAR GAS SOUTH DISTRICT CONFERENCE CENTER
Aloft Lawrenceville 2110 North Brown Rd – Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Home2 Suites Lawrenceville Atlanta Sugarloaf 1765 North Brown Road – Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Homewood Suites by Hilton Lawrenceville Duluth 1775 North Brown Road – Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Residence Inn by Marriott – Atlanta NE/Duluth Sugarloaf 1940 Satellite Blvd – Duluth, GA 30097