The Society of Fire Protection Engineers has announced its annual meeting and professional development conference will be held Oct. 17-21 in San Diego, Calif. The week’s events will focus on the “wave of the future” in fire protection engineering.

The annual meeting will be followed by the awards banquet and will feature a special presentation by former SR-71 pilot Col. Buz Carpenter.

Educational events that demonstrate how science and technology are used to make the world safe from fire will start Oct. 18, including a symposium on advances in fire suppression technologies, nine seminars and the engineering technology showcase.

Presentations for the Advances in Fire Suppression Technologies Symposium entitled Develop and Engineer New Fire Suppression Solutions to Protect People, Environment and Property on Oct. 18 and 19 will focus on the state of the art in fire protection for critical or sensitive areas.
   
The seminars include a wide range of topics including:

Principals of Fire Protection Engineering
Smoke Control
Sprinkler Design for the Engineer
Introduction to Structural Fire Protection
Advanced Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview
Human Behavior in Fire
How to Study for the Fire Protection Engineering Professional Engineering Exam
Dust Explosions.

Displays from more than 40 companies are expected for the engineering technology showcase on Oct. 18.