Presidents Message

Michael Madden, P.E., FSFPE

November 8, 2015

GOVERNANCE

Strategic Plan Implementation

Constitution & Bylaws Revisions
Standing Rules
New Committee Structure
New Election Process

2015 Board of Directors

Officers & Exec. Committee
Past Pres: Carl Baldassarra
President: Michael Madden
President-Elect: Milosh
Puchovsky
Sec/Treasurer: Jack Poole
Ex-Officio: Nicole Boston

Directors
Dan Arnold
David Barber
Jim Begley
JC Harrington
Stephen Kerber
Brian Meacham
Paul Rivers
Michael Stromgren
Beth Tubbs
Victoria Valentine
Peter Willse
John Woycheese

2016 Board of Directors

Officers & Exec. Committee
Past Pres: Michael Madden
President: Milosh Puchovsky
President-Elect: Paul Rivers
Sec/Treasurer: Jack Poole
Ex-Officio: Nicole Boston

Directors
Beth Tubbs (2016-2018)
Victoria Valentine (2016-2018)
Dan Arnold (2016-2018)
JC Harrington (2016-2017)
Mike Crowley (2016-2017)
Stephen Kerber (2016-2017)
W. Chow (2016)
John Woycheese (2016)
Michael Stromgren (2016)

MEMBERSHIP & CHAPTERS

Membership (as of 11/2/15)

4,091 total members
3,826 paying members; 265 non-paying members
26% of the membership is made up of members
outside of U.S.
3,044 within U.S.
1,047 outside the U.S.

382 new paying members since January 2015

Membership Breakdown
Members: 1,991
Professionals: 1,653
Students: 254
Fellows: 168
Recent Graduates: 14
Honorary*: 11

Members for Life*: 67

Retired: 64

* These categories are no longer available.

Membership History

(as reported to the IRS of paying members)

2008
All
Members
Dues

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

3,998

4,021

4,060

4,123

4,040

4,019

3,945

743K

850K

758K

780K

712K

748K

724K

Membership History
2008-2014
900000
850000
800000
750000
700000
650000
600000
2008

2009

2010

2011
Dues

2012

2013

2014

Corporate 100 Partners

No. of Partners: 65
Benefactors: 14
Patrons: 13
Members: 16
Small Business: 22

New Partners:
ACCNT Fire Safety
Associates
Automatic Fire Controls
DITEK Corporation
Victaulic
Upgraded:
TERPconsulting to Patron
WPI to Member

Global Outreach Efforts

ASHRAE Conference

NFPA

Future City Competition CESSE

ECCG Activities

Fire Safe (Dubai)

AOCCG Activities
(Jakarta)

NEMA Conference

IAAI Conference

FSSA CPD course

MEETINGS & EDUCATION

Largest Conference in SFPE History

2007 Las Vegas
2008 Charlotte
2009 Scottsdale
2010 New Orleans
2011 Portland
2012 Savannah
2013 Austin
2014 Long Beach
2015 Philadelphia
0

50

100

150

Total Participants

200

250

300

Conference Attendees

350

400

450

CPD Seminars in Philadelphia

Course

Number

Revenue

Industrial Special Hazards Fire Protection

13

$6,550

Smoke Control Session I: Fundamentals and

Pressurization Systems

13

$6,525

11
Smoke Control Session II: Design Fires,
Atrium Smoke Control and Tenability Systems

$5,375

Principles of Fire Protection Engineering

14

$13,137

Beyond Cause & Origin: Engineering Analysis

of Building Fire

10

$8,250

Protecting Flammable and Combustible

Liquids

18

$8,725

Hydraulic Calculations for Fire Safety

Sprinkler Systems

$3,450

Fire and Life Safety Design of Very Tall Buildings:

Challenges and Strategies

$3,025

Total

92

$55,037

Partnered with Benelux, Espaa, France, Italy, Poland, Sweden &

United Kingdom Chapters

157 attendees, 4 keynotes, 34 presentations, and a poster session

2 event sponsors: NFPA & Promat

5 keynote sponsors: Bengt Dahlgren, Hoare Lea, JVVA, SP Technical

Research Institute of Sweden, Swissi

2 exhibitors

Pre-conference 2-day CPD Seminar Evacuation for Fire Safety

Engineering

Member-Only Webinars
Jan: SFPEs Strategic Plan 2015-2017 (150 attendees)
Feb: Intelligibility Requirements of NFPA 72 Dispelling the Myths (236 attendees)
Mar: The Kiss Nightclub Fire A Chronicle of a Death Foretold (357 attendees)
Apr: A Proper Use of CFD Models (390 attendees)
May: Post-Earthquake Fire Performance of Buildings (220 attendees)
Jun: Health Care Fire Protection Do We Have it Right? (197 attendees)
Jul: Tall Timber Buildings Compliance and Engineering Solutions (236 attendees)
Sep: Tragedy at Isle Verte Fire Protection Engineering Perspectives (250
attendees)
Oct: Roof Fire Spread Factors with Roof-Mounted Solar Panels (360 attendees)
Nov: Property Risk Optimization by Predictive Hazard Evaluation Tool (PROPHET)

CPD Online Courses

FPE P.E. Exam
131 registrants (record
high)
Approx. $188K in total
revenue
$94K to XL Gaps / $94K
to SFPE

Certified Fire Protection

Specialist (CFPS)
Spring: 23 registered $15,800 revenue - $7,360
to XL Gaps / $8,440 to
SFPE
Fall: 10 registered $7,175 revenue as of 1029-15

Education in Latin America

SFPE has partnered with the Fire
Protection Institute (FPI) to deliver
SFPE courses in Latin America (except
Brazil) in Spanish language.

COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC

RELATIONS

Fire Protection Engineering

magazine
Coming Q1 2016
Will be a benefit of SFPE membership
Same content as original with additional
member-centric content
Digital edition

Book Store
SFPE sales through 10/31- 587 copies
Copies in 2014 644 copies
SFPE sales through 10/31 - $115,273
Sales in 2014 - $104,170
NFPA royalties through 10/31 $10, 243
NFPA royalties in 2014 - $12,122
ICC Royalties through 10/31 $695
ICC royalties in 2014 - $2,206

Electronic Distribution of
SFPE Publications
SFPE is partnering with Knovel to
include SFPE copyrighted publications
(Standards and Guides) in Knovels
digital repository.

PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS

Licensure
2014 exam completed on October 30, 2015
2016 exam in draft form (on-schedule)
Full committee met in March at Clemson to prepare exam for
computerized testing
Attended 2015 NCEES Annual Meeting
Computerized testing scheduled for 2019

Licensure
6

problem-writing sessions in 2015

Atlanta Chapter
CSRA Chapter
Hawaii Chapter
New England Chapter
Rocky Mountain Chapter
Tennessee Valley Chapter

Higher Education & ABET

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) completed accreditation for
first time
Fire protection engineering technology criteria approved by
ABET
CJ now serves on the new ABET Board of Delegates, Engineering
Delegation, and Engineering Technology Delegation. All three
groups met for first time in October.
Attended advisory board meetings at OSU, EKU and UMD

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES

Committee Work
Predicting the Thermal Response of Structural Assemblies
SFPEs 2nd standard, published in 2015
Human Behavior in Fire

First draft 95% complete. Plan to have out for public comment at start of 2016.

Design Fire Scenarios

Adopted triplet methodology (scenarios design fires acceptance criteria). Committee will
provide an update in Warsaw.

SFPEs 1st Standard on Fire Exposures

Starting process to update document.

New technical page on SFPE website will help increase transparency in

standards and guideline-making process.

5th Edition of the Handbook

Handbook 3 volumes
$299 for members
$1,199 list price

eBook
$299 for members
$959 list price

Codes & Standards

SFPE now liaison to ISO TC 92, SC 4. SFPE made presentation about
technical program in October
Attended Code Action Committee and Industry Advisory Council
meetings
Chris Jelenewicz is now member of NFPA 101 and 5000 Fundamentals
Committee
Attended NFPA Education Workshop & Sprinkler Workshop in December
Chris Jelenewicz is now member of UL Fire Council

THANK YOU

2014 SFPE Treasurers Report

Jack Poole, P.E., FSFPE
November 8, 2015

2014 Financial Summary

Budget
Revenues
Program Expense
Mgmt & General
Net

Actual

$1,870,673

$2,018,614

$908,639

$1,360,236

$1,022,836

$500,548

- $60,802

$157,830

Four-Year Comparison
2011
2012
2013
$1,591,074 $1,687,501 $1,626,261

$2,018,614

Expenditures $1,621,150 $1,719,312 $1,511,440

$1,860,784

Gain/Loss

$157,830

Revenues

-$30,076

-$31,811

$114,820

2014

Income and Expenses

2500000

2000000

1500000
Revenues
Expenses
1000000

500000

0
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Income Summary
$2,500,000

$2,000,000
Misc
Grants

$1,500,000

Exposition
Corporate 100
Publications

$1,000,000

Education
Dues

$500,000

$0
2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2014 Income Details

Actual

Budget

+/-

Dues

$724,471

$915,348

-$190,877

Exhibits &
Sponsors

$201,063

Education &
Conferences

$818,584

Publications

$214,963

$267,000

-$52,037

Misc

$59,533

$4,200

$55,333

Total

$2,018,614

$1,870,673

$147,941

$684,125

$335,522

2014 Expenses
Budget
Program
Expenses
Operating
Expenses
Total

Actual

+/-

$908,639

$1,360,236

+$2,268,875

$1,022,836

$500,548

-$522,288

$1,931,475

$1,860,784

-$70,691

2014 Summary

First year revenues came in over 2 million in SFPEs history

Exceeded budget by over $218K
First audit (consolidated with Foundation)
Membership dues and publications fell short
Education and conferences very strong- PBD, Long Beach,
CPD seminars, expo & sponsors
Staff vacancy for FPE
Strong focus on reducing waste and cutting expenses

YTD 2015 Income

As of 9/30

Budget

+/-

Dues

$547,983

$940,000

-$392,017

Education

$480,080

$635,000

-$154,920

Publications

$160,857

$289,750

-$128,893

Expo

$115,182

$150,000

-$34,818

Misc

$11,966

11,000

$966

Total $1,316,068

$2,025,750

-$709,682

YTD 2015 Expenses

Expenses
Expenses

As of 9/30 2014 Budget

$1,080,018

+/-

$2,167,146 -$1,087,128

Investment Reserves (as of

9/30)
Cash - $44,371
Equities - $870,931
Fixed Income - $365,018
Alternatives - $70,873
Total Value - $1,351,194

Sep-15

Jun-15

Mar-15

Dec-14

Sep-14

Jun-14

Mar-14

Dec-13

Sep-13

Jun-13

Mar-13

Dec-12

Sep-12

Jun-12

Mar-12

Dec-11

Sep-11

Jun-11

Mar-11

Dec-10

Sep-10

Jun-10

Mar-10

Dec-09

Reserves

$1,600,000

$1,400,000

$1,200,000

$1,000,000

$800,000

$600,000

$400,000

$200,000

$0

2015 Summary
SFPE is in a solid financial position
$1.3 million in investment reserves and trending up despite market
turbulence this year (investing net from 2014)
New office space/new construction and move completed
Terminating relationship w/ Penton Media
New sales partner Network Media Partners
Very successful launch of inaugural European conference in
Copenhagen
Largest annual conference to date here in Philadelphia

Looking Ahead to 2016

Emphasis on creating member value and stronger technical
leadership
New 5th Edition of SFPE Handbook
New Human Behaviors publication in 2016
New revenue streams from advertising and NMP sales efforts
New Career Center
Revised Corporate 100 Partner Program for 2016

2015 CEOs Report

Nicole Testa Boston, CAE

Staffing
Added Maggie McGary,
Communications & Public Relations
Added Kendall Talbert,
Administrative Assistant
Hiring a Fire Protection Engineer!

New Office & Open House in March

New
Member
Database

Group Insurance
Available late this year
Extend group discounts to current members
for
Life Insurance
Health Insurance
Professional Liability Insurance

Revised C100 Program for 2016

Partnering with Rocky Mountain

Chapter

Milosh Puchovsky, Sean Donohue

and Zachary Niehues to co-chair
event

Need volunteers for Program

Committee - see Melissa Franco

Look at new program format

NMP sell exhibits and

sponsorships

SFPE 2017 Montreal, Canada

Conference will be held at the newly renovated

Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, October 8-13, 2017

Web Site
New Design
New Member Only Area
New Archives/Resources
Submitted for an award

SFPE Career Center

FPE Extra Digital News

Will take the place of Emerging Trends
Will be emailed to existing Emerging
Trends subscribers (entire DB)
Beginning January 2016

SFPeUpdate
Monthly member e-newsletter
Replaces SFPE eNews in an updated,
accessible format
Will showcase SFPE news and member
information

SFPE Europe Digital

Debuted May 2015
Two issues in 2015
Two digital plus one
print planned for 2016

Infrastructure Changes
Terminated poorly-performing relationship with
Penton
Hired new sales team (NMP)
Hired editor (Kim Howard)
Hired printer/mail house
Hired designers (Bonotom Studio)

Coming in 2016
SFPE videos
Annual report
Enhancements to web site
Online communities

Priorities from Strategic Plan

Committee implementation
Chapter alignment
Define core competencies and criteria
Define core curriculum and develop plan and
business model to create courses
Credentialing/accreditation

2016 Priorities Contd

Develop a research agenda
Identify prioritized list of future SFPE
guides and standards

THANK YOU

Vision 2016
Milosh Puchovsky , P.E.,
FSFPE, SFPE President-Elect

2015 Report to the

Membership
April Leyla Hammond, FSFPE

Board of Governors
April Hammond, FSFPE (chair)
Dan Arnold, P.E., FSFPE
Kerry Bell, P.E., FSFPE
Nicole Testa Boston, CAE (clerk)
Sam Dannaway, P.E., FSFPE
Paul Fitzgerald, P.E., FSFPE (treasurer)
Thomas Gray, P.E., FSFPE (vice chair)
Jeffrey Mattern, P.E., FSFPE (fundraising chair)
Joseph Talbert, P.E., FSFPE
Randolph Tucker, P.E., FSFPE

2015 Update
New Foundation website up and running
Award pages updated and enhanced

Chapter donations are at an all time high

Donations from members and friends of the
Foundation are steady
New software for online donations implemented
First financial audit completed

Student Scholar Award

2015 recipient is Dr. Karl Fridolf,
Lund University, includes $1,000
monetary award
Research on Rail Tunnel Evacuation

Arthur B. Guise Medal

2015 recipient is Professor Takeyoshi
Tanaka, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University,
includes $2,000 monetary award
Integration of Fire Risk Concept is a Key for
Sound Performance-Based Fire Safety Design
Methods

Jack Bono Engineering

Communications Award
2015 recipient is Dr. Elizabeth Blanchard,
FPE at CSTB in France, includes $2,000
monetary award
Study of the Interaction Between Water
Spray and Fire in a Tunnel Configuration

Dr. Guylne Proulx, OC,

Scholarship
In 2015, $5,000 USD awarded to Robert Brown and Prof. Edwin
Galea at University of Greenwich (UK) for research on Human
Performance Data from Planned Trials on Passenger Ships at
Sea
Applications for 2016 will be available in mid-November
Deadline is December 31
Award made by March 1

Student Scholarships
$15,000 USD student scholarship to Egle
Rackauskaite at the Imperial College of
London for research on traveling fires
$5,000 USD to WPI for work completing
textbook Fire Performance Analysis for
Buildings

Chief Donald J. Burns Memorial

Research Grant
Sponsored by Bentley Systems, $25,000 each
year for five years
2015 recipient was Nahom Daniel from Imperial College of
London for research on Fire Navigator
Proposals for 2016 deadline is December 15
Three prior recipients: University of Texas, University of
Maryland and Imperial College of London

Notable Recent Donations

Chapter donations to general fund

Texas Chapters - $5,000

Hawaii Chapter - $250
Southern Ontario - $250
NY Metropolitan - $2,000
CT Valley - $1,660.51

UL endowment for the Jack Bono Award - $2,500 annually

Member donations made when renewing approx. $10K
since January
St. Lawrence Chapter donation to Proulx fund - $3K

Future Plans
Update of Foundations Constitution &
Bylaws
2016 Budget
Annual giving request in late 2015
Fundraising campaign over five years

CHAPTER DONATIONS

THANK YOU

SFPE Chapter Relations

Report
Michael Madden, P.E., FSFPE
SFPE President
November 8, 2015

Chapters 81
US: 43 chapters
Students: 15 chapters
Asian-Oceania CCG:10 chapters
European CCG: 7 chapters
Canada: 4 chapters
Gulf Region: 2 chapters

Chapter Updates
2015 New Chapter
Kyungmin University Student Chapter

Pending Chapter Approval

Utah Chapter
India Chapter
Switzerland Chapter

Standing Committee on Members,

Chapters and Interest Groups (MCI)
Chapters will be represented under the MCI. The
new group will consist of chapter leaders and
alternates.
Goal to create stronger ties between the chapters
and Society, aid in the formation of new chapters, as
well as disseminate Society news and information.

Chapter Best Practices

Quarterly Webinars
Developing and Fully Utilizing a Chapter Website
presented by Jeffrey DeMaine and Andrew
Woodward of New England Chapter (1/21)
Establishing and Managing a Scholarship Program
presented by Gerard Naylis and William Quirk of
New Jersey Chapter (4/13)

Chapter Webinars, contd.

Find an FPE Program presented by Douglas
Fisher, P.E., FSFPE of Greater Atlanta
Chapter (9/24)
Conducting a PE Exam Problem Writing
Session presented by Chris Jelenewicz, P.E.,
FSFPE at 4:00 pm EST (12/10)

New Programs for Chapters

Newly formatted Chapter Leadership Forum
Seeking better alignment in driving our mission
Supplied chapters with new banners and table cloths
with new SFPE Chapter logo
Revised Chapter News sent to the chapter leaders and
alternates
Insurance audit and coverage for chapters and
Foundation as well as foreign travel coverage

CHAPTER EXCELLENCE
AWARDS

Bronze
Central Virginia

Mid-South

China

PhiladelphiaDelaware Valley

Houston
Japan

San Diego and

Imperial Counties

Silver
Hawaii

Southern Ontario

New York Empire

Sweden

New York Metropolitan

Taiwan

Oklahoma

United Kingdom

Rocky Mountain

Gold
Austin-San Antonio

New Jersey

Central Savannah River

Northern California-

Area

Nevada

Chicago

Tennessee Valley

Greater Atlanta

Saudi Arabia

New England

St. Laurent