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2010 January - February - March - April - May - June July - August - September 2009 January - February - March - April - May - June July - August - September - October - November December |
States covered: Alaska Idaho Oregon Washington |
Contractor Area Director:
James Boulanger |
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Don Pamplin is the former Fire Chief of the Vancouver Fire & Rescue Department
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, having served in that department for 38
years with the last 14 of those years working at a senior chief level involving
all aspects of the delivery of comprehensive fire protection to the third
largest city in Canada. He is also the former President of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (for all of Canada) and former President of the Greater Vancouver Fire Chiefs Association in British Columbia, serving a population base of over two million residents. He has also served several years as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors for the Justice Institute of British Columbia, which is a multi-disciplined training center for all fire, police, paramedics and emergency management personnel in that province. In 1990, As Fire Chief, he was instrumental in establishing a comprehensive sprinkler ordinance that required fire sprinklers in all newly constructed residential occupancies, including single family homes. At that time and still currently, the ordinance is recognized as the most significant and comprehensive fire protection ordinance in all of North America. Since official retirement from the Vancouver Department, he has previously served as the Western Regional Manager for the Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association and since the year 2000 has held the position of Pacific Northwest Regional Manager for the National Fire Sprinkler Association. |
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- Proposed changes to Contractor / Fitter Licensing law in WA
- Proposed OR legislation for contractor licensing and financial incentives for residential sprinkler installations
- AK and ID pushing for adoption of International Building and Fire Codes.
- NFSA surveying problematic AHJ policies for sprinkler installations in WA.
- Shortage of fitters and designers continues in NW.
- We need additional sponsors for NFSA Seminars.
- OR fire service and AHJ's pushing for 1/2" Wirsbo com-
- Continuing work to improve awareness of life saving and cost benefits of fire sprinkler systems for home builders and buyers and insurance industry.
bined systems for residential fire protection.
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