of NFPA 10,17,17A and 2014

NFPA 96. Be

sure you

down load

the new GA

120-3-3

from the

SFMO web-

site and as

well be sure

to purchase the new IFC and

NFPA editions to be up to date!

Finally this edition of the GAF-

SED news features two events

where we promoted your asso-

ciation and or the products our

membership distribute. The

George Lanier Fire Lab and the

Georgia Fire Chief’s Associa-

tion , make your association

become better involved!

Daniel

It’s been a busy spring, hard to

believe school’s almost out and

the 2014 class is graduating.

Speaking of school, GAFSED an-

nounced Heather Wilson as the

first winner of the Randy Carlisle

memorial Scholarship program.

This $1,000.00 scholarship is

open to the children of a GAFSED

member company so if you have a

2015 graduate or currently en-

rolled college student please be

sure to apply, who knows maybe

your child could be the next

$1,000.00 winner!

As mentioned it has been a very

busy spring for GAFSED, it’s

board and membership. We held

the 14th. Annual Conference and

trade show during March at the

Renaissance Waverly Cobb Galle-

ria. Over 250 attended the event

which offered two training

classes, social opportunities', a

golf tournament which raised over

$2400.00 for the Georgia Burn

Foundation as well a first class

industry trade show with geo-

cache worth two state EEC

hours! I’d like to thank all of our

industry vendors and Associate

Members for participating and

supporting GAFSED’s trade

show. One vendor and Associ-

ate member which has went

above and beyond in support-

ing GAFSED was named Associ-

ate member of the year, con-

gratulations and thank you, to

Bobby Agee of Amerex Corpora-

tion.

GAFSED also hosted

the Georgia Fire Inspectors

Association GFIA for a 4 hour

class focusing on the changes

to the 2013 recently adopted

NFPA 17A & 96 standards,

that’s right in case you missed

it as of January 30th Georgia is

now using the 2012 Interna-

tional Fire Code, 2013 editions

P R E S I D E N T S C O R N E R

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George M. Lanier Fire Protection Laboratory Groundbreaking Ceremony By: Merrill Franklin, GAFSED Past President

I had the honor to put on a hard hat,

grab a gold shovel and “sling some

dirt” at the groundbreaking ceremony

of the George M. Lanier Fire Protec-

tion Laboratory that was held on

Monday, April 21, 2014. This new

laboratory will be located on the main

campus of the Georgia Public Safety

Training Center (GPSTC).

GAFSED was well represented by

our current president, Daniel

Laughlin, past president Cliff Ben-

nett and his wife Pam, Theresa

Carlisle and my wife Ellen.

This endeavor began

when it was recognized that there

was a need for more challenging

and innovative ways to train and

educate our Georgia fire profes-

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Family of George Lanier at Fire Laboratory Groundbreaking.

depth on the different type of

fusible links used in each

brand system. He also an-

swered many questions from

the Fire Marshals.

In March GAFSED hosted the

Georgia Fire Inspectors Asso-

ciation (GFIA) for a 4 hour

class on Kitchen Fire Systems

and updates to the newly

adopted editions of NFPA 17A

and 96.

The featured speaker for the

class of 60 AHJ’s was Mi-

chael Laderoute of Globe

Technologies. Michael did

a fantastic job and went in

G A F S E D H O S T S G E O R G I A F I R E I N S P E C T O R S A S S N .

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Many, if not most of us, have ex-

pressed the need for good “hands

on” training instead of just the stan-

dard eight hours in a classroom set-

ting. Well, your wish is coming soon.

Stay involved in our association and

take advantage of this great benefit

we will be offering to our member-

ship in a state-of-the art training fa-

cility.

The Georgia Fire Academy, the Georgia

State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Georgia

Association of Fire Safety Equipment

Dealers and the Georgia Fire Sprinkler

Association established a task force of

community stakeholders to address the

need for more “hands on” training.

I became involved in 2010,

as then president of GAFSED, when rep-

resentatives from the task force toured

a fire lab in Aiken, SC. We came back

and immediately began to get commit-

ments from fire equipment manufac-

tures to donate systems and other fire

protection related equipment to this lab.

It will be a unique public/private part-

nership of associations, industry, and

governmental agencies to provide our

own company technicians and Georgia

Fire Service students and opportunity to

view, touch and operate various fire

protection systems.

G R O U N D B R E A K I N G C O N T .

L-R Chief Danny Bowman, GAFSED Past President Merrill Franklin, Georgia State Fire Marshal Dwayne

Garriss, Ms. Diane Lanier, Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, Asst. Director Keith Howard

Michael Laderoute of Globe Technologies speaks with 60 mem-

bers of the Georgia Fire Inspectors Association.

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2 0 1 3 S T A N D A R D S A D O P T E D B Y S T A T E O F G E O R G I A

The National Fire Protection Associa-

tion (NFPA) has completed 2013

revisions of the following Standards

pertaining to our industry:

NFPA10 Standard for Portable

Fire Extinguishers 2013

NFPA 17 Standard for Pre Engi-

neered Dry Chemical Systems

2013

NFPA17A Standard for Pre Engi-

neered Wet Chemical Systems 2013

NFPA 96 Standard For Ventilation

Control and Fire Protection of Com-

mercial Cooking Operations. 2014

These Standards are available for pur-

chase now in both traditional hard copy,

and electronic versions at www.nfpa.org

OFFICERS For 2014

President— Daniel Laughlin - Pro-Tec Fire Protection, Loganville, GA.

Vice-President- Frank Middleton—Columbus Fire & Safety, Columbus, GA.

Treasurer- Lanny English - Fire Protection Services, Perry, GA.

Secretary- Arnold Harner - H&R Fire & Safety, Cartersville, GA.

Past President- Carl Horst– Security Fire Equipment, Valdosta, GA.

BOARD MEMBERS

Cliff Bennett- Cliff’s Fire Extinguisher, Woodstock, GA.

Merrill Franklin– Swift Fire Protection, Elberton, GA.

Scott Lewis– American Fire & Safety Supply Company, Ocala, FL.

Johnny Crawley– Superior Alarm & Fire Equipment, Thompson, GA.

Chris Hendrix- Hendrix Fire Protection, Statesboro, GA.

GAFSED Uniform Patches Get

You Recognized!

$3.00 ea. OR 5 for $10.00

To purchase contact: 706-283-8459

or email your order to; admin@gafsed.com

G A F S E D D O N A T E S T O G E O R G I A

F I R E F I G H T E R S B U R N F O U N D A T I O N

Cindy Howell has returned as our

GAFSED Administrator, contact Cindy

at: admin@gafsed.com with any

membership and/or training registra-

tion questions.

Please note our new mailing ad-

dress:

GAFSED

P.O. Box 345 Elberton, GA. 30635

ADDRESS CHANGE

Please update your records!

GET THE CURRENT ADOPTED GA. STANDARDS!

L-R Josh Bennett GAFSED Golf Chair, McKenzy Bailey GFFBF, Daniel Laughlin GAFSED

President, Cindy Howell GAFSED Administrator

and Amerex for their involvement

and support in making 2013 a

Successful year.

L-R GAFSED President Daniel Laughlin,

State Fire Marshal, GAFSED Honorary

Member Dwayne Garriss, Amerex VP

Southeast Sales Bobby Agee, Amerex VP

Special Hazards GAFSED Honorary Mem-

ber Craig Voelkert.

The GAFSED Board chose Bobby

Agee with the Amerex Corpora-

tion, as the 2013 Associate

Member of the Year. Bobby

was very active in GAFSED in

2013 often traveling from his

home in Virginia to attend a GAF-

SED Quarterly Board meeting ‘s

and lend support to our associa-

tion. The Board thanks Bobby

A S S O C I A T E M E M B E R O F T H E Y E A R ; B O B B Y A G G E E A M E R E X C O R P O R A T I O N

Winner of the 1st Annual GAFSED / Randy Carlisle Memorial Scholarship

SED / Randy Carlisle Memorial

Scholarship Committee along

with the GAFSED Board of Direc-

tors was proud to donate a check

in the amount of $1,000.00 to

Mrs. Joy Wilson on behalf of her

daughter Heather to further

Heather’s college career.

This scholarship will be

awarded each year to a deserving

high school senior or college stu-

dent who has ties to GAFSED and

to our industry here in Georgia.

For more details and deadlines

for applications check out the link

on our web site at

www.gafsed.org.

Thanks so much, Arnold Harner

(Scholarship Committee Chair-

man).

The first annual GAFSED /

Randy Carlisle Memorial Scholar-

ship was awarded Friday night,

March 21st, 2014 to Miss

Heather Wilson of Loganville

Georgia. Heather has completed

her sophomore year of college at

the Georgia College and State

University in Milledgeville Geor-

gia with a career goal of becom-

ing a pediatric nurse.

Heather had an out-

standing essay as well as a stel-

lar letter of reference from one

of her college professors. She

also provided the scholarship

committee with a long list of

Community Service activities

that she has been or currently is

involved in. For these reasons

along with many others the GAF-

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L-R Arnold Harner scholarship Chair, Daniel Laughlin GAFSED President,

Teresa Carlisle H&R Fire, Joy Wilson Heathers Mother, Camie Carlisle

H&R Fire, Scott Lewis Scholarship Committee

GAFSED 2014 TRAINING CALENDAR

Kitchen Systems Permit: Tuesday July 15th. GPSTC Forsyth, GA. (LAST CLASS)

Industrial Systems Permit: Wednesday July 16th. GPSTC Forsyth, GA. (LAST CLASS)

Portable Fire Extinguisher Permit: Thursday July 17th. GPSTC Forsyth, GA.

September, TBA.

Engineered Systems Permit: September, TBA.

On May 4-5th GAFSED Past

Presidents Carl Horst, Secu-

rity Fire Equipment and

Chris Hendrix, Hendrix Fire

Protection represented GAF-

SED at the Georgia Associa-

tion of Fire Chiefs, Spring

Conference in Savannah.

The spring conference and

trade show is attended by

more than 150 Chiefs and

Assistant Chiefs from across

Georgia.

This is the fourth year GAF-

SED has been invited to

participate, Carl and Chris

discussed with the Chiefs a

Worchester Poly Technical

Institute (WPI) and Eastern

Kentucky University (EKU)

study “Ordinary People &

Effective Operation of Fire

Extinguishers”. The first aca-

demic study of an individu-

als ability to use a fire extin-

guisher.

G A F S E D A T T E N D S G E O R G I A A S S O C I A T I O N F I R E C H I E F S C O N F E R E N C E

T H A N K Y O U T O O U R 2 0 1 4 C O N F R E N C E V E N D O R S !

The GAFSED Board

would like to thank

the 16 industry ven-

dors that participated

in our trade show geo

cache in March!

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GAFSED Past President Chris Hendrix discusses extinguisher study

with Savannah Chatam County Fire Marshal Craig Landolt

GAFSED

P.O. Box 345

Elberton, GA. 30635

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