SFPE 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
Michael Crowley, 2020 PresidentNicole Boston, CEO
June 30, 2020
2019 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
BALANCE SHEET
Assets 2016 2017 2018 2019Cash and cash equivalents 532,460 240,941 176,590 83,658Accounts receivable 117,466 157,523 205,904 230,441Prepaid expenses 115,030 135,858 119,895 150,011Publications Inventory 36,853 19,455 18,265 13,695Property and equipment 83,353 70,023 56,907 47,866Investments 1,691,210 2,377,333 2,261,098 2,722,062Deposits 21,320 21,320 21,320 21,320TOTAL ASSETS 2,597,692 3,022,453 2,859,979 3,269,054
BALANCE SHEET
Liabilities and Equity 2016 2017 2018 2019Accounts payable and accrued expenses
243,880 297,042 274,202 243,886
Deferred revenue 543,812 660,116 606,436 651,499Equity (net assets) 1,810,000 2,066,295 1,979,341 2,373,669TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2,597,692 3,023,453 2,859,979 3,269,054
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESOPERATING REVENUE 2016 2017 2018 2019
Membership dues 742,566 769,634 873,798 837,455
C100 165,874 172,034 160,883 167,316
Registrations 663,729 704,354 865,108 797,941
Sponsorships & exhibits 130,094 167,308 195,847 235,338
Royalties 274,328 366,974 286,469 312,647
Publications 182,474 150,843 138,327 167,976
Other income 8,552 22,619 23,997 11,338
TOTAL REVENUE 2,167,617 2,353,766 2,544,430 2,530,010
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIESOPERATING EXPENSE 2018 2019
Personnel Expenses 1,037,279 1,057,698
Travel 116,082 171,070
Meetings 479,780 395,683
Contracted Services 362,829 340,396
Honoraria and Royalties 94,633 133,575
Foundation Donation 0 50,000
Facilities and Equipment 151,153 154,283
Operating 129,665 146,093
Business Expenses 157,252 161,248
TOTAL EXPENSES 2,528,673 2,610,045
RESERVE INVESTMENTS
$807,478
$908,822
$859,788
$963,290
$1,138,766
$1,170,507
$1,384,914
$1,691,210
$2,377,322
$2,261,098
$2,722,062
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INCOME AND EXPENSES
2019 SUMMARY
• 2019 best year in history of SFPE, financially• Topped 3 million in total revenue• Two successful events in Malaga, Spain and Chandler, Arizona• Published Human Behaviors Guide and Compensation Report• Transitioned to computerized testing model for NCEES FPE exam• New investments in SFPE Foundation• Decision to create European legal entity
2019/20 BOARD OF DIRECTORSPosition 2019 2020President Brian Meacham Mike CrowleyPresident-Elect Mike Crowley Jack PooleSecretary-Treasurer Jack Poole Dan ArnoldPast-President JC Harrington Brian MeachamCEO Nicole Boston Nicole Boston
Dan Arnold John CampbellJohn Campbell Jimmy JonssonWan-Ki Chow Shaun KellyJimmy Jonsson Amanda KimballAmanda Kimball Bob LibbyBob Libby Tony MilitelloTony Militello Armelle MullerArmelle Muller Shamim Rashid-SumarBeth Tubbs Beth Tubbs
SFPE MISSIONTo define, develop, and advance the use of engineering best practices; expand the scientific and technical knowledge base; and educate the global fire safety community to reduce fire risk.
SFPE VISIONThe leaders in engineering a fire safe world.
2018-2020 STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
1. Advocate for the profession2. Serve the education needs across the lifespan of the FPE/FSE professional’s
career3. Be the trusted resource for the FPE/FSE profession4. Establish the Society as a global organization – including our chapters and
member communities – that meets the profession’s needs and our vision, mission, and strategic goals
MEMBERSHIP AND CHAPTER RELATIONS
Bill Koffel, CMC ChairJulie Gordon, Membership
and Marketing DirectorAustin Guerrazzi, Marketing
ManagerMaxine Katz, Administrative
Assistant
MEMBERSHIP HISTORY 3952 3965 4076 4147 4109 4297 4327
329 274 292 329 414420 432
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2014-2020
Paying Members Non-Paying
RECRUITMENT AND ATTRITION
465501
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396 417465
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2014-2019
New Members Dropped Members
MEMBER GRADES
Of our 4,759 membersMember: 2,716Professional Member: 1,422Fellow: 189Student: 427 Honorary: 5*
57%30%
4%9% 0%
Member Professional Fellow Student Honorary
STUDENTS AND EARLY CAREER PROFESSIONALS
• 22 student chapters• 427 student members
TOP 10 COUNTRIES
United States - 3347
Canada - 261
United Kingdom - 157
Australia - 123
New Zealand – 114
China – 62
India - 52
Sweden – 37
United Arab Emirates – 35
Italy - 32
TOP 10 STATES
California – 288
Maryland - 264
Massachusetts - 225
Texas - 195
Illinois – 185
New York –156
Georgia -145
Pennsylvania – 136
Virginia – 133
Florida - 105
NUMBER OF WOMEN IN FPE IS GROWING
90%
10%
Male Female
77%
23%
Male FemaleMembers Students
GENERATIONAL BREAKDOWN
Decade Born
22
628
985878
976
744
252 274
2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 1950s 1949 and earlier Unreported
CHAPTER GROWTH
Latin AmericaAfricaOceaniaAsiaMiddle EastCanadaEuropeStudentUSAYear
2020201920182017201620152014201320122011201020092008
64 68 69 70 72 73 76 82 8390
97102
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6 NEW CHAPTERS FORMED IN 2020
• Cyprus Chapter• Egypt Chapter• Germany Chapter• Greece Chapter• Hong Kong Polytechnic Student Chapter• Pakistan Chapter
SFPE EUROPE
• International expansion and focus in Europe• Hired PT European Director, Jose Luis Fernandez – let go in April 2020 • Focus on:
• European events• European alliances• Member growth • New chapters• Technical groups
• Forming legal entity based in Brussels, late 2020 or early 2021
CORPORATE 100 PARTNERS
No. of Partners: 56• Visionaries: 6• Benefactors: 9• Patrons: 11• Sustainers: 31
2020 Member Needs Report
SURVEY RESPONSE
29
13.3%Response
Rate
11-24 Feb 2020
Dates in the field
598Total
Responses455 complete
143 partial
2017 - 290 committee members
RESPONDENT PROFILE
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Age29% are under age 36
41% are between ages 36 and 5530% are 56 or older
Membership Tenure36% 5 or less years35% 6 to 20 years
28% for more than 20 years
Professional FPE Tenure11% 5 or less years38% 6 to 20 years
51% more than 20 years
Regions75% North America
12% Europe5% Asia
KEY FINDINGS
PRIORITIES: NEXT GEN AND EDUCATION
32
• Respondents reported the most important priorities for SFPE are to attract and guide the next generation of FPEs and focus on improving and expanding SFPE’s education offerings.
LACK OF AWARENESS & QUALIFICATION
33
• Key challenges impacting the profession include a lack of awareness of the FPE professionand an inadequate number of qualified FPEs to fill workforce demand.
LEARNING & OPPORTUNITY
34
• In addition to those two challenges, respondents also reported that in the next 3 -5 years SFPE will need to address challenges around having sufficient professional development and training opportunities for mid-career professionals.
FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING
35
The majority of respondents (74%) want SFPE to represent the field of FPEs as a whole rather than the
needs of its members.
PERCEPTIONS
36
• SFPE is largely viewed as a respected, global and relevant association. Members reported that they would like to associate SFPE as being multidisciplinary, cutting-edge and collaborative in the future.
US V. GLOBAL
37
• Half (51%) of the domestic respondents reported that SFPE should focus on expanding its global presencerather than U.S.-based initiatives.
PARTNERSHIPS
38
The greatest interest area for expanding SFPE’s global presence was through partnerships with societies outside of the U.S.
VALUE
39
• SFPE benefits from strong satisfaction and net promoter scores but has opportunity to strengthen perceptions around its value to cost among members.
STANDING COMMITTEES
928 VOLUNTEERS
COA, 8%
CMC, 6%
CPD, 24%
CPQ, 12%
RTM, 50%
COA CMC CPD CPQ RTM
2019 AWARDS & HONORS
8 Fellows inductedNEW! 5 Under 35 recipients22 Professional Members upgraded17 Society award recipients3 Foundation award recipients42 Awards for Chapter Excellence (ACE) winners
• 14 gold• 15 silver• 13 bronze
ON THE CMC HORIZON…
• A new SFPE Membership Experience Launching in Q4 of 2020• New SFPE membership database• New SFPE website• Launch of SFPE Connect - SFPE enhanced
member online community• Enhanced value proposition• New Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Subcommittee
OUTREACH AND ADVOCACY
Jared Thibodaux, COA Chair
Julie Gordon, Membership and Marketing Director
Web Traffic: 2019 – End of Jan 2020
GLOBAL WEB TRAFFIC (FROM 2019 – END JAN 2020)
SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
• Facebook page grew from 7,928 to 8,011 followers
• LinkedIn group increased from 19,419 to 19,743 members
• Twitter has 3,105 followers, 454,200 tweet impressions and 440 mentions
• 217,911+ overall YouTube views
JOBS BY THE NUMBERS
• 57 resumes uploaded in 2019. 241 total job candidates uploaded a resume in SFPE’s Career Center
• 88 employer signups in 2019. 372 total employer signups
• 91 resume views in 2019. 269 total resume views
• 73 job postings in 2019. 307 total job postings
• 31,913 job views in 2019. 164,981 total job views
NEWS BY THE NUMBERS
• FPE Magazine digital 3,127 unique readers and 8,256 article views; 51,236 page views
• SFPE Europe Magazine – 20,520 digital distribution list
• SFPeUpdate – 4,230 member distribution list
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
• Women in Fire Protection Engineering
• Emerging Professionals• Fire Service• Students
COA SUMMARY
• Increase recognition of SFPE as the source for information on FPE and expand communications to others regarding the value of quality FPE
• Participate in student outreach projects such as the Future City competition and U.S. Science and Engineering festival
• Develop strategic partnerships with other allied organizations
RESEARCH, TOOLS & METHODS
Greg Baker, RTM ChairChris Jelenewicz, Technical
DirectorRyan Tunkel, Project
CoordinatorCarla Kalogederis,
Magazine EditorMadison West, Student
Intern
FPE MAGAZINE
FIRE TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
• Guillermo Rein, editor-in-chief• Published by Springer• Available digital (members get this for free)
and print• 6X year
E-NEWS
5TH EDITIONSFPE HANDBOOK
OF FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING• The definitive reference on fire protection
engineering, now expanded to three volumes• Available in electronic format for the first time• Work is started on 6th edition which should be
completed in 2022 and published in 2023 through Springer
SFPE HANDBOOK
OF FIRE PROTECTION
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GUIDE TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN FIRE (2ND EDITION)
• Published by Springer in 2019• Available in electronic & print• New content related to:
• Incapacitating effects of fire effluent & toxicity analysis methods
• Occupant behavioral scenarios• Movement models and behavioral models• Egress model selection, verification, and
validation• Estimation of uncertainty and use of safety
factors• Enhancing human response to emergency
notification and messaging
GUIDELINES FOR PEER REVIEW IN THE FIRE
PROTECTION DESIGN PROCESS
The new 2020 edition includes:
• A listing of definitions related to peer review terminology
• More defined description of qualifications in line with the SFPE Recommended Minimum Technical Core Competencies for Practice of Fire Protection Engineering
• Information complementing the SFPE Code of Ethics for Fire Protection Engineers
• Added details to the important components of a peer review
• Added content related to the limitations of the documentAvailable for free digital download.
SPRINKLER HYDRAULICS AND WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, 3RD EDITION
• Updated by Russ Fleming former president of the National Fire Sprinkler Association
• This book provides guidance to engineers, engineering technicians and code enforcement personnel on how to perform fire sprinkler system hydraulic calculations
• Provides guidance on how to perform these calculations by hand and by computer.
Available September 2020
UNDER DEVELOPMENT
• Fire Risk Assessment – 2020• Tall Building Guide – 2020• Fire Scenarios Standard – Early 2021• Fire on Calculating Fire Exposures to Structures Standard – 2021• Performance-based Design Standard – Early 2022• Thermal Response Standard – 2022• Design Fires Standard – 2022• Substantiating a Computer Model Guide – 2022• Existing Building Guide – 2023• 6th Edition of Handbook - 2023
CODES AND STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
• Working to increase SFPE standards and guides references in all model building / fire codes
• Subcommittee established to focus on: NFPA – over 200 public inputs
SFPE Guides & Standards currently referenced over 400 times in NFPA documents ICC
Code Change Proposal Resulted in New Appendix “O” on PBD Subcommittee assisted in writing commentary for smoke control section of the IBC Presentation on PBD at last ICC Annual Meeting
CEN – creating task group to work on references in Europe ISO – Liaison on ISO TC 92, SC04 (Fire Protection Engineering)
RESEARCH ROADMAP
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Doug Fisher, CPQ ChairVictoria B. Valentine, Director Professional
Qualifications
MAINTAINING LICENSURE EXAM
Sessions in 2017› Central Savannah› Greater Atlanta› New England› New York Metro› Oklahoma› Rocky Mountain› Tennessee Valley
Sessions in 2018› Annual Conference
(TN)› Central Savannah
River› Greater Atlanta› New England› New York Metro› Rocky Mountain
Sessions in 2019› New York Metro› Greater Atlanta› Central Savannah River
Area› New England› Tennessee Valley› Annual Conference
(AZ)
FIRE PROTECTION NCEES PE EXAMINATION
1010 1110 1210 1310 2014. P10
2015. P10
2016. P10
2017. P10
2018. P10
2019. P10 2020. C10
Total Number
Examinees213 201 208 210 212 203 199 234 241 299
First Computer
Based Test
Offered
No. of 1st Time
Examinees134 120 142 137 147 140 133 164 165 210
1st Time Pass Rate 52% 68% 60% 69% 64% 61% 68% 64% 56% 55%
Repeat Pass Rate 29% 44% 29% 37% 32% 25% 39% 44% 28% 29%
2019 COMPENSATION SURVEY
• 2019 Survey results now available!
• Survey was conducted by Compensation Consulting Services, Inc.
• Over 1100 people participated in the survey.
87%
13%
Male
Female
2019 Survey Respondents• Higher
percentages of females are among survey respondents with less than 20 years experience
Median Base SalaryFemale - $104,000
Male - $120,000
GET YOUR PE!
• 66.2% of US respondents hold a PE license
• Median for:• PE $136,034• Non-PE $100,100
• 14.2% of respondents retiring within 5 years
Calling Next Generation!
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS PROJECTS UNDERWAY
• Define FPE roles and specific competencies needed• Develop and ensure continuity of the PE Exam• Update FPE and FPET criteria for ABET accreditation• Administer ABET accreditation reviews• Enhance the FPE Career Guide website and prepare
content for 2021 publication (tri-annually)• Review SFPE’s Code of Ethics
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mark Fessenden, CPD Chair
Louis Guerrazzi, Professional Development DirectorMaggie Mojab, Event
ManagerHolly Klarman, Sales
Manager
2019 SEMINARS – 290 ATTENDEES
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UPDATED SEMINARS
• Advanced Fire Alarm Systems Design - 2020• Application of Fire Risk Assessment - 2020• Dust Explosion: Hazard Recognition, Assessment and Management - 2020• Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview - 2020• Fire and Life Safety Design for Very Tall Buildings - 2021• Human Behavior – 2020• Performance-Based Design and the Codes - 2021• Principles of Fire Protection Engineering - 2020• Sprinkler Design for Engineers – 2021
SFPE WEBINAR SERIES
Member Monday webinars are complimentary and exclusive to members. They feature topics to advance your understanding of fire protection engineering.
Perspective webinars partner with industry leaders to keep you current on emerging technologies, methods and trends. These are available to both members and non-members.
Premium webinars are specially curated, extended sessions that feature leading subject matter experts. These are typically packaged as sets and explore timely topics and challenges that the industry is facing. They conclude with a “Power Hour” panel discussion.
SFPE WEBINAR IMPACT
In 2019• 6,256 participants watched 22 live webinarsAs of today, in 2020…• 5076 participants watched 22 live webinars
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE HISTORY
242 238162 179 199 187
253 311 351 369 400 416 406
Conference Attendees
Program Committee Members
Mike Crowley (Co-Chair)
Katie Pothier (Co-Chair)
Traci Bangor Nick Dawe
Victor Cai Christina Francis
Joe Castellano Steve Sheldon
Derek Duval Rob Plonski
Stephen Kowkabany Ray Grill
Samir Eidani Peter Senez
Warren Bonisch Jimmy Landmesser
2020 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Confirmed General Sessions
Annex E – ASCE/SEI 7-22: Kevin LaMalva
Presentation Environmental Impact of AFFF: Jim Milke
Expert Witness – Protecting Yourself: Dan Arnold and Scott Futrell
Exhibitors Sponsors
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PBD CONFERENCE HISTORY
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EUROPEAN FIRE SAFETY CONFERENCE HISTORY
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Conference Attendees
SFPE EUROPE 2021 - BERLIN
David Grossmann & Kees Both, Co-Chairs
Cancelled
ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS FOR WILDFIRE: AN SFPE SYMPOSIUM
This symposium will target bringing together a range of governmental and NGO regulatory bodies who are involved, or should be involved, with discussion of the growing global wildfire threats. The goal of this event is to create a forum where fire protection engineers can facilitate conversations around engineering aspects of prevention, mitigation, and response to wildfires and to better identify the integral role of these various stakeholders in addressing this issue.
Co-ChairAlbert Simeoni
Location: TBDDate: TBD
CPD SUMMARY
• Define curriculum to teach core competencies• Develop implementation plan and create core curriculum• Enhance PE exam review• Host webinars series• Plan and host global conferences, workshops and symposiums
MICHAEL CROWLEY, FSFPE2020 SFPE PRESIDENT
NICOLE TESTA BOSTON, CAECHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER