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The insurance industry also helped promote advancements in the fire engineering profession and the development of fire protection systems and equipment. [3] In 1903 the first degree program in fire protection engineering was initiated as the Armour Institute of Technology (later becoming part of the Illinois Institute of Technology). [4]
In the late 1940s the curriculum shifted toward industrial fire protection rather than municipal firefighting. In the 1960s the name of the program changed to Fire Protection. In 1973 it became a four-year bachelor's degree program, Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology. [5]
Fire protection is the study and practice of mitigating the unwanted effects of potentially destructive fires. [1] [2] It involves the study of the behaviour, compartmentalisation, suppression and investigation of fire and its related emergencies, as well as the research and development, production, testing and application of mitigating systems.
STLCC-Forest Park offers a number of construction-related degrees in Automotive Technology, Building Inspection & Code Enforcement Technology, Plumbing Design Engineering Technology, and Fire Protection Technology.
The Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) is a certification provided by the NFPA Certification Department in the U.S.A. [1] The board was formed in 1971 and in 1998 partnered with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to offer the professional certification.
SFPE also includes the SFPE foundation with the following mission "Enhancing the scientific understanding of fire and its interaction with the social, natural and built environments". [3] SFPE and NFPA publish the Fire Technology Journal [4] through Springer, and Fire Protection Engineering magazine is published quarterly by SFPE. [5]
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The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) is a global professional membership body for those in the fire sector that seek to increase their knowledge, professional recognition and understanding of fire through a global discourse. With over 100 years of history, the IFE is instrumental in shaping a future world that is safer from fire.