Expert Details
Industrial Fire Protection, Fire Engineering, Emergency Response, Investigations, audits
ID: 731936
Kentucky, USA
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2005 | Degree: M.S. | Subject: Fire Protection Engineering | Institution: Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Year: 1993 | Degree: B.S. | Subject: Fire Protection Engineering Technology | Institution: Eastern Kentucky University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2013 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Principal Engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Employer focuses on customer service based fire protection solutions for a wide variety of clients and facilities, including oil, gas, and petro-chemical industries, steel, pulp and paper, grain, plastic, automotive, marine, warehouse, aviation, and other manufacturing occupancies.Employer provides a wide range of engineering, consulting, and training services including third-party reviews, commissioning, audits, industrial fire protection, HPR/risk insurance surveys, investigation’s, code consulting, equipment specifications, fire protection system survey’s, and emergency response planning. Tony’s 27-year career ranges from firefighting to engineering. Tony’s experiences include municipal and industrial firefighting, project management, fire protection and detection design, commissioning, insurance audits, due diligence, HPR risk engineering, industrial fire protection and process safety. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2013 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: FPPS Department |
Responsibilities:• Develop and deliver courses in the area of fire protection and safety engineering technology• Provide guidance and advice to students on subjects including course work, degree qualifications, research, and other related topics associated with the University • Conduct research into current topics of fire protection and safety engineering, maintain a high level of continuing education, publish works, and serve on various committees. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2001 to 2012 | Employer: Saudi Aramco | Title: Senior Fire Protection Engineer | Department: Fire Protection Department |
Responsibilities:• Responsible for fire protection projects from conception through completion, which includes developing or reviewing Design Base Scope Projects, requirements for fire protection, project proposals, material specification, construction plan review, scheduling, testing, and commissioning.• Conduct field audits, fire risk assessments, loss control, plan reviews and inspections on onshore/offshore drilling/production facilities, refineries, GOSP’s, and other process plants, as well as business, residential, and commercial properties using recognized hazard evaluation procedures to include modeling and other quantitative risk assessment tools. • Deputy Disaster Commander for the Community of Dhahran. Worked with company executives coordinating drills, development of company policy in the area of disaster response, mitigation, and recovery. • Held the position of Responsible Standardization Agent (RSA), which is considered to be the highest technical authority within the company. Responsible for approving, inspecting, reviewing, evaluating, and maintaining all fire protection equipment material specifications used within company facilities and joint ventures. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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Member IFE (MIFireE) – Institution of Fire Engineers. Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) – Professional Member. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) – Member. National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI) – Member |
Licenses / Certifications |
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License Professional Engineer (P.E.) – State of Colorado, Discipline: Fire Protection Engineering. Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) – CFPS and NFPA Board. Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator/Instructor (CFEI/CFII) – National Certification Board/NAFI. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) – Certified fire |
Professional Appointments |
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Present Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) Director, Board of Directors. Present NFPA 13 Technical Committee (Alternate). SFPE Task Force Committee Member – Fire Service Committee. NFPA 12 Technical Committee (Alternate). NFPA 15 Technical Committee (Principle). NFPA 59A Technical Committee (Principle) |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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Expert has 3 publications |