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The Southern Ontario Chapter (SOC) of the
Society of Fire Protection Engineers is based in Toronto and has
members from throughout the Greater Toronto Area and beyond.
Our chapter welcomes members of SFPE International as well as
anyone involved in the fire protection industry who would
like to participate in chapter activities and events. The
chapter holds lunch meetings every second Tuesday, of each
month, from September to May where a guest speaker makes a
one hour presentation on a topic of interest to the fire
protection community. Our lunch meetings are typically at the
Toronto Board of Trade Downtown location.
The Southern Ontario Chapter is very involved
in promoting fire protection engineering and the mandate of
SFPE International, whose goal is "Advancing the Science
and Practice of Fire Protection Engineering
Internationally". SFPE International and our chapter
support the growing field of fire protection engineering.
Our monthly lunch meetings provide an
opportunity for the attendees to interact with different
people from various sectors of the fire protection industry
and to become aware of the latest developments in fire
protection. We also are interested in raising the awareness
of the fire protection industry within our society and to
attract young people to the industry.
Our chapter initiatives include the
broadcasting of information relating to fire advances in
protection technology, through our meetings, and providing a
setting for making new contacts within the industry. Another
initiative is to provide charitable donations to worthwhile
causes such as Seneca College’s Fire Protection Program and
the Children’s Wish Foundation. These donations are funded
through our annual charity golf tournament and profits from
other events such as lunch meetings.
Our 9th Annual Charity Golf tournament was
held on June 1st, 2006 at The Maples of Ballantrae Golf Club
where $4,000 was raised for the Children’s Wish Foundation.
We had our best turn-out yet for golf and planning is already
underway for the 10th Annual Tournament.
The chapter has just completed a successful
year of lunch meeting presentations at the Board of Trade,
with an attendance of around 36 people per meeting. The
executive has put together a wide range of speaker topics for
the 2006/2007 program year which began in September 2006. The
meeting schedule and speaker topics are available on the
chapter website.
In May each year, we have our Chapter’s annual
general meeting and executive election. Our new chapter
executive member this year is Stanis Yu. Stanis is a Project
Handler in the Fire Protection Division of Underwriters’
Laboratories Canada.
Our chapter is able to operate thanks to the
volunteers on the Chapter Executive Board and other chapter
members and friends. I would like to thank all those who have
given of their valuable time to help create a meeting place
for fire protection professionals, which not only provides an
opportunity to get together with friends and associates but
also provides an opportunity to learn what’s new in the fire
protection industry.
I would like to welcome all those interested
to come out to a meeting or to contact any of the executive
listed in the website for more information.
Thank-you
R. Brian Bishop C.E.T.
Chapter President
SFPE – Southern Ontario Chapter
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