Society_of_Fire_Protection_Engineers
Society of Fire Protection Engineers
Professional society for fire protection engineering
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) is a professional society for fire protection engineering established in 1950 and incorporated as an independent organization in 1971.[1] It is the professional society representing those practicing the field of fire protection engineering. The Society has over 5,000 members and more than 120 chapters and over 20 student chapters worldwide.[2] 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]
The current CEO is Chris Jelenewicz while the SFPE President is Bob Libby.[6][7]