Nashville FIC 2002 - Photo Album
Please find here a few impressions of our Annual Meeting November
6-8, 2002 in the Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN. Click on the images
for a larger view.
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| Aedan Gleeson addresses FCIA Industry Conference
Attendees about the importance of becoming FM 4991 Approved
Contractors |
Bill McHugh works with Aedan, and Don Sabrsula,
summarizing how FM 4991 and ASTM E 2174 have been promoted to
architectural organizations like SCIP, The Construction Specifications
Institute, CMD SpecLink or ARCOM Masterspec |
FCIA Industry Conference Attendees totaled almost
100! |
Jim Park, RectorSeal, chats with FCIA Attendees
during his tabletop time |
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| Rick Haley (Flame-Tech Firestop) Greg Bendel (Performance
Contracting) , Mark Schneider (Albion Engineering) |
Scott Rankin (Pyro-Stop), Don Sabrsula (FireSafe
of Houston) and Denny Matz (3M Fire Protection Products) get
ready for a great round of Golf at the 2nd Firestop Industry
Golf Tournament |
Ken Hercenberg (RTKL), Bill McHugh (FCIA), Bo
Loeffel and Greg Kaiser (Performance Contracting) |
Hermitage Golf Course, site of 2002 Firestop Industry
Golf Outing |
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| Grand Old Opry - - Wow, is this place big!! |
Rick and Barbara Haley (Flame-Tech Firestop),
Brigitte & Stan Freeman (NUCO) and Cindy Alderson (USI -
Standard Insulating Co) |
Jack Morrison, (Life Safety Systems, Inc.) Don
Murphy (PPMI Firestopping) and newly elected board member, Roger
McKenzie, (McKenzie Insulation, Inc.) |
Bob Gram, (Arkansas Firestop Specialties, Inc.),
and Jim Shriver (Thermafiber, LLC) |
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| Matt McKenzie, (McKenzie Insulation), Dan Gustafson,
(Forsey Construction) and Mel Tabor (Tabor Insulation) really
are analyzing the firestop business |
Scott Rankin (Pyro-Stop), Bill McHugh (FCIA) and
Don Murphy (PPMI Firestopping) |
Blase Reardon and Bob LeClair (A.F. Underhill) |
Mark Schneider (Albion Engineering) Don Mardesich
(F Rodgers Insulation) Renee Woodruff (F. Rodgers Insulation)
and Bob Meister, 3M Fire Protection Products |
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| Jay McGuire (Fire Stop Technologies) and Randy
Bosscawen, (MultiCon Construction, Fire Containment Div |
Houston Jones, (Atlantic Insulation), Richard
Keeney, (Firestop International, Inc.) Don Murphy, (PPMI Firestop,
Inc.) |
George Starsmeare, (W.R. Grace & Co.), and
Mike Wellons, (Carolina Firestop, Inc.) |
Bob LeClair (A.F. Underhill) and Jim Park, (RectorSeal) |
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| Denny Matz, (3M Fire Protection Products) and
Bob Patton, (FireSafe Systems, Inc.) |
Paula and Don Sabrsula (FireSafe of Houston) |
VJ Bella (Fire Marshal of Louisiana) receiving
Life Time Achievement Award from Kathy Taraba, FCIA President,
(1 Source Firestop) |
Dessert!! What a creation. No, it does not have
an hourly rating! |
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| Outgoing Board Members Mel Tabor (Tabor Insulation),
Don Murphy (PPMI Firestopping) Aedan Gleeson (Gleeson Powers)
with FCIA President Kathy Taraba (1 Source Firestop) |
Past FCIA president Aedan Gleeson (Gleeson Powers)
awards Blase Reardon (A.F. Underhill) the Past Presidents award,
as Aedan's last act as a board member and past, past president. |
Newly elected board members Tom Hottenroth, (Life
Safety Solutions, Inc.) Bob Patton, (FireSafe Systems, Inc.)
and Roger McKenzie, (McKenzie Insulation, Inc. ) |
- Golf Winners, Dana Decker, (3M Fire Protection
Products), Jim Park, (RectorSeal, Inc.), Steve Cappello (Penguin
Life Safety) Bob LeClair (A.F. Underhill) |
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| Scott Rankin (Pyro-Stop) and Lonnie Rogers (HILTI,
Inc) , as Lonnie receives his "best shot of the day"
award for breaking a 150 yard maker in two with a golf ball! |
Denver Golf Tournament Winner Tom Hottenroth (Firestop
Solutions) passing on the "Silver Caulk Gun" award
to Scott Rankin (Pyro-Stop) |
Friday Morning break out Seminar Speaker, Chris
Little of Carboline, Inc., discusses intumescent fireproofing
with FCIA members. |
Friday Morning break out Seminar Speaker, Jim
Shriver (Thermafiber), reviews Perimeter Fire Protection with
FCIA members. |
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| Randy Bosscawen, Multi Con Construction, Columbus,
OH, Dana Arsenault, Gleeson Powers, Inc., Franklin, MA, Robert
Pashley & Cahir Boyle, Gleeson-Powers, Inc. – Ireland
chat during an FCIA Reception |
Ray Usher, SUPERL, Inc., Fridley, MN and Kathy
Taraba, 1 Source Firestop, Inc., are really into this conference!
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Scott Rankin, Pyro-Stop, LLC, Aston, PA, Incoming
2003 FCIA President and New Board Member, Bob Patton, FireSafe
Systems, Inc., look ready for 2003!
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Lee Cahow, FireTek, Inc., Shawnee Mission, KS,
John Naccarato, E.B. Berger, Inc., Denver, CO and John Goga,
W.R. Grace & Co., Red Bank, NJ agree that FCIA is the place
to be... |
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| Scott Sellers & Eric Kihn, FlameSeal Systems,
Baltimore, MD & Charbel Tagher, Specified Technologies,
Inc., enjoy themselves at a restaurant in Opryland. |
FCIA's Firestop Industry Conference sessions attracted
a large crowd all three days of the conference |
FCIA's industry panel listens to V.J. Bella, State
Fire Marshal, Louisiana. From left to right, John Butler; State
of Geogia, Christopher Spencer, FM Global, Norwood, MA; V.J.
Bella at podium; Rich Walke (behind podium) Underwriters Laboratories,
Northbrook, IL and Ken Hercenberg, RTKL Associates, Baltimore,
MD. The program was very well received. |
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George Yoshida, 3M, Jim Park, RectorSeal and Dana
Decker, 3M enjoy some sunshine before teeing off at The Hermitage
Golf Course.
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Rumor has it, that Bob Meister, 3M, Matt McKenzie,
McKenzie Insulation, Acworth, GA, Mel Tabor, Tabor Insulation,
Salt Lake City, UT, and Ray Usher, SUPERL, Inc., Fridley MN
know how to play golf in the dark!! Ask them about it...
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Guy Bradley, HILTI, Inc., Steve Cappella, Penguin Life Safety,
Rochester, NY Kathy Taraba, 1 Source Firestop, Inc., and Bob
LeClair, A.F. Underhill, Inc., Canton, MA get ready to golf
in Nashville.
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