Membership Information
The AFSCC has three membership categories:
Active (voting) Members – A trade association, company, corporation, partnership, or professional individual that is involved with the education and promotion of passive fire protection materials or products, having a legitimate interest in the development and maintenance of the provisions of building codes and standards that influence the design of fire protection and fire safety in the built environment.
Active Advocacy Members – A trade association, company, corporation, partnership, for professional individual as noted above, that chooses to make voluntary contributions to the Alliance.
Advisory (non-voting) Member – A trade association, company, corporation or partnership as noted above that does not wish to carry active voting rights.
Contact the AFSCC office for a membership application or download a PDF version of the AFSCC membership application.
If unsure, and you’d like to find out more about the benefits of being an AFSCC member, please feel welcome to contact the Executive Director, Mike Ashley, at 706-291-9355.
- Study demonstrates benefits of balanced fire protection design for dorm safety (March 31, 2010)
- Is sprinkler-washed tempered glass as safe as fire-rated glass? (December 2008)
- Clarifying the issue of fire pritection balance - Fire Engineering Magazine Nov 2003 (November 2003)
- Refurb may be factor in tower fire tragedy: Building experts question why fatal blaze was able to spread so quickly (July 10, 2009)
- NFPA: U.S. Experience with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing Equipment (January 2009)
- NFPA: Sprinkler Errata (January 2009)
- NFPA: Printable fact sheet on sprinklers (January 2009)
- Safer Buildings Are Goal of New Code Changes Based on Recommendations from NIST World Trade Center Investigation (October 1, 2008)
- Sprinkler Trade-Offs by Occupancy Type from the 2006 International Building Code (IBC) (October 2008)
- Sprinkler trade-offs: An Editorial from Fire Safety & Technology Bulletin (October 2008)
- Woman dies of smoke inhalation on 3rd floor due to 5th floor fire (October 3, 2008)
- Effort to Ease Skyscraper Codes Fails (September 20, 2008)
- Senator Clinton Blasts Government Agency's Opposition to Post-9/11 Safety Standards for New Skyscrapers (September 10, 2008)
- NY Times: GSA and BOMA working to repeal stronger safety requirements for skyscrapers (September 7, 2008)
- On Smoke Control by Pressurization in Stairwells and Elevator Shafts (August 8, 2008)
- Homeland Security: New Metal Theft Threatens ESS
- Lack of regular inspection, testing, and maintenance can compromise the performance of fire-protection devices and have deadly results (June 2008)
- Low water pressure and overwhelmed sprinkler system contribute to large loss at Universal Studios Hollywood (6/2/2008)
- Latest NFPA statistics show 90% performance reliability for automatic sprinklers (March / April 2008)
- Fire Sprinklers in New Construction (3/13/2008)
- Have we gone too far for cost vs. safety? (12/12/2007)
- Do sprinklered fires eliminate the need for smoke control?
- AFSCC Appoints New Executive Director (9/2/2007)
- It Is About Time-- Direct Impact of World Trade Center Report Affects All Firefighters (6/14/2007)
- January 2007 Fire Engineering Magazine Article - Code Developments: Whose Battlefield Is This?
- "Defective sprinklers spur fire officials to push for backups" - "Defective sprinklers still in use." (2/12/2006)
- Building Operating Management Article "Squelching Fire Safety Risks"
- Statement by Jon S. Traw before the ICC Code Technology Committee (July 20, 2005)