Northern California - Nevada SFPE

Northern California AHJs

San Francisco Fire Department

Sacramento area AHJs

Consumnes Fire Department

Associations

California Automatic Fire Alarm Association (CAFAA)

Sacramento Valley Association of Building Officials (SVABO)

American Institute of Architects (AIA)

International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)

Resources

UL Quick Guide to the Online Certification Directory – how to effectively use UL’s vast certification database (online .pdf file)

Fire.gov – great site for information about fire run by NIST

NIST Report Archive – the Research Information Service has over 80,000 documents available at no charge

NIST Building and Fire Research Portal – central site for news and events, latest publications, software, and more

Fire Dynamics Simulator – used to model combustion and smoke

Kristopher Overholdt’s pages – good source for links helping with fire modeling

Architect’s ToolBox – site with technical resources for Architects

Engineering ToolBox – technical resources for Engineers

Schools and Training

University of Maryland’s Fire Protection Engineering homepage

USFA Coffee Break Training – quick bulletins to a little information during your break