This page has links to download presentations from prior events.

9/17/2025 Discuss licensee requirements and upcoming changes.

Allyson Bennett, Public Information Officer, Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects Presentation

Regarding the question of expert witness confidentiality, they will not be punished for not reporting the violation within the 90-day period. However, if the confidentiality expires or the information is made public in court, they are released to report the violation. In that situation, the 90 days will start once the licensee is permitted to report the violation.

A little clarification on the trades exemption - State statute Neb. Rev. Stat. §§81-3449(11), 81-3453(8) identifies other legally recognized trades as exempt from requiring licensees. For example, a licensed mechanical, electrical, and plumbing tradesperson doing work within their scope, who are competent to do that work, would be exempt from the E&A Act. In other words, you would not be required to retain a professional engineer to design that work.

5/21/2025 Advances in Automatic Devices and Automatic Testing
Jeff Merwin, Potter Electric Signal Company, LLC Presentation1 Presentation2

3/26/2025 Recent changes at NFPA and other information
Gary Honold, NFPA Regional Director Presentation

2/19/2025 Latest Fire Suppression Tech. for Commercial Kitchens
Austin Lowell, CaptiveAire Presentation  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23YppwvAFU

9/18/2024 Science of Corrosion and Corrosion Management for Fire Sprinkler Systems
Sebastian Hommes Engineered Corrosion Solutions Presentation

5/15/2024 Viking ARK Foam Concentrate 
Doug Meyers Viking Corporation Presentation

2/21/2024 Protecting Lithium Ion Battery hazards in Energy Storage Systems

Brad Stilwell, Fike Corp. https://fike.showpad.com/share/05IC9rCdFuRGv9xXXpnB5 

1/17/2024 PFAS used in Fire Protection
Paul Rivers, Siddson LLC Presentation  Additional information can be found here Link

4/19/2023 Smoke Control Systems Inspection and Testing
Ronald Geary, Geary Engineering Presentation

2/15/2023 Next Generation Materials for Carbon Reduction, Fireproofing, and Insulation. Justin Hoffman, CEO cSolutions & Charlie Roseland, COO ARC Services & Solutions, Inc. Presentation

9/21/2022 Changes to NFPA 25 to current Nebraska Standards.  Matt Ruhrer, Life Safety Manager for Nebraska Methodist Health System Presentation

4/20/2022 Hypoxic Air or low-oxygen systems The WAGNER group products by Florian Buchner, Regional Sales Manager Western U.S.  Presentation

1/19/2022 Komodo Fire Suppression Products by Shawn Sahbari & Les Suhayda THIS LINK IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE THAT ATTENDED THE MEETING IN PERSON.  Video Presentation

1/20/2021 Linear Heat Detection by Jeff Wesson Presentation: PowerPoint (56.6 Meg) PDF (12.9 Meg)

11/18/2020 Emergency Responder Radio Coverage Systems (ERRCS) by Marc Zucker Presentation

10/21/2020 VacTec negative pressure Fire Sprinkler Systems & Automatic On/Off Cycling Fire Sprinkler Systems by Joe Donato Viking Corporation Inc.  Presentation

11/20/2019 Site Fire-Flow & Fire Hydrant Flow Testing Requirements by Anson Nowka & Matt Ruhrer here: Presentation

3/20/2019 Bi-Directional Amplifiers by Lori Schreiber here: Presentation

3/6/2019 NFPA 101 Chapter 43 presented by Matt Ruhrer here: Presentation

10/17/2018 Safespill Systems presented by Sam Bowen here: Presentation and Datasheet.

12/20/2017 Advanced Smoke Detection by Xtralis presented by Rory Manley here: PowerPoint or PDF.

11/15/2017 Hybrid Fire Suppression by Victaulic presented by Mark Martella here.

4/19/2017 High Expansion Foam and Suppression Systems for DoD Hangars by Brian Erbstoesser here.

3/15/2017 Special Inspection Requirements 2012 Building and Life Safety Codes presented by Matt Ruhrer here.

2/15/2017 CO₂ Fire Suppression & Storage Systems presented by Dale Shirley.  Presentation1 & Presentation2.

1/18/2017 Protectowire Firesystems presented by Brenton Harris here.

11/16/2016 Won-Door presented by David Larsen here.

10/19/2016 Marioff HI-FOGG Water Mist System Fire Protection presented by Lorraine Smith here.

9/25/2016 The 2016 SFPE North America Conference & Expo: “Engineering for Peak Performance”. The presentations and photos from the meeting are available here.

9/21/2016 2000 to 2012 Life Safety Code meeting presented by Doug Hohbein & Megan Talbott here.

2/17/2016 NFPA 241 Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations meeting presented by Matt Ruhrer here.

12/16/2015 Fire and Smoke Dampers - Where are they required? meeting presented by Shane Cherney here.

5/20/2015 Meeting presented by Martin Gesho FP2FIRE here.

2/19/2014 Meeting presented by Antonio Torres Honeywell here.