| Contact The Chapter | Questions? Suggestions? Please contact us: George Wagner Executive Director AFSA - VA Chapter Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111 Home - 804-779-3921 Cell - 804-514-3154 wagnerg@mindspring.com
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AFSA-VA Essay Contest Winners Announced
American Fire Sprinkler
Association – Virginia Chapter Essay Contest Results 2013
By Ron Reynolds, Essay
Chairman, AFSA-Virginia Chapter
Can
you believe it? We had 250 essay contestants this year. That is
twice as many than the typical year! It really put our essay judges
to work on over-time to read and pick the top ones. This year’s
topic was to: “Write a creative,
interesting and convincing essay regarding the value and importance
of automatic sprinklers in schools.” Virginia’s high school seniors responded in a big way. The topic
of fire safety in schools apparently really caught their attention.
The
Virginia Chapter awards six cash prizes.
The top prize this year was
$2500 and will go to Rachel Van Fleet of Mountain View High School,
in Stafford, Virginia. Ms. Van Fleet wrote a very moving story about
a firefighter explaining how the injuries she had suffered in a
school fire as a child would have been avoided had an automatic fire
sprinkler been installed in her school, and how the importance of
fire sprinklers could not be underestimated.
A
prize of $750 will be awarded to Michael McKain of Centreville High
School, in Clifton, Virginia. Mr. McKain’s essay focused on the
tragic fire of the Our Lady of the Angels school in Chicago, in 1958,
which resulted in the deaths of 95 students and teachers. His essay
brought up the question again: What if the building had automatic
fire sprinklers? He points out that if the citizens of our country
knew the facts about sprinklers, they would be installed in all
schools, “from preschool to universities.”
A
prize of $500 will be awarded to Rachel Potter, who is home schooled.
Ms. Potter’s essay characterized sprinklers as “inanimate
lifeguards” that look after our nation’s children, guarding them
should a fire break out. She points out that we have fire drills, we
talk about prevention, but fires still happen. The best way to
prepare for a fire is by having a sprinkler system.
Three honorable mention
awards of $100 each go to:
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Destiny
Renee Barnett, Jefferson Forest High School, Forest
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Onvara
Arthornsombat, Holy Cross Regional School, Lynchburg
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Carter
Allen, Buckingham County High School, Buckingham
Thanks to all of our 250 contestants for entering our
contest this year. As usual, it was an absolutely tremendous task to
figure out the top winners among such a talented field. We would like
to personally commend all of the high school seniors who submitted
essays for a job well done! We hope that your knowledge of fire
sprinklers proves valuable to you in the years ahead, and wish you
the best in your future endeavors.
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Important AFSA Virginia Chapter Events
Please be advised of important AFSA Virginia Chapter events to be held in October 2013.
On Tuesday October 8, 2013 we will hold two Seminars, one on plan review and one on Project Management, we will hold the AFSA Board meeting and Regular meeting and we will have the AFSA Trade Show. All of these events will be held at the Doubletree Airport.
On Wednesday October 9, 2013 we will hold the 2013 AFSA Burn Survivors Golf Tournament at the Williamsburg National Golf Club. This will be our 20th Golf Tournament and it will be a very special event. Please review the following schedule and put it on your calendar today!!!
- Seminar 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM—Plan review
- Seminar 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon—Project Management
- AFSA Board meeting 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
- Lunch 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
- AFSA Regular meeting 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
- AFSA Trade Show—4:00 PM to 7:00 pm
- AFSA Golf Tournament is Wednesday October 9, 2013 at Williamsburg National Golf Club in Williamsburg, VA
AFSA VA Chapter has a special rate for the Doubletree of $99.00 per night. For those who are not familiar with the area the Doubletree is about 35 miles from the Golf Club.
Directions to the Golf Club will be sent to you soon for your records. Golf Registrations will be posted online by March 1, 2013 Trade Show Registrations will be posted online by March 1, 2013 |
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20th Annual Golf tournament
20th Annual AFSA-Virginia
Burn Survivors Golf Tournament
To benefit the
Central Virginia Burn Camp 501(c)3
and the
Old Dominion Professional Firefighters Burn Foundation 501(c)3.
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Registration & Lunch begins at 11:00a.m. | Shot Gun start at 12:30pm | Dinner & Awards at 5:30pm
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Virginia AFSA Trade Show 2013
The Virginia Chapter of the AFSA invites your firm to participate in our 2013 Trade Show:
Date: October 8th 2013 Time: 4 PM to 7 PM Place: Double Tree Hotel, 5501 Eubank Road, Sandston, Virginia. Cost: AFSA VA Chapter Members Non-Members Early Bird by June 4th $250.00 Early Bird by June 4th $300.00 After June 5th $300.00 After June 5th $350.00
Please follow this link to download the registration form as an Adobe Acrobat Reader document (.pdf)
Vendor tables will be supplied with covers, skirts and chairs. Food
& beverages will also be included and served during our show.
Attendees will be required to visit each booth to be eligible for raffle
prizes which should guarantee that 85% of the trade show attendees
visit your booth. We will invite Contractors, Engineers, Architects, AHJs, AGC, ASPE, Insurance Companies, Fire Marshalls, etc. There
are only 29 tables available so please take advantage of our Early Bird
promotion. Registration is a first come first serve basis and should
sell out as pervious years have in the past. Please fill out the
following information and enclose your check made out to “AFSA Virginia
Chapter” and mail back to the address below no later than September 13th
2013. AFSA Virginia Chapter c/o Ferguson Fire & Fab 8438 Old Richfood Road, Mechanicsville, VA 23116
The
Double Tree is offering the AFSA guests a Special Room Rate of $99.00
plus tax. Call #804-226-6400 to make your reservations by no later than
September 7, 2013.
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April Meeting #110
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AFSA
MEETING NOTICE
April 2, 2013
Meeting #110
The Virginia Chapter will meet Tuesday
April 2, 2013 at the Four Points by Sheraton Richmond
Airport(formerly the Wyndham Hotel) 4700 South Laburnum Avenue
Richmond, Virginia.
The AFSA Directors Board meeting will
meet at 10:30 AM.
Lunch will be served at 12:00 Noon.
The AFSA Regular meeting will begin at
1:00 PM.
Baked Italian Lasagna Salad Fresh
Seasonal Vegetables Garlic Bread Desert Iced Tea, Water or Coffee
Cost of Lunch: $20.00 per person
attending
Program:
Onsite Software—R. C. Moore—T.
B. & R.--
New 2013 NCCI Formula for Workers Compensation,
What Every Contractor Must Know
Vendor Presentation—Ben
Johnson—Viking Supply
For Lunch reservations please
contact George Wagner by Thursday March 28, 2013. (Note that if you
confirm lunch reservations and do not show up you will be billed for
the lunch as the Chapter has to give the Hotel a guarantee)
Contact George Wagner by phone at
804-514-3154 or by E-mail at wagnerg@mindspring.com
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Upcoming Vendor Presentations
| Dan Dedemonic |
GLOBE FIRE SPRINKLER |
FEB 05 |
| Jim Dooley |
VIKING SUPPLY |
APR 02 |
| Dave Deangelis |
LUBRIZOL |
JUN 04 |
| Paul Decamara |
ATLANTIC AMERICAN |
OCT 08 |
| Phil Linduska |
RELIABLE AUTOMATIC |
NOV 19 |
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Legislator's Guide To Life Safety
RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLERS AND HOUSING ECONOMICS
A LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE TO LIFE SAFETY
This most recent version of the Housing and Economic Economic Guide is available here. To download a copy of this document as an Adobe Acrobat reader file (.pdf) please follow this link. |
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February Meeting Report
Here are some photos from the February, 2013 AFSA VA Chapter Meeting:

Mike Meehan, AFSA President, welcoming the attendees

A Full House

Our speaker Matt Klaus, of NFPA, talking about the Antifreeze issue
Our Program
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2013 Golf Tourney Committee Meeting Dates We will post the meeting dates for 2013 in the near future. |
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NEW!!! AFSA VA Event Registration System AFSA VA Chapter is introducing a new method of booking and payment for VA Chapter Events. It requires that you "register" to allow you to pay directly online. Each product also contains the registration form as a downloadable ".pdf" document
Reservations System Entry
We hope this will make it easier for you to sign up for events, and allow you to manage office budgets more effectively. Sign up NOW for the Burn Camp Golf Tourney. |
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New Revision of Housing Economic Guide
RESIDENTIAL FIRE SPRINKLERS AND HOUSING ECONOMICS A LEGISLATOR’S GUIDE TO LIFE SAFETY
This most recent version of the Housing and Economic Economic Guide is available here. To download a copy of this document as an Adobe Acrobat reader file (.pdf) please follow this link.
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News: 2013 Fire Protection Products Trade Show Tuesday, April 16 @ 14:19:59 CDT by howard (62 reads) | 
Save The Date!!
October 8th 2013
The Virginia Chapter of the American Fire Sprinkler Association
Cordially invites you to our
2013 Fire Protection
Products Trade Show
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News: AFSA Golf Tourney 2012 Tuesday, December 04 @ 05:38:35 CST by howard (238 reads) | Ladies and Gentlemen,
The AFSA Virginia Chapter is very proud of the 2012 AFSA Burn Survivors Golf Tournament and we Thank everyone who supported this event.
We made a special effort to than the Gold and Major sponsors for the 2012 Tournament and we took out a full page advertisement in Sprinkler Age to thank them.
I thought that everyone would like to see this advertisement so I am attaching a copy for your review.
Thank everyone for their help and support in making our 19th year a very successful Tournament!!!!
Please note that the 20th event will be very special and we hope that everyone can help us raise the bar to support these two Great Charities.
George Wagner
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Contests: The 2012 AFSA Burn Survivors Golf Tournament was a huge success. Monday, October 08 @ 07:16:44 CDT by howard (570 reads) | I want to take time to give a Special Thanks to AFSA Members and our other friends and Associates who supported this Tournament. Thanks to you we were able to donate $58,000.00 this year breaking the $500,000.00 mark in our 19 years of Golf Tournaments. We do have two special Charities!!! I did want to take the time to share with you the mission of these two Charities A) Central Virginia Burn Camp The mission of the Central Virginia Burn Camp is obvious. We support sending young burn survivors to a one week free camp each summer. AFSA support pays for a big part of this camp and all of the camp staff are volunteers. Firefighters from different localities provide the food and cook it for the kids. B) Old Dominion Firefighters Burn Foundation
I am going to list the many varied items that the Old Dominion Firefighters Burn Foundation are involved in:
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Contests: 2012 Golf Tourney Photos Friday, September 28 @ 09:44:19 CDT by howard (292 reads) |
Mike Meehan presenting the check to Leslie Baruch of the Central Virginia Burn Camp and tow of the campers who played in the Tournament.
Mike Meehan presenting the check to Jerry Pruden President of the Old Dominion Firefighters Burn Foundation
Harry Hoffon introducing Logan and Jasmine, the two young adult burn camp survivors who played in the Tournament.

The crowd at the Awards dinner
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News: September Meeting Photos Friday, September 28 @ 09:27:00 CDT by howard (446 reads) |  
Jeff Livaudais from National AFSA giving an update on the 2012 Convention in Hawaii
Mike Paolini from Onsite Software giving a presentation on the latest programs they have for inspections
Chuck Oakes from Victaulic giving a presentation of Vic Flex
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| Meeting Dates for 2013 | - APR 02 - Richmond, VA - Wyndham Hotel
- JUN 04 - Newport News, VA - Marriot Hotel
- OCT 08 - Richmond, VA - Doubletree Hotel
Seminar & Trade Show - Richmond, VA - Doubletree Hotell Golf - Williamsburg, VA - Williamsburg National Golf Club
- NOV 19 - Richmond, VA - O'Toole's Restautant
Watch for the details for each meeting as the meeting time approaches. All meeting are in Richmond unless otherwise noted.
Meeting information will be posted in the center column of this page and will be available for download as it becomes available.
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