All Member Meeting and Training

Join us on February 13, 2024 starting at 11:30 AM for our all-member meeting and Training held at the TVF&R Station 56 and South Operating Center, 8445 SW Elligsen Rd, Wilsonville, OR 97070

Make sure and register through the website so we can get an accurate count for lunch. As a reminder, we now have a membership fee that covers the meeting lunches and discounted training cost for the fall trainings. We have decided that this meeting we will not start charging for lunch for those that are not current on their membership but will do that at our next meeting. If you are bringing a guest, please register them as well. 

Training Presentation

We will have NFPA Regional Director of the Northwest Office, Gary Honold give a presentation on NFPA 72. This one-hour session will focus on NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. Attendees will learn about NFPA standards and the standard development process. The attendees will learn about the scope/purpose of the document, and key components of fire alarm systems. There will also be information on updates from the previous edition to the next edition, significant changes to the first draft, where the document is in the revision process, and how the attendees can engage in the process and provide their input.

Presenter Bio

Gary Honold has been the Regional Director for the National Fire Protection Association's Northwest Field Office for eleven years. His job responsibilities include working with AHJs (Authorities Having Jurisdiction), industry, trades, facility managers, and the public to research, adopt and implement over three hundred codes and standards developed by NFPA. He also assists his constituents with technical questions and training on the codes and standards by working with the NFPA subject matter experts and Staff Liaisons on the technical committees for each document.

Mr. Honold is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist with over ten years of code enforcement and fire investigation experience. He retired from the Missoula Fire Department (IAFF Local #271) after twenty-one years of service. During his tenure with the Missoula Fire Department, Mr. Honold held the positions of Fire Fighter/Paramedic, Fire Inspector, Assistant Fire Marshal, and Engine Company Captain. While serving as Assistant Fire Marshal he was an elected member on the executive board for the Montana State Fire Marshal's Association and worked on the committee addressing the statewide adoption of the fire code.

Thank you and I hope to see you there!

Gert Zoutendijk