4/21/2008: FCIA's New Worldwide Member Map is online.  Check it out. Map - FCIA - Firestop Contractors International Association.

4/21/2008: FCIA's Education and Committee Action Conference is a week away.  Check out the updated agenda. 

3/8/08: Read more about plans for the upcoming Committee Action Conference, Code Hearing results, New O-Net Classification for Firestop-Containment Workers, all in this month's E-News.

2/16/08: The new E-News are available for information about the FCIA Board, FCIA at Standards Technical Panel, UL Qualified / FM Approved Firestop Contractor Updates, UL Investing in Contractors, FCIA / UL Total Fire Protection Systems Symposium and more

2/10/08: Check out FCIA's Committee Pages.  Committee pages have been updated to reflect activities.

2/3/08: Gleeson Powers, Inc. recently became the 1st UL Qualified Firestop Contractor, culminating a 2-1/2 year effort by FCIA to build quality and reliability in firestopping. Read the press release.

2/4/2008: FCIA's Education and Committee Action Conference is coming, April 30, May 1 & 2, 2008 at the Edgewater Hotel, Seattle, WA. Visit the Events page for info.

1/31/2008: In conjunction with UL, ICC's Los Angeles Basin Chapter, FCIA presented the "Total Fire Protection Systems Symposium". Visit this page to see the program's purpose.  Watch for more Symposiums in other areas of the US and Canada.

1/10/2008: UL announces an investment in Firestop Contractors seeking UL Qualification in Firestopping.  Initial Qualification is now $3000 instead of $6000.  Visit the FCIA Events and UL Qualification Pages for dates, plus UL DRI Education and Testing, UL Quality Manual Development Programs info. 

Have you purchased your FCIA Manual of Practice yet to study for the FM or UL DRI Exam, or just learn about the Firestopping and Effective Compartmentation Industry?

FCIA supports LIFE SAFETY DIGEST

FCIA's Life Safety Digest, The Magazine of Effective Compartmentation promotes a great choice in fire and life safety, Fire and Smoke Resistance Rated Effective Compartmentation ... plus the idea of Total Fire Protection, including Alarms and Detection, Suppression Systems, and Occupant Education in addition to compartmentation.