Fire Sprinklers in Latin America

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Fire Sprinklers in Latin America

• Victoria B. Valentine, P.E.
• IFSA Associate Technical Director
• 25 June 2008

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Fire Statistic Sites

• World Fire Statistics Centre (WFSC)
• www.genevaassociation.org/Affiliated_Organizations
  /WFSC.aspx
• U.S. Fire Administration FEMA
• www.usfa.dhs.gov/statistics/
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• http//www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID95
  1URLResearch2020Reports/Fire20statistics
• The International Association of Fire and Rescue
  Services (CTIF)
• www.ctif.org/www.ctif.org/index6e66.html?page_id3
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México

• Area 1,972,550 km2
• Population 109 Million (July 2007)
• 340,000 Sprinklers installed per year
• 8 growth in sprinkler systems/year

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Central America

• Area 523,780 km2
• Population 40.5 Million (July 2007)
• 25,000 Sprinklers per year
• 5 Sprinkler growth per year

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Panama

• For all new high-rise buildings
• NFPA 101, 2003 Edition
• NFPA 13, 2002 Edition
• NFPA 20, 1999 Edition
• Previously
• US Military Bases
• Panama Canal
• Foreign Corporations

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South America

• Area 17,821,420 km2
• Population 382 Million (July 2008 est.)
• Sprinklers per year
• Sprinkler growth per year

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Fire Statistics - CTIF

• 2006 Report
• First inclusion of Peru and Costa Rica

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Fire and Safety Expos

• Americas Fire and Safety Expo (July)
• México Fire and Safety Expo (November)

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NFPA

• Translated Standards
• NFPA 1 Fire Code
• NFPA 13 - Sprinklers
• NFPA 20 Fire Pumps
• NFPA 24 Private Water Mains
• NFPA 25 Inspection, Testing and Maintenance
• NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids
• NFPA 101 Life Safety Code

• Chapters
• México
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Argentina
• IFST
• Training and Seminars presented in native language

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IFSA Training

• 3 Days of Training Simultaneous Translation
• Annually 2005-2007 Querétaro, México
• 2008 Puebla, México
• Fire Pump Class offered at AFSE 2008

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Resources

• Fire Pump Manual
• Coordinates with the NFPA 20, 2007 Edition
• NFPA 13 Changes for the 2007 Edition

Coming Soon!
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Requests for Training
Costa Rica
Venezuela
Panama
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Thank You!!

• valentine_at_sprinklerworld.org
• www.sprinklerworld.org