FPE Corner

A Collection of Columns from a

Blue-Collar Fire Protection Engineer

From 2009 to 2019, veteran fire protection engineer Sam Dannaway authored the widely read column “The FPE Corner” in the national trade magazine Plumbing Engineer. Now, he has collected these essays in a comprehensive book of record on fire protection engineering—changing codes and standards, tools of the trade, significant fires and many other related subjects. In today’s environment of increasing awareness about the importance of fire protection, this authoritative 400-page volume speaks to the practical aspects of the fire protection engineering experience, with a strong emphasis on design and construction lessons learned.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sam Dannaway, PE, FSFPE, is Vice President of Fire Protection Engineering at Coffman Engineers, Inc., working in the company’s Honolulu office. In 1985 he founded S. S. Dannaway Associates, Inc., a leading fire protection engineering consulting firm in Hawai‘i, and served as its president until the firm was acquired by Coffman Engineers in 2016. Sam is a licensed fire protection engineer with Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland.