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Welcome to our Web Site TxFSCA P. O. Box #5186 Kingwood, Texas 77325 (281) 361-8069 * Toll Free (877) 894-3011 Fax (281) 360-6732 * info@txfsca.org |
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Membership Form for 2012 Click Here
Houston New Plan Review and Inspection Fees
EFFECTIVE 12/31/11
01/01/12 - HOUSTON TO KEEP 10 HEAD LETTER REVIEW
After further discussions between Public
Works and the Fire Marshal’s Office the decision
has been made to extend the current “10 Head
Letter” policy affecting sprinkler add and
relocates, with one important change. All
letters faxed to the Fire Marshal shall include
detailed information about the specific location
of the work performed, applicable project
numbers, etc. This is to both ensure accurate
record keeping as well as facilitate random site
checks by the Fire Marshal.
Houston Rescinds "10 EFFECTIVE 01/16/12
AUSTIN TEXAS INCREASES FEES
Austin has increased some of their fees; please see the attached Fee Schedule for this new fiscal year (FY2012), which has all the increases highlighted in yellow
Go to Codes - Austin - for new Fee Calculation Forms and Escrow Account Forms
MCKINNEY TEXAS REQUIRES RESIDENTIAL INSULATION
In past years
McKinney has been plagued with frozen pipe
incidents the majority of which have involved
residential fire sprinkler system pipes. In
order to curb this situation I have issued the
attached administrative ruling that requires
those involved with these installations
including the sprinkler contractors, energy
audit inspectors, insulation installers and
general contractors to collaborate to get these
pipes properly insulated and pass the energy
code audits. My inspectors
will conduct an insulation inspection prior to
the approval of the CO to make sure all of the
piping is properly protected. Please share these requirements with your members who might install systems in McKinney and invite them to contact me if they have questions.
John H.
Nickles McKinney Fire Marshal
22nd Annual Charity Golf Classic at Trophy Club
This year’s
total funds raised for the benefit of TSCRH is
$55,500.00.
Chairpersons
for this event were Kim Wisdom with Potter Roemer and
Cindy Moroney with Northstar Fire Protection.
Our Gold Sponsors were: Geo Systems USA, Lone
Star Fire Protection, Inc., Metro Fire
Protection, Inc., Murphy Technical, Northstar
Fire Protection of Texas, Inc. and Urban Fire
Protection. Underwriters were: 1st
Fire Protection Service, American Automatic
Sprinkler, Brady Chapman & Holland Insurance,
FPC Magazine, Firetrol Protection Systems, Greg
& Rosemary Gordon, HG Fire Systems, Local
Sprinkler Fitters Union 669, Metro Fire
Protection, Southeast Fire Protection, Standard
Automatic Fire Enterprises, Urban Fire
Protection. Without these sponsors, the players,
the hole sponsors and the everyone else who
participates by buying raffle tickets and
donating and buying auction items, our
tournament would not After a deli
lunch a total of 140 golfers enjoyed the day on
two courses. In the early evening 175
participants enjoyed a buffet Mom’s Old Fashion
dinner of Grilled Chicken and Chicken Fried
Steak with all the fixings. Dinner was followed
by a live auction, raffle and many door prizes. First place
winners of this year’s tournament was the team
of Firetrol Protection Systems, Inc., Second
place winners: combined team of Ferguson Fire &
Fabrication and Automatic Sprinkler of Texas,
Third place winners was the team of Northstar
Fire Protection of Texas.
Special thanks
to everyone on the committee who sold hole
sponsorships, got donations for the auction and
encouraged people to play in the tournament and
did whatever needed to be done. Great teamwork.
Big pat on the back to Marty and Shorty Self for
a setting a record selling raffle tickets and
Yolanda Schwindeman for selling mulligans. See you all next year.
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ABOUT US
The TxFSCA is a non-profit trade association that was formed in 1983. The original purpose of the Association was to bring together Texas Fire Sprinkler Contractors to assure that a recently passed licensing law would be applied accurately and fairly and that the industry would speak with “One Voice.” Since those early days, the Texas Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association has evolved into much more than concern for a single cause. The “specific and primary purpose of TxFSCA is to advance the science of fire protection and fire prevention, to provide educational services to the fire sprinkler industry and general public in the areas of fire protection and fire prevention, and to promote and preserve ethical standards for fire sprinkler contractors.”. |
TxFSCA CHARITY GOLF CLASSIC
This year’s TxFSCA Charity Golf Classic brings the total funds donated to Dallas hospitals that treat and render needed services to children at no cost to a total of $771,500.00. |
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We are pleased to announce the winner of our Annual Texas
Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association’s / Oklahoma State
University Fire Protection Engineering Student Scholarship.
Wesley Deen is this year’s winner of the annual $2,000.00 scholarship award.
Please see the attached application letter and thank you note from Wesley. |
Scholarship applications are open to any Texas resident who has completed their sophomore year at OSU in Fire Protection and Safety Technology with at least a 3.0 grade point average. Applications are accepted every spring for the scholarship that is made in August of the same year. Funding for this project is provided from TxFSCA general funds. “Biking for Brains” was the founding endeavor to make members aware of the need for training new life into our industry.
TEXAS CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION  TxFSCA has joined eleven other trade associations toform the Texas Construction Association. Through our TCA affiliation, our members are provided the information they need to monitor legislative activity that directly affects our industry. |
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THE HISTORY OF BIKING FOR BRAINS In 1997 a proposal was made by Art Hartman & Mike PeCoy to the membership of TxFSCA that we provide an annual $2,000.00 scholarship to a student at Oklahoma State University who is majoring in Fire Protection Engineering, is a native of Texas, and having a GPA of 3.0 or better. The proposal was approved. A year later, Art then brought to the members the need for funds to provide patients at Parkland Hospital a grant to attend Camp-I-Thonka-Chi which is dedicated to children who are burn victims and receiving treatment at the hospital. TxFSCA sends a minimum of six children to camp each year. In 2003 TxFSCA members approved a $600.00 scholarship for a student in financial need who is enrolled at the Dallas based Construction Education Foundation’s DFW Education Center in either the fire sprinkler fitter training or fire sprinkler design training programs. To bring attention to these grants and to create some publicity for TxFSCA and the industry Art Hartman proposed a thirty mile bike ride for at White Rock Lake. The participants have been a core of loyal peddlers through the years. TxFSCA is grateful to everyone who has participated in the bike ride and therefore kept the spirit of learning and giving alive. Especially to the man who has peddled his butt off for the team, Art Hartman. |
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Head
Letter Review"
On
September 26, 2011 the Texas Fire Sprinkler
Contractors held its 22nd Annual
Charity Golf Classic at Trophy Club Country Club
in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. This year’s
beneficiary, for the seventh year, is Texas
Scottish Rite Hospital for Children located in
Dallas, Texas.
be as successful as it has been over the past
twenty-two years. Without YOU, we would not be
able to help the children treated by TSRHC. A
special thanks to Reliable Automatic Sprinkler
Co. and Geo-Systems USA for participating in the
tournament with three or more teams.
Next
year’s tournament is scheduled for September 17,
2012 to be held at Trophy Club Country Club
again with Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for
Children as our beneficiary once again.
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