Thursday, 31 March 2016

Kamran Malek - NFPA Member

Kamran Malek is the President and co-founder of International Fire Protection, Inc. In its more than twenty-five years of existence, the company has grown to become one of the leader fire protection companies in the American Southeast.

Kamran Malek “I started my career in [the] fire sprinkler industry in 1981,” he says. He was newly graduated from Tennessee Technological University, where he received a degree in Mechanical Engineering. After a series of jobs, including working for three fire protection contractors, he and a business partner co-founded IFP in the summer of 1990.

He is a member of the Alabama Fire Protection Association and the National Fire Protection Association. The NFPA is a global nonprofit organization founded more than one hundred years ago. It is committed to eliminating death, injury, and property and economic loss due to fires and related hazards by supporting the development, adoption and enforcement of its three hundred codes and standards. These standards have established fire safety standards throughout the United States and in other countries. Members like Kamran Malek vote on NFPA proposals and revisions in a process that is accredited by the American National Standards Institute. And through members like him, the organization is committed to public outreach aimed at increasing fire safety and awareness, including the Fire Sprinkler Initiative.

Kamran Malek has also earned and maintained a Level III National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies for Fire Sprinkler Engineering Technology. Outside of work, he is a Level C soccer coach and has been involved with many church activities, and has participated in programs to help disabled military veterans in the United States.

Sources: http://www.nfpa.org/about-nfpa
 
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