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While webinar participation is free, CEU credit is available under the following conditions:

  • CCFS Members in good standing will automatically receive CEU credit for eligible webinar with full attendance.
  •  Non-members who had full attendance and wish to receive CEU credit must pay a $75 administrative fee per webinar.

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William Koffel, P.E., FSFPE
and Nicole Hollywood
University of Maryland

Nov 5, 2025, 1PM EST

Length: 60 Minutes 

ICC Course No. TBA
Understanding Career Opportunities as a Fire Protection Engineer.
Most, if not all of us, have benefited from our careers in fire protection. Unfortunately, too many people do not know what careers exist in fire protection and how to pursue them. From degrees in fire protection engineering, to college credit courses for professional development, to non-credit courses to help one advance their career, the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland offers all those opportunities. Learn more and help become an ambassador so that our family members and friends can enjoy a career as we have enjoyed ours.
Presenters:  William Koffel, P.E., FSFPE and Nicole Hollywood
Bill Koffel is Director, Undergraduate FPE Online Program at the University of Maryland.  With the introduction of online courses, the only ABET accredited BS in Fire Protection Engineering will be attainable via an online modality. Bill remains active in the development process of the industry’s governing codes, standards and design guidelines including International Code Council (ICC), NFPA, Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and Underwriters Laboratory (UL).  He is a member of many NFPA Technical Committees, was a member of the Board of Visitors, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland and is a Past President of the SFPE. Nicole Hollywood is the Associate Director for Undergraduate and Graduate Programs, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland.

Richard Roberts

Nov. 19, 2025, 1 PM EDT

Length: 60 Minutes



ICC Course No. 45807

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Alarm Transmission - Past, Current and Future of the Alarm

Transmission Ecosystem

An informative presentation that provides an overview of the Alarm Transmission Ecosystem as well as providing information as to why changes are being made that will enhance public life safety. This discussion is important because the technologies for transmitting alarm, trouble, and supervisory signals from the protected premises to the fire department is changing rapidly. Several of the legacy technologies are becoming or are obsolete.

Attendees will learn the history U.S. alarm Transmission Ecosystem, issues with Legacy Alarm Transmission Technologies, 3G Sunset, FCC Mandate for POTS, Alarm Transmission Requirements in the 2022 edition of NFPA 72® 

Presented by: Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts is Senior Industry Affairs Manager at Honeywell Security and Fire with over 35 years in the fire alarm and life safety markets. His experience spans the installation, sales, and the development of products/systems.

Currently, Mr. Roberts is:

  • A member of seventeen NFPA Technical Committees
  • A member of several ICC Fire Code Action Committee (FCAC) Working Groups
  • A member of two Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Standards Technical Panel (STP). 

He serves:

  • On the Board of Directors for the Fire and Life Safety Section (FLSS) of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)
  • Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC)
  • Center for Campus Fire Safety (CCFS)

 Mr. Roberts is the Chair of NEMA’s Building Codes Committee as well as a member of the Model Codes Committee of the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM), Chair of the U.S. TAG to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC 21/SC 3 (Fire Detection and Alarm Systems), and Chair of the Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) codes & standards (C&S) committee.