TVSFPE Chapter Meeting 11/5/2026

When
11/05/2026
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location
Mimi's Cafe - Turkey Creek

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TVSFPE,

TVSFPE will be meeting Thursday (11/5/2026) at Mimi's Café in Turkey Creek: https://www.mimiscafe.com/locations/knoxville/

The meeting will be from 6pm to 8pm. A social hour will be held between 5pm and 6pm. The speaker is Clint Williamson of General Air Products. He will be presenting on:

"Vapor Pipe Shield".

Description: The presentation will compare the two most popular methods of inhibiting internal corrosion in fire protection systems: high purity Nitrogen and vapor phase corrosion inhibitors. We will cover the history, safety, and efficacy of both technologies.

Speaker Introduction: Clint Williamson works as part of the business development team with General Air Products. Clint has spent the last decade in the fire protection industry focusing primarily on corrosion mitigation throughout the sprinkler system. In his current role, he provides technical training and support to specifying engineers, end-users, and distributor partners on their projects featuring dry and pre-action systems.

Previous month's meeting minutes are linked below.

10-1-26 Secetary Report.pdf

Thank you,

Channing Walmsley

TVSFPE Secretary

Cell: 865-320-7091

Office: 865-241-5755

http://www.tvsfpe.org/

TVSFPE,

TVSFPE will be meeting Thursday (4/2/2026) at Mimi's Café in Turkey Creek: https://www.mimiscafe.com/locations/knoxville/

The meeting will be from 6pm to 8pm. The speaker is Andy Grenier of Coffman Engineers. He will be presenting on:

"Fire Protection and Life Safety Analysis of an Existing Roadway Tunnel".

Description:

An engineering analysis was conducted for an existing road tunnel and its related facility systems such as emergency ventilation, fire detection and alarm, and fire protection systems. NFPA 502, “Standard for Road Tunnels, Bridges, and Other Limited Access Highways” was used as the baseline for evaluating requirements. A risk analysis framework was established for comparing existing conditions to the NFPA 502 requirements. Risk reduction and mitigation recommendations were made and ranked based upon prioritization factors, with a view to providing for future scope planning for project implementation to upgrade the tunnel safety systems.

Speaker Introduction:

Please note that Mimi's Cafe has food, and is located at 10945 Parkside Dr. Knoxville, TN 37934

Previous Meeting Minutes will be attached below.

Thank you,

TN Valley Society of Fire Protection Engineers

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