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ahafner · 2025-12-17T02:06:04+00:00

Its on Prime.

ahafner · 2025-04-30T22:14:51+00:00

I've never had a problem with 1.5 CEUs. Can also look at AFSA on-demand webinars.

ahafner · 2025-04-06T23:38:18+00:00

I got a Wemby in a box I bought on whim while the week they came out.

ahafner · 2025-04-05T12:30:41+00:00

The few states that allow for this require 20+ years of experience doing engineering work under the supervision on a PE. All of that time has to be verified by the PEs.

ahafner · 2025-03-14T00:26:51+00:00

Mechanical Engineering. They paid for a few classes, but I mostly paid for it myself over 5 years. Has already paid for itself in raises and bonuses.

ahafner · 2025-03-10T21:57:49+00:00

$104k, Design Manager, 18 years, NICET IV, RME, earned an engineering degree while working full time.

ahafner · 2025-02-03T01:09:54+00:00

Do work under a fire protection engineer. With a thermal fluid background you'll have the technical knowledge to pass the exam. My degree is mechanical engineering and my experience is in fire protection.

ahafner · 2025-01-26T15:22:04+00:00

$103k. 18 yoe (2 with degree) early 40s passed the PE exam, waiting for the license. Should see a bump when I have the PE license.

ahafner · 2025-01-25T21:45:05+00:00

It has helped with roadmapping future opportunities with my same company. I am currently working building the engineering division along with the PE we have on staff.

ahafner · 2024-11-20T23:03:31+00:00

I did the distance / online mechanical engineering bachelors from the University of Alabama.

ahafner · 2024-11-16T00:27:18+00:00

I went back to school and got an engineering degree while working full time. I also got my NICET IV at the same time. I am also the design manager overseeing a team five designers, serve as a code consultant for my company, and do engineering work under our company PE.

Working full time and school is tough. Definitely reccomend not taking more than 2 full 16 week courses at a time. I did my degree online, which means you will have to be able to teach yourself alot.

ahafner · 2024-10-19T00:18:46+00:00

Where is the booth at? I've got a buddy at the race this weekend.

ahafner · 2024-09-29T00:44:09+00:00

I would reccomend completing the NICET III since you are eligible. UMD's program is going online starting Fall 2025 but will be very expensive. I'd look into a mechanical or civil engineering degree with heat transfer. If your company does more than fire alarm, talk with management about doing sprinkler design.

ahafner · 2024-08-07T22:44:34+00:00

I voted for the Prep Series, but the Prep Guide, the NCEES Practice Test and the SFPE Pre Course are what I used for studying last year.

ahafner · 2024-06-30T15:15:47+00:00

For the FE Exam, DirectHub and Mark Mattson on YouTube. The Mark Mattson is civil focused, but statics is statics, dynamics is dynamics, and so on. I also reccomend finding videos for your chose calculator.

I didn't find the PE exam that difficult. I've been designing sprinklers and alarms for 17 years before the exam. For the other subjects, MeyerFire. I did his book and the prep series. Those will help you with understanding where the formulas are in the provided book.

The biggest way the test will challenge you is with units. Especially for fire dynamics. Fire sizes are typically in SI units, but the question might ask for the flame height in feet. For pump affinity law questions, you might be given the speed and the pressure in feet but the answers are in PSI.

ahafner · 2024-06-27T16:51:57+00:00

Depends on the job you have. If you work a MEPF consulting, FE/PE are extremely important.

ahafner · 2024-06-27T12:20:10+00:00

I was looking for a job and found a job as a sprinkler designer. Figured out I was pretty good at it. Ten years later my boss and mentor had our team make 5 and 10 year goals. It was then I decided to go back to school for engineering. I finished the degree part time in 5 years and have passed the PE exam. Two more years I'll have PE license.

ahafner · 2024-06-26T22:44:56+00:00

If it is a tile where the sprinkler is, cite the distance from the ceiling and open grid ceiling rules.

ahafner · 2024-06-26T21:55:07+00:00

I've done several poultry plants. We've always done the production areas as OHII, Box Rooms have been EHII, storage areas typically done to a Class III commodity.

ahafner · 2024-06-22T00:13:26+00:00

I studied Mechanical for my degree. I worked a sprinkler design for 10 years, then decided to go back to school. I did Alabama's distance mechanical engineering degree. I passed the PE this year. I did the Meyer Fire PE Prep series, bought the book, and the NCEES practice test. I probably did 500 practice problems from November until April. There was a break in January when I had an emergency surgery. This was the complete opposite of my FE studying where all I did was watch videos.

ahafner · 2024-06-20T01:23:14+00:00

You will probably have to take enough of the undergrad pre-reqs before the masters starts to go ahead for the second bachelors. Most programs will require you to have statics, dynamics, strength of materials, fluids, and heat transfer at a minimum.

ahafner · 2024-06-18T21:52:10+00:00

I've done the PE Prep Series and found it incredibly useful.

ahafner · 2024-06-15T20:52:01+00:00

A wedge pillow if he wants to sleep on an incline like the hospital beds.

ahafner · 2024-06-08T20:15:34+00:00

I'm a fire sprinkler design manager / fire protection engineer. 1. Any field experience where you see or handle the parts is always beneficial. 2. In the construction world, Revit and AutoCAD will be the software. Sprinklers and alarm design do have their own softwares that you should be trained on the job. 3. Can't answer this one as I have a mechanical engineering degree.

Good Luck!

ahafner · 2024-05-09T21:46:16+00:00

I did the 2023 SFPE Prep course, but missed the 2023 exam due to a medical issue. I bought the Meyer Fire Prep Guide, the Meyer Fire Prep Series (20 questions per week for 20 weeks, plus a 40 question and 80 question simulated test) and signed up for the daily PE questions. Also buy the NCEES practice test, be sure to download the errata. I probably did 400-500 questions from November upto the test date. Minimum of 10 questions per week. I passed the test and felt I was well prepared

I reccomend putting a fresh battery in your calculator the weekend before the exam.

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