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We will start with lunch at 11:00 am, followed by a presentation by Christopher Gates, staff engineer of UL Solutions.  

Chris will be presenting “Commodity Classification - A Critical Consideration in Automatic Fire Sprinkler System Design”. There are a large number of situations in the field where a commodity classification cannot be easily determined using the descriptive information provided in NFPA13. Christopher’s presentation will focus on UL Solutions commodity testing that generates data that can be considered by system designers and authorities to help them identify appropriate sprinkler design criteria.

Chris is a graduate of Marquette University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He has 36 years of fire protection and loss prevention experience including 18 in the HPR insurance industry. This experience includes conducting loss prevention consultative audits of various hi-tech and manufacturing occupancies, field staff management and overall account loss prevention coordination. Chris is currently a Staff Engineer with UL Solutions Built Environment. He has been with UL in Northbrook, Illinois since 2006 where he has been involved in the development and conduct of large-scale fire testing and calorimetry. Chris speaks at numerous conventions and events on these topics. Chris currently serves on the NFPA 30B technical committee and was formerly the membership chairman for the Chicago Chapter of SFPE.