SFPE New England Networking at Tree House Brewery: Technical Presentations & Tour
SFPE New England will be hosting the December Meeting at Tree House Brewery located at 129 Sturbridge Rd, Charlton, MA 01507. The event will take place in the private room in the back of the brewery.
The event features two technical presentations by industry professionals on brewery and distillery related topics, followed by a tour of the facility.
Registration includes dinner and one drink ticket.
4:00 - 5:00 PM: Registration & Networking
5:00 - 5:45 PM: Hazards and Protection of Distilled Spirits in Wooden Barrels, Presented by John A. LeBlanc, FM
5:45 - 6:00 PM: Dinner is served
6:00 - 6:45 PM: Fire Protection in Breweries & Distilleries, presented by Scott Moore, Dalkita Architecture
6:45 - 8:00 PM: Networking & Brewery Tours
Dinner: Chef’s Choice Buffet including two salads, three entrées, starch, vegetable, and dessert. Please email program@sfpe-newengland.org with any dietary restrictions.
Sponsorship Opportunity: Consider becoming a drink sponsor or a meal sponsor for the event (register as part of the event).
Hazards and Protection of Distilled Spirits in Wooden Barrels
Presented by: John A. LeBlanc
FM has been working on finding adequate protection for distilled spirits stored in wooden barrels. The effort has involved testing both palletized and rack storage arrays. The test programs also defined barrel failure mechanisms and water flow obstruction characteristics. This talk will review all of the test programs and present the final fire protection criteria that is not included in NFPA 30 and the IFC.
Fire Protection in Breweries & Distilleries
Presented by: Scott Moore
This presentation intends to provide the basic critical information needed to understand brewing and distilling safety and coded concepts. It will include discussions of the primary risks of alcohol vapor and combustible dust.
The unique physics of water miscible alcohol will be discussed, along with the NFPA, IFC, and FM Global classifications of different concentrations of ethanol and water mixtures. Potable alcohol manufacturing terms will be identified and explained along with equipment used, its operation, and components necessary to prevent fires from occurring. Deflagration prevention will be addressed, including the concept of combustible concentration reduction. There will be a brief discussion of the importance of good housekeeping and equipment selection for grain processing operations. A comparison between the letter of the code and the laws of physics will be presented. Finally, recent changes to model codes will be discussed and the challenges they present for designers and AHJ officials.
Speaker Bios:
John A. LeBlanc is a Staff Vice President and Senior Engineering Technical Specialist within the Chief Engineer’s group of FM. John has been with FM for 40 years. John is responsible for the development and updating of FM’s Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets on ignitable liquid handling/storage, aerosol products, explosion protection systems, and provides support to all of the special hazard subject matter experts who handle combustible dust standards, flammable gas standards, hazardous chemical standards and special protection systems. In addition, he works with Research to support the development of research programs to understand and protect client scenarios.
John received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a Master of Science in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
He serves on fifteen National Fire Protection Association committees responsible for ignitable (flammable and/or combustible) liquids (NFPA 30), aerosol products (NFPA 30B), finishing processes (NFPA 33/34), explosion protection systems (NFPA 67/68/69), static electricity (NFPA 77), hazardous chemicals (NFPA 400), the correlating committee for NFPA 13, and the three committees working on the creation of NFPA 660 combustible dusts. He is chair of the NFPA 30 Correlating Committee and NFPA 30B. John as recently been appointed to the NFPA Standards Council. John is a Fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Scott Moore, NCARB has more than 30 years’ experience in the design and building industry. He began his career with an M.Arch. degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and gained professional experience in several firms working on a variety of residential, commercial, and public sector projects. Recognizing a disconnect between architectural design and construction, in 1998 Scott began a design-build practice and obtained a Class A contractor’s license and Scott and Dalkita began building what they designed. In 2005, Dalkita designed and built its first small distillery. Today, the firm has a national practice and is recognized as an expert in distillery design, construction, and life safety.
Scott and his business partner Matt Taylor-Rennert are both NCARB certified. Scott is a licensed architect in California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Matt holds licenses in Colorado, Hawaii, Montana, and Pennsylvania. Scott has attended speaking engagements on the subject of Distillery design for the American Distilling Institute, American Craft Spirits Association, National Fire Protection Association, the Colorado Fire Marshals Association, and various distilleries.
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