QUINCY, MA -- Each year, the NFPA Standards Council recognizes individuals for outstanding service to the organization in the development of codes and standards. Awards will be presented to 16 individuals at the association’s Technical Session, which immediately followed the NFPA Conference & Expo, June 19-21.

2023 Recipients for Committee Service Award
Dr. Robert V. Albert
US Department of the Navy – NAVSEA
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Technical Committee on Gas Hazards (1996 – present)

Michael Coull
Heritage Fire and Safety Ltd.
Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Technical Committee on Cultural Resources (2006 – present; Secretary 2010 – 2023)

Jason D’Antona
Partners Healthcare
Somerville, Massachusetts
Correlating Committee on Health Care Facilities (2014 – present)
Technical Committees on:

Emergency Power Supplies (2013 – 2019)

Health Care Facilities – Electrical Systems (2005 – present; Chair 2014 – present)
Richard G. Fredenburg
State of North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Raleigh, North Carolina
Technical Committees on:

Explosion Protection Systems (2016 – present)

Automotive and Marine Service Stations (2016 – present)

Liquefied Petroleum Gases (1999 – present)

LP-Gases at Utility Gas Plants (1999 – present)

Steven T. Gentry
Worthington Industries (ret. May 2023)
Columbus, Ohio
Technical Committee on Liquefied Petroleum Gases (2000 – 2023)

Wayne B. Geyer
Steel Tank Institute (ret. June 2023)
Lake Zurich, Illinois
Technical Committees on:

Flammable and Combustible Liquids – Tank Storage and Piping Systems (1986 – present)

Tank Leakage and Repair Safeguards (1986 – present)

Thomas R. Janicak
Ceco Door Products (ret. August 2022)
Hampshire, Illinois
Technical Committees on:

Building Code / Life Safety Code – Educational and Day-Care Occupancies (2013 – 2022)

Premises Security (2006 – 2013)

Building Code / Life Safety Code – Fire Protection Features (2002 – 2022)

Fire Doors and Windows (1986 – 2022)

Frank J. Mortimer
American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCI)/EMC Insurance Company (ret. February 2023)
Indianola, Iowa
Technical Committees on:

National Fuel Gas Code (2013 – 2023; Chair 2017 – 2023)

Liquefied Petroleum Gases (1997 – 2023; Chair 2004 – 2013)

Amy J. Murdock
Code Consultants, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri
Correlating Committees on Building Code and Life Safety Code (2014 – present)
Building Code / Life Safety Code Technical Committee on Mercantile and Business Occupancies (2009 – present; Chair 2014 – present)

Kevin L. Ritz
Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
Baltimore, Maryland
Technical Committees on:

Liquefied Natural Gas (2004 – present)

LP-Gases at Utility Gas Plants (2002 – present; Chair 2012 – present)

Samuel A. Rodgers
Honeywell, Inc.
Colonial Heights, Virginia
Combustible Dusts Technical Committees on:

Handling and Conveying of Dusts, Vapors, and Gases (2000 – present)

Combustible Metals and Metal Dusts (2011 – present)

Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts (2011 – Present)

Technical Committees on:

Electrical Equipment in Chemical Atmospheres (1996 – present)

Explosion Protection Systems (1996 – present; Chair 2003 – 2013)

Michael P. Sheerin
TLC Engineering for Architecture
Orlando, Florida
Correlating Committee on Health Care Facilities (2014 – present)
Mechanical Systems (2007 – present; Chair 2014 – present)

James P. Simpson
Electrical Training Alliance
Palisade, Minnesota
Technical Committees on:

Health Care Facilities – Health Care Emergency Management and Security (2008 – present)

Signaling Systems – Emergency Communication Systems (2008 – present)

Premises Security (2006 – present; Chair 2014 – present)

James R. Thornton
Newport News Shipbuilding
Hampton, Virginia
Technical Committee on Gas Hazards (2002 – present; Chair 2011 – present)

Michael Tierney
Kellen Company
Niantic, Connecticut
Technical Committees on:

Premises Security (2001 – present)

Building Code / Life Safety Code – Means of Egress (2000 – present)

Building Code / Life Safety Code – Detention and Correctional Facilities (2000 – 2004)

Fire Doors and Windows (2000 – present)

Steven D. Wolin
Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc.
Liberty, South Carolina
Flammable and Combustible Liquids Technical Committees on:

Fundamentals of Flammable and Combustible Liquids (2021 – present)

Storage and Warehousing of Containers and Portable Tanks (2018 – present)

Technical Committees on:

Automatic Sprinkler Systems –Sprinkler System Discharge Criteria (2014 – present)

Hazard and Risk of Contents and Furnishings (2004 – present; Chair 2013 – present)

Smoke Management Systems (2001 – 2014)