You will be missed. Good luck to you wherever your life takes you. Rick Matsuda
> On Aug 13, 2026, at 2:56 PM, BRUCE VERHEI <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Fire Protection Specialists! > > I’m going to withdraw from the forum. I’ve been out of the business too long. > I don’t have confidence any comments I would make would be current. > > I initially signed up after retiring, as I thought a plan reviewer’s > perspective might sometimes be helpful. Many current reviewers are restrained > by their city’s open documents policies. (In WA State payments can be > $50/document per day.) The drives city attorneys to be conservative about > participation, even off the clock. > > > Best to All! > > I do want to acknowledge the helpful assistance from many of you over the > years. > > I especially call out mentourship from two FM FPE’s, the late Joe Hankins, > who’s sprinkler test work, from the residential sprinklers to early ESFR, was > monumental, and John King, who was much more local to me. John moved on to be > a global expert in industrial disaster planning and turbine power protection, > but kindly gave me considerable assistance over the years. I’m not sure FM’s > Bellevue WA office knew how much. > > Keep up the good work! > > Bruce Verhei > Kent (WA) Fire Ret. > > > _________________________________________________________ > SprinklerForum mailing list: > https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] _________________________________________________________ SprinklerForum mailing list: https://lists.firesprinkler.org/list/sprinklerforum.lists.firesprinkler.org To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
