Professional Loss Control

Lyle Hamre, P.Eng.

PRINCIPAL ENGINEER

EDUCATION

B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, 1980.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

New Brunswick
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Saskatchewan

TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

National Building Code of Canada - Standing Committee on Use and Egress
Underwriter's Laboratories of Canada - Committee on Fire Tests

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fire and building code compliance
Evaluation and design of fire protection systems
Smoke control system design
Computer-based modeling of fire behavior
Fire hazard analysis
Fire safety at nuclear facilities

MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Fire Protection Engineers
National Fire Protection Association

Fire Facts

March 25, 1911 at approximately 4:45 PM a fire broke out on the 8th floor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Factory in New York. One hundred and forty six of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company employees were killed by this fire. Later investigation determined that many of these deaths should have been avoided, this fire is credited with bringing about major improvements to both fire safety regulations and workers rights.