Session 4C: Designing Fire Safety in Very Tall Buildings During this session, Morgan Hurley will discuss the new SFPE Engineering Guide Fire Safety for Very Tall

Buildings. Mr. Hurley served on the SFPE Task Group that developed this manual. This is essential guidance

for anyone involved in tall buildings, that is, those well beyond the code based definition of a high rise

building. Representative topics are unique features of tall buildings, systems reliability, special egress

considerations, and special system design considerations.

Morgan J. Hurley, P.E., FSFPE Technical Director Society of Fire Protection Engineers

Mr. Hurley is the Technical Director of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers,

where he manages the technical activities of the Society. He also teaches

graduate-level fire protection engineering courses as an adjunct faculty

member at the University of Maryland, California State Polytechnic University,

and Worcester Polytechnic University. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s

degrees in Fire Protection Engineering, and is a registered Professional

Engineer in the states of Maryland and Virginia.

Beginning his career as a consulting engineer designing fire safety upgrades

for numerous government buildings in Washington, DC, Mr. Hurley later

worked for the U.S. Coast Guard, where he developed fire protection policies

for the merchant shipping fleet. He draws from a wealth of experience in fire

protection engineering that has been accumulated during a distinguished

career in both the public and private sectors.

Mr. Hurley is a fellow of the Society of Fire Protection Engineers and a member

of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the National Fire

Protection Association.

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