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Joshua Kurtz Acquires an Engineer-In-Training Certification
November 2011
Summit Fire Consulting is pleased to announce that Joshua Kurtz has successfully completed the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) examination and now has an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) certification. The FE exam was taken in April of 2011 in the State of Minnesota. The exam was eight hours long and consisted of a morning session and an afternoon session. The morning session was 120 questions and included general engineering topics such as mathematics, statistics, chemistry, ethics, engineering mechanics, material properties, fluid mechanics, electricity, magnetism and thermodynamics. The afternoon session was 60 questions and included chemical engineering topics such as chemistry, material/energy balances, heat transfer, mass transfer, chemical reaction engineering, process design, process control and safety. The FE exam is administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) and is a critical step in becoming a licensed Professional Engineer (PE) in fire protection engineering.
Summit Fire Consulting is a division of Summit Fire Protection that provides fire protection engineering and code consulting services to Architects, Engineers, General Contractors, Subcontractors, and Building Owners. Our professional services include building and fire code consulting, fire sprinklers, fire alarms, smoke control, structural fire protection, means of egress, and hazardous materials. Learn more about Summit Fire Consulting at www.summitfire.com/fire_consulting.
