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Flora F. Chen, FPE <br /> <br />Fire Plan Review Engineer <br /> <br /> <br />Experience <br />25 + years <br /> <br />Education <br />Master’s Degree in Fire Engineering <br />Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical <br />Engineering <br />Certifications <br />Registered Professional Engineer in <br />California with proficiency in Fire <br />Protection. <br />ICC Certified Commercial Building <br />Inspector <br /> <br />Professional Affiliations <br />Society of Fire Protection Engineers <br />(SFPE), Professional Member <br />National Fire Protection Association <br />(NFPA), Member <br />Experience Summary <br />Flora is a registered Professional Engineer with proficiency in Fire <br />Protection in California and Arizona and is a registered Mechanical <br />Engineer in China. Flora is also an ICC Certified Commercial Building <br />Inspector. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical <br />Engineering and a Master’s degree in Fire Engineering. Flora has more <br />than 25 years of experience working with local fire departments and <br />private fire and MEP engineering consulting firms. She is highly‐skilled in <br />fire protection, performance‐based design, mechanical engineering <br />design, fire hazard evaluation, code interpretation, design modification <br />and alternatives, and has completed numerous project designs involving <br />various industrial, commercial, hospitals, and high‐rise buildings in the <br />United States and overseas. <br /> <br />Select Professional Experience <br /> <br />Flora has completed several publications in the areas of life safety/fire protection performance‐based <br />engineering design, structure performance in fire, smoke management, computer modelling <br />applications, fire investigation, and upholstered furniture fire research and has served on technical <br />committees including: <br /> <br />• Fire Protection Engineering Licensing Committee <br />• NFPA 13 Installation of Sprinkler Systems <br />• NFPA 24 Private Fire Service Mains <br />• NFPA 92 Smoke‐Control Systems <br />• NFPA 101 Life Safety Code <br />• NFPA 204 Smoke and Heat Venting <br />• NFPA 291 Fire Flow Testing and Marking of Hydrants <br />• NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code <br /> <br />Publications, Speeches and Awards <br />• Fire Scene Reconstruction Using Computer Modelling, presented in the Asia Fire 2009 <br />International Conference, February 2009, Hong Kong, China. <br /> <br />• “HATS OFF” Award by the Society of Fire Protection Engineers, October 2008.