INTRODUCTION TO HYDROSTATICS

In this series, we're sharing the hydrostatic principles that provide the foundation for hydraulics that are used in fire suppression systems today.


Our objectives include:

  1. Understand what hydraulic concepts are important to the field of fire suppression.
  2. Introduce the five principles of hydrostatics.
  3. Work examples to establish how hydrostatics influences fluids in fire suppression systems.

G121 - 2022 - 1.0 HOUR

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MEET THE INSTRUCTORS

Ed Henderson, PE

President / Fire Protection Engineer | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Ed Henderson is the President of Assurance Engineering, Inc. located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Within his career Ed has held Board level and Executive Management level positions with Mobil Oil Corporation, Honeywell, and Ingersoll Rand.

Ed has been licensed as a Professional Engineer since 1985. In New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Florida he currently holds dual licensure in Mechanical and Fire Protection Engineering. He is internationally board approved as a Certified Fire Protection Specialist by the NFPA. Ed currently holds a DOE “L” Clearance at Sandia National Laboratory.
Ed is a licensed member of The National Society of Professional Engineers, a member of the National Fire Protection Association, is a Senior Member of the Association of Energy Engineers and is a member of ASHRAE.
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Ed earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 1972 and an MS in Engineering Management from Northeastern University in 1983. Other graduate level studies were completed at Cornell University, Rutgers University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.