Alumni Discusses 30 Year Old Landmark Fire

Chris Jelenewicz, Engineering Program Manager at the Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) and B.S. Graduate of the FPE Department (Class of 87), appeared on a PBS show discussing the 1977 Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire in Southgate, Kentucky. Sitting in a panel with two journalists, Chris was representing the engineering view point and emphasizing the need and importance of Fire Protection Engineering as a way to reduce fire hazards.

For more information on the show, see the video at: http://www.cetconnect.org/cetconnect_video.asp?ID=1388

For more information on Chris, visit his web page at: http://www.sfpe.org/upload/sfpe_media_backgrounder_jelenewicz_002.pdf

Published June 23, 2007