David W. Hoover, P.E.
Experience Summary
Mr. Hoover has over twenty years
experience in the areas of fire protection engineering, assessment,
applications, and design. He specializes in the application of
fire protection principles and regulatory code compliance concerns
to special hazard occupancies and processes. His experience
includes process and occupancy code consulting, assessment of
engineered protection, special hazards applications engineering and
systems design. Mr. Hoover has consulted with many types of
occupancies and industries including refineries, chemical plants,
universities, research laboratories, power plants, and manufacturing
facilities.
Mr. Hoover has provided code consulting for permitting and
occupancy, fire protection hazards analysis, and design services for
new and existing plants, processing facilities, warehouses,
manufacturing facilities, and laboratories. His experience
includes code compliance assessments, development of fire protection
and process safety criteria, fire protection design and consulting
for facilities domestic and abroad. He is experienced in fire
water supply and distribution systems, automatic sprinkler systems,
deluge systems, fire detection and alarm systems, and special hazard
suppression systems including foam, halon, bulk dry chemical, and
CO2 systems. He has provided consulting services for
application of hazardous materials requirements at the Federal,
State, and local levels.
Mr. Hoover was previously employed as Manager, Fire Protection
Services for Crawford & Company, an international engineering and
consulting firm. Prior to that engagement, he was a
supervising engineer with ABB Impell Corporation. Previous
employment includes his services as a project engineer for Walter
Kidde Fire Systems Operations. He functioned as a safety
engineer for two Mobil Oil Corporation refineries (Augusta, KS and
Torrance, CA). He also has over 7 years experience as a paid
and volunteer fire fighter/EMT.
Expertise
in:
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Fire Protection Systems Analysis
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Hazard Evaluation and Assessment
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Code Compliance
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Systems Applications Engineering
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Fire Protection Systems Design
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Hazardous Materials Consulting
Education
and License:
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B.S. Fire Protection and Safety Engineering Technology - Oklahoma State University
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Registered Professional Engineer, Wisconsin