CARMEL, IND. - December
5, 2007 - Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies today announced that the company's
Kurt Roeper, manager global codes & standards, was presented the Door &
Hardware Institute's (DHI) Ryan Editorial Award in the technical category for
his article entitled "Balanced Construction: A Rational Approach to Passive
& Active Fire Protection," which appeared in the February 2007 issue
of the Institute's magazine, Doors and Hardware. The article argued that, in
the current debate over "passive" versus "active" fire protection,
one technology should not oppose another, but both should be applied as layered
and complimentary elements of protection. Roeper stressed that there needs to
be an effective balance between sprinklers and rated construction to provide
the best in fire and life safety design.
In announcing the award
presented October 20 at the DHI Conference and Exposition, held at the Gaylord
Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., DHI CEO Jerry Heppes
told Roeper, "Kurt, we appreciate all the time you spend on all your efforts
for DHI, the magazine being only one small part of your volunteer time. We thank
you again for all your hard work and continued support of the Institute and
congratulate you for a job very well done."
At Ingersoll Rand Security
Technologies, Roeper is the company's representative on numerous code and standard
writing bodies and is an active speaker and advocate on issues pertaining to
life safety in the built environment. He has been interviewed for a feature
that will appear in a future issue of Doors and Hardware.