NFPA's
Jim Shannon Named Advocate of the Year AFSA Recognizes
a “Passionate, Articulate and Convincing Advocate for Fire
Sprinklers”
Just a few months ago, James M. “Jim” Shannon, president
and chief executive officer of the National Fire Protection Association
(NFPA), watched in dismay as a house that had once belonged to
his grandparents, where his mother grew up and he spent many
hours visiting as a boy, was destroyed by fire.