Steps to Safety Training
9 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Plainfield IL
Get ready to become a Steps to Safety Instructor in your state with our interactive train-the-trainer workshop!
COST:
No Charge
Critical Concepts of the 2021 International Existing Building Code® (IEBC®)
9 am – 2:00 pm
Location: 75 Turner Avenue, Elk Grove Village
This seminar will introduce critical concepts of the 2021 International Existing Building Code® (IEBC®). It will provide a basis for the correct use and application of the code. It will build an understanding of the intent of the code through detailing basic tables, categorizations and a case study.
Speaker bio: James (Tim) T. Ryan, C.B.O.
Tim Ryan served the City of Overland Park for 40 years; all in the Building Safety Division. He served that community as a field inspector, plans examiner, field supervisor and as Code Administrator from 1998 until 2017. He currently serves as the Executive Director of the International Building Officials Association and as a National and International Code Consultant. Tim graduated from Pittsburg State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Construction Management and Technology in 1978. He has been certified in 15 separate categories of building code administration and management. During his career, he has served on approximately 30 task force groups, ad hoc and administrative committees at the local, state and national levels. He is well recognized as a public speaker and is highly regarded as an instructor on several topics of building and fire codes, including existing buildings, legal aspects of code administration, leadership, and management. He served on the Board of Directors for the Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA), Intl. model code organization from 1993 through 2002, including as the last full-term President of BOCA before merging with ICBO and SBCCI to form the International Code Council. He then served 7 years on the Board of Directors for the International Code Council. He served on the Board of Directors for the National Institute of Building Sciences from 2006 through 2021. Starting in 2012, he served as one of six board members to be appointed to the NIBS Board by the President of the United States; Tim was appointed by President Obama in 2012. He has been a member of the ICC Codes and Standards Council, is currently a member of the ICC Code Correlation Committee and serves as a moderator for the ICC Code Development hearings. In 2012, Tim was awarded ICC’s Bob Fowler award for his outstanding leadership in furthering a safer built environment in 2012. Tim was awarded the Mortimer M. Marshal Award from the National Institute of Building Sciences in January 2018 for outstanding life time achievement.
COST:
$50 each for IFIA members
$100 each for Non-Members
Core Chapters of NFPA 101
Location: TBD
Description:
This class will cover the Core Chapters (Chapters 1-10) of NFPA 101 (2015 ed) as adopted by the OSFM. This will include how NFPA 101 is used throughout Illinois, such as how this adoption is affected by home rule and non-home rule municipalities and in state licensed and state buildings. .
Instructor:
Catherine Stashak is a fire protection engineer having worked with OSFM for 19-1/2 years. She graduated from IIT with a B.S. in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering and an MBA. She retired from the Des Plaines Fire Department as a firefighter/inspector. Catherine serves on NFPA Technical Committees, the NFPA Standards Council, UL Standards Technical Panels, CANENA working groups (WG) related to refrigeration, and on WGs for the ICC Fire Code Advisory Committee.
COST:
No Charge
North American Modern Building Alliance
The North American Modern Building Alliance, or NAMBA is offering a limited number of scholarships for building officials to attend our 2026 Building Fire Safety Symposium, taking place September 9–10 in Rosemont, Illinois.
NAMBA is an industry organization of the American Chemistry Council focused on education and technical dialogue around building fire safety, particularly as it relates to modern construction, code compliance, and the safe use of building materials and assemblies. Our members include companies and stakeholders involved in the building and construction sector, including manufacturers of plastic building materials used in modern buildings.
The Building Fire Safety Symposium is a smaller event designed to encourage meaningful discussion across these groups. The program is organized around the five common principles of fire safety:
Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary registration, access to all Symposium sessions and networking events, and, for out-of-state officials or those traveling from a significant distance, up to $500 in travel reimbursement for reasonable expenses and up to a two-night hotel stay at the Symposium hotel.
The scholarship application deadline is July 8. Building officials interested in applying may do so here: https://www.modernbuildingalliance.us/2026-namba-building-official-scholarship-program/
Because scholarships are limited, NAMBA is also offering a reduced registration rate for building officials who may wish to attend even if scholarship funds are no longer available ($95).
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Contact the Office to get the seminar they would like.
COST:
$30 each for IFIA members
$50 each for Non-Members
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