Corey Kinsman, P.E. — Secretary  
 
Corey R. Kinsman, P.E., is a Fire Protection Engineer based in Nashville, Tennessee with over 20 years of fire protection engineering and code consulting experience. His work supports battery manufacturers, architectural and engineering firms, commercial nuclear power plants, government research laboratories, real estate developers, warehouse storage companies, and insurance and risk management entities. Corey’s expertise spans building and fire code compliance, hazardous materials analysis, fire hazards and life safety analyses, automatic fire suppression, fire alarm, and smoke management system design, performance-based design, AHJ negotiations, and system inspection, testing, and commissioning.
 
Much of Corey’s recent work involves lithium-ion battery manufacturing, chemicals and hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing, and battery energy storage systems, where he has led code consulting efforts and developed Alternative Design Methods, Fire Hazard Analyses, Hazardous Materials Inventories, and Code Analyses for facilities across the United States and abroad. He is also a named inventor on a pending U.S. patent for intumescent fire-resistant storage container systems.

Corey holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bradley University and is a licensed Professional Engineer in fire protection engineering in multiple states. He currently serves on the SFPE Foundation Board of Governors, is Vice President of the SFPE Middle Tennessee Chapter, and contributes to NFPA and ICC technical committees.