Speaker biography: Nick Groos, Chairman, International Fire Sprinkler Association

Published: 08 February, 2010

Nick Groos is a mechanical engineer and began his career in the fire sprinkler industry with the Viking Group back in 1989. Currently based in Luxembourg, he is employed by Viking as its International Group Vice President.

Nick has been active in the standards writing process throughout his career and participates in several CEN working groups related to sprinklers. He was one of the founding members of the International Fire Sprinkler Association (IFSA) and currently acts as its Chairman. He is also on the Councils of both the European Fire Sprinkler Network (EFSN) and the British Automatic Fire Sprinkler Association (BAFSA).

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