Education Courses Aimed at Fire Service Officials in Atlantic City Two education opportunities developed by members of the ICC Fire Service Membership Council Governing Committee will be available to fire service officials attending the Code Council’s 2013 Annual Conference in Atlantic City, N.J. The first course, "New Approaches to Warehouse Fire Protection/Warehouse Commodity – Fire Protection Mismatch; a Recipe for Major Warehouse Fires," focuses on the challenges of commodity classification and high‐piled combustible storage. Seemingly benign changes or alterations to commodities can have a major impact on the ability of a sprinkler system to either control or suppress a fire. High‐piled combustible storage (HPCS) is no longer limited to conventional warehouses. Experience has found that jurisdictions can find HPCS within indoor malls or in conventional strip mercantile buildings. Given that HPCS is commonly located in sprinklered, unlimited area buildings, its incumbent upon code officials and design professional to ensure that the sprinkler protection is properly designed, especially when dealing with high-challenge commodities like plastics, aerosols or physical-hazard hazardous materials. This seminar includes several case studies that explain what went wrong and what went right in unlimited area buildings protected by automatic sprinklers. The second course, "Code Hearing Orientation for First Timers," will be an overview of ICC's code hearing process led by a panel of experts from the FSMC Governing Committee. This course will include a practice session on testifying on a code change during a "Mock Hearing." Click here for registration information and more details on ICC's education opportunities in Atlantic City.