Barry Lee
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Barry Lee OAM was President of the Australian Fire Protection Association, and former President of the Fire Protection Industry Association of Australia when the two associations agreed to merge to form Fire Protection Association Australia (FPA Australia). Barry started as a fire protection engineer in 1951, when he joined Wormald Brothers in Melbourne, and ended up as Technical Director for Tyco International Pty Ltd, which succeeded Wormald International, before semi-retirement and ongoing involvement in fire protection consulting.

Grinnell’s perforated pipe system. Image courtesy of Automatic Sprinkler Protection by Gorham Dana
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A brief history of automatic fire sprinkler systems

The Great Fire of London in 1666 led to the first set of building regulations in Britain, identified the need for passive fire protection, and prompted the emergence of fire insurance. It also gave impetus to the development of automatic…