Fire Sprinkler Laboratory Ribbon Cutting

Waterbury, Conn. – On Thursday, October 9, NVCC celebrated the ribbon cutting of a premiere Fire Sprinkler Laboratory for its fire technology and administration program. With more than $100,000 in donations from the American Fire Sprinklers Association and its Connecticut chapter members, it is among the most comprehensive training facilities in the tri-state area.

From left to right: Joe Geary, city of Waterbury director of operations; Dr. Daisy Coco DeFilippis, NVCC president; Robert Ross, state of Connecticut director of fire, emergency and building safety; Dr. Patricia Bouffard, NVCC dean of academic affairs; Robert Hollis, chairman of AFSA’s Connecticut chapter; Barbara Washburn, academic division director of engineering technologies.