Jared Van Gammeren has been in the fire sprinkler industry for over 20 years. He has worked his way up through the ranks as an installer, foreman, superintendent, designer, estimator, project manager, design manager, director, and owner. He has estimated, designed, and managed fire protection work on hospital facilities, industrial projects, schools, and mixed-use buildings. Out of his desire to provide the best design services to companies from coast to coast, Jared, and Darin Syverson, P.E., created Driven Fire Consultants in 2015. Driven is currently performing work in 30 states and has licensed engineers in 14 states. Jared holds NICET Level III in Water-Based Systems Layout and NICET III in Inspections and Testing of Water-Based Systems. He completed Fire Pump Applications, Inspections & Testing from Oklahoma State University in 2008, and Analysis of High Piled & Rack Storage Systems and Hydraulic Calculation of Automatic Sprinkler Systems in 2009. Jared is a volunteer firefighter for the Inwood Fire Department, servs as an alternate member on NFPA 33/34 and NFPA 11 and principal on NFPA 30B and currently serves on AFSA's Apprenticeship & Education Committee, the Convention Committee for AFSA44, and co-chairs the Design Training Task Group. Jared is also on the FLC committee for NFSA.