The Henry S. Parmelee Award was presented
to industry leader Tom Groos at AFSA’s Annual Convention.
The high honor recognizes an outstanding
individual who has dedicated him or herself to the professional advancement of
the automatic fire sprinkler industry and to the goal of fire and life safety
through automatic sprinklers. It is named for Henry S. Parmelee, who is recognized
as the inventor of the first commercially successful closed sprinkler head.