WOBO Bio

Robert Solomon, PE, Secretary/Treasurer

Robert is the Assistant Vice President for Building and Life Safety Codes at NFPA.   He oversees the operations of the department whose projects include NFPA 101, Life Safety Code® and the NFPA Building Construction and Safety Code ™. He serves as the project manager for HUD's Federal Advisory Committee on Manufactured Housing.   After graduating from the University of Maryland in 1982, he worked with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Charleston, SC. Since 1986, he has held several positions at NFPA, including staff liaison for the water extinguishing systems projects. He has been an editor for three editions of the NFPA Automatic Sprinkler Systems Handbook and is editor of the NFPA Fire and Life Safety Inspection Manual, eighth edition.

He is a member of the JCAHO Committee on Healthcare Safety; Chairman of the Healthcare Interpretations Task Force; the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat; the AISC Fire Engineering Steering Committee; the UL Fire Council; The Infrastructure Security Partnership; and he serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the World Organization of Building Officials.