Larry has over three decades of construction industry experience, with the last 29 spent designing, commissioning, testing and inspecting fire alarm, mass notification/emergency communication and related life safety systems. He is an author, instructor, and industry advocate serving on multiple technical committees and industry panels. Larry provides design and technical services to various clients, including fire alarm and related system design and commissioning, project management, smoke management interface design and commissioning, plan reviews, code conformance studies, risk analyses and technical assessments. His experience with fire alarm design projects includes various campus and high-rise fire alarm systems from an assortment of system manufacturers.
Larry often serves as lead designer and/or project manager on projects. Recent projects have included designing and implementing a large fire alarm and mass notification/emergency/communication system, including a variety of audible, visual and textual displays and designing a large (100+ building) radio frequency fire alarm reporting system.
Larry Rietz, SET, CFPS, is a talented expert in fire detection and alarms with nearly 30 years of industry experience in systems design, education, thought leadership and industry presentations and advocacy. He is a NICET Level IV Certified (SET) Fire Alarm designer and Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) and provides fire alarm and notification system design and commissioning, smoke management, plan reviews, code compliance guidance, risk analyses and technical assessments.
Early in his career, Larry worked for a large-scale fire alarm manufacturer and service provider, then moved to consulting at Jensen Hughes, including seven years spent as the Director of the Denver office. Over those years, he led a talented team of engineers and grew the Denver business over 300% in just four years while leading and designing multiple large fire alarm and emergency communication systems for transportation sites, entertainment venues, and higher education campuses. He was also the Project Manager for the Denver International Airport Public Safety Notification Upgrade and On-Call Life Safety Systems projects.
Larry currently serves as the Fire Detection + Alarms Global Service Line Leader for Jensen Hughes as well as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) Board of Directors as Secretary. He also serves on several different UL Standards technical panels and multiple National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) technical committees.
Larry Rietz, SET, CFPS, is a talented expert in fire detection and alarms with nearly 30 years of industry experience in systems design, education, thought leadership and industry presentations and advocacy. He is a NICET Level IV Certified (SET) Fire Alarm designer and Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) and provides fire alarm and notification system design and commissioning, smoke management, plan reviews, code compliance guidance, risk analyses and technical assessments.
Early in his career, Larry worked for a large-scale fire alarm manufacturer and service provider, then moved to consulting at Jensen Hughes, including seven years spent as the Director of the Denver office. Over those years, he led a talented team of engineers and grew the Denver business over 300% in just four years while leading and designing multiple large fire alarm and emergency communication systems for transportation sites, entertainment venues, and higher education campuses. He was also the Project Manager for the Denver International Airport Public Safety Notification Upgrade and On-Call Life Safety Systems projects.
Larry currently serves as the Fire Detection + Alarms Global Service Line Leader for Jensen Hughes as well as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) Board of Directors as Secretary. He also serves on several different UL Standards technical panels and multiple National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) technical committees.
Larry Rietz, SET, CFPS, is a talented expert in fire detection and alarms with nearly 30 years of industry experience in systems design, education, thought leadership and industry presentations and advocacy. He is a NICET Level IV Certified (SET) Fire Alarm designer and Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) and provides fire alarm and notification system design and commissioning, smoke management, plan reviews, code compliance guidance, risk analyses and technical assessments.
Early in his career, Larry worked for a large-scale fire alarm manufacturer and service provider, then moved to consulting at Jensen Hughes, including seven years spent as the Director of the Denver office. Over those years, he led a talented team of engineers and grew the Denver business over 300% in just four years while leading and designing multiple large fire alarm and emergency communication systems for transportation sites, entertainment venues, and higher education campuses. He was also the Project Manager for the Denver International Airport Public Safety Notification Upgrade and On-Call Life Safety Systems projects.
Larry currently serves as the Fire Detection + Alarms Global Service Line Leader for Jensen Hughes as well as the Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA) Board of Directors as Secretary. He also serves on several different UL Standards technical panels and multiple National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) technical committees.
