Rich Walke

Technical Director of Creative Technology Inc.
Mr. Walke provides consulting and training services for the fire protection and code enforcement communities. Previously, he had been employed by UL for 43 years, focusing on fire-resistance-rated construction and the protection of breaches in those assemblies. Prior to retiring from UL, Mr. Walke’s responsibilities included providing fire protection-related technical support to the regulatory community, providing educational seminars, developing internet-based training programs, interacting on code change activities and serving as a liaison between the UL engineering staff and the regulatory community. Prior to that assignment, he was actively engaged in fire protection engineering for 29 years. Mr. Walke provided the supervisory and review activities of engineering investigations conducted on fire resistive construction, through-penetration firestop systems, joint systems, perimeter fire containment systems, fire-resistive electrical outlet boxes, electrical circuit protections systems, fire-resistive grease and air ducts systems, interior finish building materials, air duct materials and solid fuel heating appliances.