Fire & life safety design
Performance-based, code-aware fire alarm and life safety design for real buildings, with attention to local amendments and what AHJs actually look for.
Fire & Life Safety · CAD & IT · Systems
Technical leadership for complex, safety-critical environments.
I am Jasen Spirek, CET, GROL, a CAD & I.T. Manager in the fire and life safety industry. I design code-conscious systems, lead technical teams, and use automation and AI to simplify work without compromising safety.
NICET III – Fire Alarm Systems
FCC GROL
VESDA Certified
10+ years fire & life safety
Commercial facilities
Healthcare & critical environments
Industrial & logistics
High-rise & mixed-use
Core disciplines
Where I spend most of my time and attention
CAD & I.T. leadership
Leading CAD and I.T. support for multi-branch operations, balancing standards, uptime, and the reality that projects, people, and systems all move at once.
Process & documentation
Turning messy workflows into clean SOPs, checklists, and documentation that create predictability without slowing people down.
AI-supported workflows
Exploring AI as a support tool for plan review, letters, and internal documentation, while keeping human judgment in charge of final decisions.
Selected work themes
Representative work that shows how I think and build
Standardized design systems
Consolidating legacy templates, symbols, and titleblocks into clean, versioned standards so every project starts from the same strong base.
End-to-end project support
Supporting projects from design through AHJ review and field coordination, with tight feedback loops between CAD, technicians, and management.
ERCES workflow clarity
Documenting ERCES testing and reporting flows so sales, scheduling, field teams, and reviewers see the same process and expectations.
Future-facing tooling
Prototyping AI-assisted tools to draft letters, summarize notes, and interpret codes as a starting point, not a replacement for licensed professionals.