Team

Serving The Fire Protection Community

Founded in 2004, the owners of Applied Fire Protection Engineering had a goal of creating a fire protection design and consulting firm committed to the innovative application of traditional design theories.

Dennis Sullivan

Mr. Sullivan has been a licensed fire protection engineer for over 23 years. During the 1970’s, he served as both a professional and volunteer firefighter in the up-state New York area. He later attended the prestigious University of Maryland, majoring in Fire Protection Engineering. He graduated in 1980 with a B.S. in Fire Protection Engineering. Since graduation, Mr. Sullivan has been committed to the development of fire safe environments through the application of fire protection engineering. He held employment at Code Consultants, Inc., where he served as a project engineer responsible for building and fire code analysis on commercial construction projects, including design review. He also has developed equivalencies to specific code requirements to allow for better system design and alternative methods of construction (performance based design).
Mr. Sullivan is a registered professional engineer in the State of Maryland, Missouri, and the District of Columbia. He has affiliations and memberships with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), International Building Code (IBC), National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and Society of Fire Protection Engineering (SFPE).

Michael Pleszkoch Jr.

Mr. Pleszkoch is a co-owner of Applied Fire Protection Engineering with Dennis Sullivan and has been in the fire protection field for over 30 years. Mike attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he majored in Biomedical Engineering. He later furthered his education at the University of Maryland majoring in Fire Protection Engineering. Mike began his career as a fire alarm and automatic sprinkler technician responsible for testing, start-up, and fire protection systems analysis. Mike rose through the ranks expanding his role to include all aspects of fire protection systems design and consulting, later becoming head of the installation and construction division of Applied Fire Protection Services. Mike has extensive experience in fire alarm, emergency power, and complex water-based fire protection systems, with a specialty in water supply and pumping systems. Mike’s current role includes full design and consulting service for all manner of fire protection systems, including fire alarm, pumping systems, sprinkler systems, emergency power, and special hazards. Mike is also the Chief Operating Officer for the company overseeing daily operations, technical services, accounting, and IT.

In his spare time, Mike enjoys playing soccer, ice hockey, and coaching youth sports. He is also an experienced woodworker. Mike lives in Silver Spring with his wife and two boys.

Co-owners Dennis Sullivan and Michael Pleszkoch Jr.

The company is owned by Dennis Sullivan and Michael Pleszkoch Jr. Their cumulative professional experience exceeds 60 years in the industry. Together with our dedicated team of Fire Protection Engineers, NICET certified designers, and project management staff, Applied Fire Protection Engineering provides quality engineering services with a practical approach to serve our clients.