Mark Allen is director of marketing for Beacon Medaes, a company within the Atlas Copco Group. Allen also is a member of the NFPA Technical Committee. Beacon Medaes is a leading supplier of medical gas equipment, including medical air plants, medical vacuum plants, WAGD plants, manifolds and pipeline components to NFPA 99 standards and HTM 2002/ISO standards. Allen can be reached at mallen@beaconmedaes.com.