NFPA Technical Committee on Cultural Resources NFPA 909 ROP Meeting Agenda

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1 NFPA Technical Committee on Cultural Resources NFPA 909 ROP Meeting Agenda June 23-25, 2011 Schloss Schönbrunn Vienna, Austria 1. Call to order, 9:00 AM, Thursday, June 23, 2011 D. Freeland. 2. Self-introduction of members and guests Page Approval of October 12-13, 2010 meeting minutes Page Chair s report D. Freeland. 5. Staff liaison s report G. Harrington. 6. Review schedule for future committee meetings D. Freeland. i) Fall/Winter 2011 (NFPA 909 Pre-ROC) S. Clary Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California ( ii) March/April 2012 (NFPA 909 ROC) M. Kilby Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC (confirmed dates being decided on). iii) Fall/Winter 2012 (NFPA 914 Pre-ROP) N. Lev-Alexander Library of Congress Packard Campus of the Audio Visual Conservation Centre, Culpepper Virginia (tentative). iv) July/August 2013 (NFPA 914 ROP) M. Coull Chester, England (tentative). v) Fall/Winter 2013 (NFPA 914 Pre-ROC) TBD. 7. NFPA 909 Task Group report D. McDaniel & C. Greczek. 8. NFPA 909 proposals Committee Page NFPA 914 Task Group report S. Peterson. 10. Protecting Our Heritage Task Group report D. McDaniel. 11. Portable Fire Extinguisher Agent Task Group report C. Greczek. 12. Automatic sprinkler system antifreeze update R. Fleming. 13. Presentation on L Aquila earthquake intervention and salvage; software developed to assist with this project; and the application of their MAP Project in Villa della Regina in Torino L. Nassi. 14. E.U. activities update M. Coull. 15. Other business. 16. Adjournment. Page 1 of 107

2 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 6/1/2011 Gregory E. Harrington CUL-AAA Deborah L. Freeland Chair Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 505 North Brand Blvd., Suite 600 Glendale, CA I 1/1/1988 CUL-AAA Michael Coull SE 11/2/2006 Secretary CUL-AAA Heritage Fire and Safety Ltd. 4 Lochinch Road Cove Bay, Aberdeen, AB12 3SL Scotland, United Kingdom Clare Ray Allshouse Principal City of Shoreline, Washington Planning & Development Services Midvale Avenue North Shoreline, WA E 3/21/2006 CUL-AAA Nicholas Artim Principal Fire-Safety Network Box 895 Middlebury, VT SE 1/1/1990 CUL-AAA Eileen E. Brady Principal Washington State University Owen Science & Engineering Library Pullman, WA U 11/2/2006 CUL-AAA Steve Carter Principal Orr Protection Systems, Inc Interchange Drive Louisville, KY Fire Suppression Systems Association Alternate: Daniel J. Hubert M 7/19/2002 CUL-AAA John E. Chartier Principal Rhode Island State Fire Marshal 118 Parade Street Providence, RI National Association of State Fire Marshals E 8/2/2010 CUL-AAA Laura E. Doyle Principal US General Services Administration 301 7th Street SW, Room 2080 Washington, DC Alternate: Joseph Dafin U 9/30/2004 CUL-AAA Wilbur Faulk Principal Pepperdine University Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA U 1/1/1989 CUL-AAA Robert F. Fisher Principal FM Global Country Club Blvd., Suite 300 North Olmsted, OH I 7/1/1995 CUL-AAA Russell P. Fleming Principal National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 40 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY Alternate: Peter W. Thomas M 10/10/1998 CUL-AAA Cindy Greczek Principal Colonial Williamsburg Foundation PO Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA Alternate: Danny L. McDaniel U 10/4/2001 CUL-AAA Michael Kilby Principal Smithsonian Institution 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 7106 MRC 514, PO Box Washington, DC U 7/22/1999 CUL-AAA Wolfgang Kippes Principal Schloss Schoenbrunn Kultur und Betriebsges, m.b.h A-1130 Vienna, Austria U 7/12/2001 CUL-AAA Page 2 of 107 1

3 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 6/1/2011 Gregory E. Harrington CUL-AAA George A. Krabbe Principal East Raintree Drive Scottsdale, AZ Halon Alternatives Research Corporation SE 10/1/1994 CUL-AAA Fred M. Leber Principal LRI Fire Protection Engineering Yonge Eglinton Center 2300 Yonge Street, Suite 2100 PO Box 2372 Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 Canada SE 10/28/2008 CUL-AAA Nancy Lev-Alexander Principal US Library of Congress Conservation Division, LMG Independence Avenue, SE Washington, DC Alternate: Susan M. Peckham U 7/29/2005 CUL-AAA Donald C. Moeller Principal The Fire Consultants, Inc Durant Court Walnut Creek, CA California State Historical Building Safety Board E 7/26/2007 CUL-AAA Wayne D. Moore Principal Hughes Associates, Inc. 117 Metro Center Boulevard, Suite 1002 Warwick, RI Alternate: Cheryl L. Domnitch SE 1/1/1992 CUL-AAA Kevin D. Morin Principal Code Consultants, Inc. 215 West 40th Street, Floor 15 New York, NY Alternate: Michael D. Kirn SE 3/4/2009 CUL-AAA Thomas F. Norton Principal Norel Service Company, Inc. 37 Buckmaster Drive Concord, MA Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Alternate: Shane M. Clary M 1/1/1988 CUL-AAA Sheila Palmer Principal Chubb & Son Insurance Company 55 Water Street New York, NY Alternate: Richard P. Luongo I 1/15/2004 CUL-AAA Steven M. Peterson Principal US Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Support Office 240 West 5th Avenue, Room 114 Anchorage, AK Alternate: Todd J. Neitzel E 1/17/1997 CUL-AAA Milosh T. Puchovsky Principal Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Fire Protection Engineering 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA SE 10/27/2009 CUL-AAA Martin H. Reiss Principal The RJA Group, Inc Worcester Road, Suite 501 Framingham, MA SE 1/17/1997 CUL-AAA Steven Rocklin Principal New York State Department of State Division of Code Enforcement 1 Commerce Plaza 99 Washington Avenue Albany, NY E 10/4/2001 CUL-AAA Page 3 of 107 2

4 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 6/1/2011 Gregory E. Harrington CUL-AAA John M. Watts, Jr. Principal Fire Safety Institute PO Box 674 Middlebury, VT Alternate: Marilyn E. Kaplan SE 1/1/1977 CUL-AAA Robert D. Wilson Principal National Gallery of Art 6th Street & Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC U 1/10/2002 CUL-AAA Shane M. Clary Alternate Bay Alarm Company 60 Berry Drive Pacheco, CA Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Principal: Thomas F. Norton M 11/2/2006 CUL-AAA Joseph Dafin Alternate US General Services Administration 301 7th Street SW, Room 2080 Washington, DC Principal: Laura E. Doyle U 8/5/2009 CUL-AAA Cheryl L. Domnitch Alternate Hughes Associates, Inc San Ramon Valley Blvd., Suite 209 San Ramon, CA Principal: Wayne D. Moore SE 10/27/2009 CUL-AAA Daniel J. Hubert Alternate Janus Fire Systems 1102 Rupcich Drive, Millennium Park Crown Point, IN Fire Suppression Systems Association Principal: Steve Carter M 3/15/2007 CUL-AAA Marilyn E. Kaplan Alternate Preservation Architecture 43 Marion Avenue Albany, NY Principal: John M. Watts, Jr. SE 1/14/2005 CUL-AAA Michael D. Kirn Alternate Code Consultants, Inc Woodland Parkway, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO Principal: Kevin D. Morin SE 10/20/2010 CUL-AAA Richard P. Luongo Alternate Chubb & Son Insurance Company 202 Hall s Mill Road Whitehouse Station, NJ Principal: Sheila Palmer I 7/26/2007 CUL-AAA Danny L. McDaniel Alternate Colonial Williamsburg Foundation PO Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA Principal: Cindy Greczek U 1/1/1980 CUL-AAA Todd J. Neitzel Alternate US Department of the Interior National Park Service West Alameda Parkway Lakewood, CO Principal: Steven M. Peterson E 10/20/2010 CUL-AAA Susan M. Peckham Alternate US Library of Congress 1600 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC Principal: Nancy Lev-Alexander U 3/4/2009 CUL-AAA Page 4 of 107 3

5 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 6/1/2011 Gregory E. Harrington CUL-AAA Peter W. Thomas Alternate Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products 1467 Elmwood Avenue Cranston, RI National Fire Sprinkler Association Principal: Russell P. Fleming M 4/17/1998 CUL-AAA Stewart Kidd Nonvoting Member Loss Prevention Consultancy, Ltd. 26 Broadway, Wilburton Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RT United Kingdom SE 4/1/1993 CUL-AAA Stefano Marsella Nonvoting Member Via Orti Gianicolensi, 4 Rome, Italy SE 10/6/2000 CUL-AAA Luca Nassi Nonvoting Member Italian National Fire Department Comando P.le VV.F. di Siena V.le Cavour 163 Siena, Italy E 10/27/2005 CUL-AAA Stephen E. Bush Member Emeritus 1850 Kershaw Lane Winchester, VA SE 1/1/1974 CUL-AAA William Jackson Member Emeritus 55 Albany Drive Lanark, ML11 9AF Scotland SE 1/1/1992 CUL-AAA Charles E. Zimmerman Member Emeritus 8058 Carlton Street Norfolk, VA SE 1/1/1985 CUL-AAA Gregory E. Harrington Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA /29/2007 CUL-AAA Page 5 of 107 4

6 MEETING MINUTES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL RESOURCES OCTOBER 12-13, 2010 THE HENRY A. WALLACE CENTRE AT THE FDR PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AND HOME Hyde Park, New York MEMBERS PRESENT Deborah Freeland, Chair William Jackson, Secretary Ray Allshouse, Principal Michael Coull, Principal Laura Doyle, Principal Robert Fisher, Principal Russell Fleming, Principal Cindy Greczek, Principal Nicolas Jordan, Principal Wolfgang Kippes, Principal Nancy Lev-Alexander, Principal Don Moeller, Principal Wayne Moore, Principal Kevin Morin, Principal Thomas Norton, Principal Sheila Palmer, Principal Steven Peterson, Principal Milosh Puchovsky, Principal Steven Rocklin, Principal John Watts, Principal Robert Wilson, Principal Shane Clary, Alternate Joseph Dafin, Alternate Marilyn Kaplan, Alternate Danny McDaniel, Alternate Gregory Harrington, Staff Liaison ORGANISATION Arthur J Gallagher & Co National Library of Scotland City of Shoreline, Washington Heritage Fire and Safety Ltd. U.S. General Services Administration FM Global National Fire Sprinkler Association Colonial Williamsburg Foundation National Trust Schloss Schoenbrunn US Library of Congress The Fire Consultants, Inc. Rep. California State Historical Building Safety Hughes Associates Code Consultants, Inc. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Chubb & Son Insurance Company US Department of the Interior Worcester Polytechnic Institute New York State Department of State Fire Safety Institute National Gallery of Art Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. US General Services Administration Preservation Architecture Colonial Williamsburg Foundation National Fire Protection Association GUESTS Donna Baumgaertner David Fuller Joe Mazzeo National Park Service FM Global National Park Service 1 Page 6 of 107

7 Todd Neitzel Daniel Nichols Ray Nichols Bill Steenberg Henry Van Brookhousen National Park Service Roosevelt Fire District Roosevelt Fire District Roosevelt Fire District National Park Service MEMBERS NOT PRESENT Nicholas Artim, Principal Fire-Safety Network Eileen Brady, Principal Washington State University Steve Carter, Principal Fire Suppression Systems Association John Chartier, Principal National Association of State Fire Marshals Wilbur Faulk, Principal Pepperdine University George Krabbe, Principal Halon Alternatives Research Corporation Fred Leber, Principal Leber/Rubes Incorporated J. Wilson, Principal Smithsonian Institution Raymond Andrews (Alt. to S. Rocklin) New York State Department of State Cheryl Domnitch, (Alt. to Wayne Moore) Hughes Associates Daniel Hubert,(Alt. to Steve Carter) Fire Suppression Systems Association Michael Kilby, (Alt. to J. A. Wilson) Smithsonian Institution Richard Luongo, (Alt. to S. Palmer) Chubb & Son Insurance Company Ross Merrill (Alt. to R. Wilson) National Gallery of Art Susan Peckham (Alt. to N. Lev-Alexander) US Library of Congress Martin Reiss (Voting Alt. to RJA Rep.) The RJA Group, Inc. Peter Thomas (Alt. to R. Fleming) Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Stewart Kidd (nonvoting) Loss Prevention Consultancy, Ltd. Stefano Marsella, (nonvoting) Italian National Fire Department Luca Nassi, (nonvoting) Italian National Fire Department Stephen Bush (Member Emeritus) Charles Zimmerman, (Member Emeritus) 1. CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME Debbie Freeland called the meeting to order at She welcomed the committee to Hyde Park and thanked Steve Rocklin for his work organising the venue and special thanks to Russ Fleming and the National Fire Sprinkler Association for sponsoring the committee dinner at the Culinary Institute of America. Debbie introduced Darian Rivera, special events coordinator for the FDR site, who welcomed the committee to the centre and gave some background to the facilities. 2 Page 7 of 107

8 2. SELF INTRODUCTIONS OF MEMBERS AND GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Steve Rocklin introduced the guests from the Park Service and Hyde Park Fire Department and gave some background information on the site and the events that were planned during the meeting. Guests Debbie also welcomed the guests who would be speaking to the Committee; Daniel and Ray Nichols of the Hyde Park Fire Department would be speaking about the fire in the FDR home. David Fuller of FM Global would be speaking about FM s study into corrosion issues. Attendance Fred Leber could not attend as he is at home celebrating birth of a grandson. Andy Wilson had hoped to attend but was involved in a last minute project at the Smithsonian. George Krabbe was making a good recovery and Ross Merril was now at home under nursing care. 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES OF TH JUNE 2010 IN SANTA FE. Shane Clary asked that under section 5 Staff Liaison Report the last sentence of the first paragraph The value of the NFPA annual technical meeting is being considered be struck from the minutes as this was not under consideration by NFPA. With these amendments the minutes were approved. 4. CHAIR S REPORT Membership Debbie Freeland welcomed new members; Mike Coull reappointed to committee following a change of employment to Heritage Fire and Safety Ltd. John Chartier, Rhode Island State Fire Marshal replaces John Blaschik, representing National Association of State Fire Marshals. Bob Barnes is no longer with RJA, Mickey Reiss has applied to move from voting alternate to principal and his application is pending. Bob has moved to Hughes Associates Chicago and has reapplied, but we are currently at our maximum membership for special experts. There are several other applications pending, both for changes in appointment classification of principal/alternate, and for a couple new alternate positions. 3 Page 8 of 107

9 The committee is full with a good hold list and we are at the maximum membership in classes of special expert and user. Debbie explained that we can assign people not currently on the committee to task groups as this is a good way to keep them involved and contributing until openings become available. 5. STAFF LIAISON S REPORT Greg Harrington stated that NFPA would be transferring e-committee pages to a public website so that everything would be available to the public, although there would still be some areas only accessible to committee members. 6. REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1 Spring 2011 (NFPA 909 ROP) - Vienna. Conference on Wednesday 22 nd June and meeting dates June to be hosted by Wolfgang Kippes at Schoenbrunn. Wolfgang indicated that the weekend of the 26 th June was the start of the summer holiday season and therefore if members were thinking of having a holiday in Austria they should do so before the meeting rather than after. Hotel accommodation information will be sent out by Wolfgang. 2 Fall 2011 (NFPA 909 Pre-ROC) - San Francisco 5-6 th October or preceding week. Shane Clary hoped to hold the meeting at the Oakland Museum of Californian History. He will check availability and provide information on suitable dates and lists of hotel accommodation. 3 March/April 2012 (NFPA 909 ROC) - Smithsonian Institution, host Andy Wilson/Michael Kilby. 4 Fall 2102 (NFPA 914 Pre-ROP) - Nancy Lev Alexander suggested meeting in Culpepper Virginia at The Packard Campus of the Audio Visual Conservation Centre part of the Library of Congress. 5 July/August 2013 (NFPA 914 ROP) - Mike Coull suggested Chester in England as a good example of a historic town centre. Options for hosting future meetings sought from committee members. 7. NFPA 909 Danny McDaniel circulated a paper outlining the areas where revisions are proposed for the revision of NFPA 909. Nancy Lev Alexander wished to put together text for a matrix on damage to collections, visual inspections etc., which would be informed by extinguisher tests and form part of an appendix. This would be a useful tool for small cultural institutions. Additional material is needed in the annex for automatic sprinkler systems, dry pipe systems and guidance on inspection regime like 5-year internal inspection and choice of materials. There are issues about compatibility of materials where Laboratories approve 4 Page 9 of 107

10 individual components but not the combined system. The user needs guidance on the issues in order to make an informed decision. The annex needs to highlight the compatibility issues in the use of CPVC, especially issues around contact with cables and other materials where plasticisers can migrate on to CPVC and cause stress cracking. The electrical industry is not aware of these issues so there can be problems where work is carried out after the installation of the sprinkler system. Wayne Moore suggested that the text of the code needs to mandate that compatibility issues are checked. This should also extend to issues of workmanship and the need for proof of training. Quality control in the use of CPVC is critical and this needs to be emphasised within the code. It was agreed that a sub-group that includes Russ Fleming, Bob Fischer, Wayne Moore, Milosh Puchovsky, Bill Jackson, Robert Wilson, and Danny McDaniel should work on text for sprinkler issues and come back to the committee with proposals. Russ Fleming volunteered to prepare a draft of new annex material to summarize system performance considerations for automatic sprinklers by type and by materials used (e.g., stainless steel, CPVC, copper, galvanized steel, Schedule 40, Schedule 10, and Designer Schedule 40). The issues of antifreeze, the TIA that was issued to this edition of the document on sections , , and A , corrosion and compatibility issues of CPVC would all need to be covered in the revision. For corrosion issues Danny indicated that we should follow the lead of the NFPA 13 committee sub-group. 8. COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG CORROSION ISSUES Danny McDaniel gave the committee an update on the issues Colonial Williamsburg was having with the sprinkler system in their Collection and Conservation facility. See Santa Fe item 14 minutes for the background to the issues. Research and testing was continuing with Victaulic gaskets, system water and inhibitor being sent to an independent testing house and to Victaulic for immersion tests. Victaulic confirmed that there is an issue with both the hardness and elasticity of the gaskets tested; however, the independent testing laboratory reported that while the gaskets were about 75% softer than Victaulic s manufacturing specifications, the gaskets were still within the normal hardness range for the EDPM material. The independent laboratory also reported it could not test the elasticity of the gaskets because of minor damage noted around the edges of the gaskets, probably caused during installation of the pipe fittings. Danny said he believed the corrosion inhibitor changes the surface tension of the water which allows the water to pass the gasket and screwed joints. Metallurgical tests on the pipe has shown that there is no internal corrosion of the pipe work but the PH of 10+ on the outside affects the painted finish of the pipe and there are fears that contamination 5 Page 10 of 107

11 could migrate on to the collections. Part of the system is also CPVC and there could be compatibility issues but as yet not confirmed. Tests were continuing and these will be made available to the committee. 9. NFPA 914 Steve Peterson informed the committee that the 914 task group had conferred by conference calls over the last week and agreed that they should continue looking at monumental iconic structures and historic districts. They felt that case studies were an important means of demonstrating how the code could be applied and illustrating particular issues. They did feel that it would be valuable if these case studies could be added to/updated electronically on a website. The scoping was not yet completed and they would have to come back to the committee. 10. PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE Following the agreed action from the Santa Fe meeting, Wayne Moore distributed a paper prepared by Cheryl Domnitch with a document search list and suggestions for moving the project forward. It was agreed that the NFPA 914 task group would review and come back to the committee later in this meeting. 11. NFPA 13 AND 25 CORROSION ISSUES Russ Fleming reported that our committee s comments had been rejected by the NFPA 13 committee for 2010 edition, however, they did leave it open for the Cultural Resources Committee to take forward, in our documents, requirements that went beyond the minimum requirements in NFPA 13. NFPA 25 cycle (Annual 2013) is a year behind NFPA 13 (Annual 2012). 12. NFPA ANTIFREEZE TIA Russ Fleming informed the committee that following a recent residential fire incident involving a sprinkler system that contained a high concentration antifreeze solution, NFPA had initiated a project with the Fire Protection Research Foundation and a set of tests were also conducted by Underwriters Laboratories. Russ gave a presentation of the findings from the tests showing that pressure and droplet size also had an influence on the flammability of the mix. Other factors also influenced the outcome like mixing on site which was too crude and led to concentrations that were unacceptable. 6 Page 11 of 107

12 The key findings were; Antifreeze solutions with concentrations of propylene glycol exceeding 40% and concentrations of glycerine exceeding 50% have the potential to ignite when discharged through automatic sprinklers. Both the 40% propylene glycol and 50% glycerine solutions demonstrated similar performance to that of water alone for fire control throughout the series of tests. Based on the results of the research, antifreeze solutions of propylene glycol exceeding 40% and glycerine exceeding 50% are not appropriate for use in residential fire sprinkler systems. Consideration should be given to reducing the acceptable concentrations of these antifreeze solutions by an appropriate safety factor. Based on the Research Foundation report, the NFPA Standards Council issued a TIA to ban the use of antifreeze in sprinkler systems in new residential construction. Although the ban only affects residential properties, the findings obviously affect all occupancies and again emphasises the need for quality control over contractors to ensure that the correct concentration and mix are achieved for non domestic properties. Steve Peterson indicated that in Alaska the use of antifreeze was obviously necessary so the full ramifications on how the Park Service would deal with protection of some of their properties would need to be thought through. 13. NFPA 914 REVISION Steve Peterson reported that they had decided to limit security to arson, vandalism and terrorism. Arson and vandalism are relatively easy to deal with but terrorism is more significant to National Monuments. There is a need to look at the issues and definitions of monumental and iconic. Jack Watts and Marilyn Kaplan were working on issues related to the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington so hopefully this would help to inform the group. For historic districts, Mike Coull had provided a great deal of information on Chester. The task group had still to decide whether historic districts should form part of NFPA 914 or should be covered within a separate document. Corrosion etc. issues would also be dealt with as appendix material. 14. FDR HOME FIRE PRESENTATION - DAN NICHOLS, ROOSEVELT FIRE DISTRICT Debbie Freeland thanked Steve Rocklin for setting up the meeting at the FDR site and welcomed Ray and Dan Nichols who were going to give a presentation on the 1982 fire. Debbie also welcomed Donna Baumgaertner of the National Park Service who will also be talking about the post fire issues. 7 Page 12 of 107

13 Issues On the evening of 23 rd January 1982 the first line equipment of the Hyde Park Fire Department had been called to another fire in Staatsburg. An automatic alarm called the Hyde Park Fire Department to the Roosevelt mansion and the responding crew found that there was a fire in the attic of the building which was difficult to access. Priority was given to vent the fire and let the roof burn off to prevent the fire moving down through the building. To complicate matters there was a sealed off room in the attic and the water supply failed requiring a relay to be set up. The temperature that night was 8 F so ice forming from fire fighting water was an added hazard both for structural loadings and for hazardous conditions for those carrying out fire fighting and salvage operations. Fire fighters used to have salvage systems but do not have these today; salvage equipment on site is critical to a success salvage operation, as is preplanning with the fire department. In particular it is vital to build relationships between crews and site staff, which should include training and drills. The blaze was tackled by two engines and a truck with a total of 35 men. At the time of the fire a rewiring contract was ongoing. The contractor had found a maze of old wiring, including telephone cable used to wire electrical sockets. The supervisor had left the site at 1330 and operatives left at There was no fire detection in the attic and old cabling heated up starting a fire in the attic void. Luckily some staff lived on site and started the salvage operation ensuring that very few objects were lost to the fire. o An electrical outlet had been noticed as being hot so system should have been isolated. This highlights the need for good briefing and supervision. o Fire water system failed due to cross connections with 1880 s system this lost 30 to 40 minutes in running relay of hoses to get an adequate water supply. Lessons Learned o Need for combined training o Salvage equipment on site o Need for an up to date good quality fire detection system o Remove sources of ignition toasters etc o Build relationship with fire service personnel o Communication/education/training and drills o Sprinklers but this would be icing on cake - get sources of ignition reduced as a first priority Donna Bomgaertner explained that the fire raised awareness in Congress of the need for a programme of fire safety resulting in hiring of staff in the Park Service to develop a fire management system for the National Parks. Funding was provided in 2000 for a national 8 Page 13 of 107

14 education and training programme. In particular the need to check that contractors are competent and have adequate supervision and oversight. Volunteer fire departments can have frequent changes in personnel so ongoing liaison and cooperation is vital. 15. PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT TASK GROUP Nancy Lev Alexander gave the committee an update on the fire extinguisher project. She was going to speak at a New York Chapter meeting of the Alliance for Response in New York City and hoped to get some feedback from conservators. The Hughes report had set the test protocols but the next stage of the project would require over $300K of funding and would need resources to manage the process. Colonial Williamsburg Conservation Department is interested in assisting with the project but concerned that it could not commit the staff resources to manage it (See item 9 of Santa Fe minutes). For the testing the crux of the issues was what collection types were most vulnerable and agreeing what to test. The test protocols had to be repeatable and would need the input of a conservation scientist. Was damage visible or would it need detailed x-ray analysis, what level should this go to? There was a need to tie this down and get further input from conservation professionals. Can we open this up to a wider audience other than the Williamsburg conservators; ask if others are willing to assist? NFPA can set up conference calls and NFPA Foundation will help chase funding. 16. PRESENTATION ON CORROSION ISSUES DAVID FULLER FM GLOBAL ENGINEERING FM Global has 175 years experience in property the insurance industry and has a major interest in avoiding the issues surrounding corrosion in sprinkler systems. The truths a. Steel is not compatible with water b. Corrosion occurs in all sprinkler systems c. There is a finite life to all sprinkler systems d. Galvanised pipe is not corrosion proof FM Global experience e. MIC is a significant factor in less than 20% of cases f. Trapped air/water is leading cause g. Thin wall pipe and welded seams are aggravating factors h. Chemical treatments often do more harm than good. Weld seams are not the same metallurgy of the main pipe and a small difference can cause dissimilar metal cell corrosion this can be exacerbated if in the lower area where water and oxygen available. FM recommends having at top half of pipe. One 9 Page 14 of 107

15 of the fundamental problems is in dead end branch lines where water and air is trapped. What can be done to deal with this issue? o Get trapped air/water out o Reduce the amount of fresh water introduced into the system o Where problems are suspected inspect internally. o Test water and pipe for the presence of MIC. FM Corrosion research project o Starting in o 2 to 3 year project o Clean slate approach o Scientific techniques and data will be used o Looking at o Various` materials o Corrosion prevention o Environmental affects o Corrosion treatments NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND CORROSION ISSUES Bill Jackson informed the committee of the latest developments of the corrosion issues in the National Library of Scotland sprinkler system in George IV Bridge building. The system was installed between 1994 and 1999 and was intended to be a combined sprinkler and heating system. The consultants involved were commissioned to ensure that the system delivered clean water due to conservation concerns and that the materials used were compatible. The system never functioned as designed and was found to contain materials that were not compatible with 316 stainless steel. Corrosion resulted and many components had to be replaced. We have now found greasy brown growths at the crimped stainless steel joints. Investigation of this has found that when the water was circulated for the heating it dispersed the corrosion products and these lodged within the joints setting up crevice corrosion cells. We are currently carrying out a comprehensive survey to ascertain the full extent of the problems. 17. EU ACTIVITIES UPDATE- MIKE COULL IFE special interest group would shortly publish fire safety guidance on small and medium sized churches. Following on from last meeting update the group was looking at intumescent coatings on doors and historic fabric. The IFE held a meeting at the National Library of Scotland where Lubrizol gave a presentation on the use of CPVC in sprinkler systems. The meeting was to help raise awareness of the issues associated with using CPVC. Notes of the meeting will be distributed to the committee. 10 Page 15 of 107

16 18. AOB COST C17 although there were still informal groups liaising there was nothing formal so it is likely that the momentum generated by the COST process could be lost. PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE Further to the discussion yesterday it was felt by the NFPA 914 task group that we should explore further the possibility of updating and publishing Protecting our Heritage. Wayne Moore will ask Cheryl Domnitch if she would consider leading the group. Danny McDaniel suggested that American Association of Museums AAM may consider being a sponsor. There are some committees in AAM, registrars, security, curators and small museum committees that would be interested in the project. Danny does not see it being an NFPA document but could be an AAM document published electronically so easy to get out and to update. The question needs to be asked who owns the current document, if NFPA then could seek their co-sponsorship and get their logo on the cover. Nick Jordan felt the National Trust may be interested in participating. On further discussion it was felt that the process should be kept as simple as possible. Danny McDaniel proposed that if the Museum Association Security Committee (MASC) would take it on as a new differently named document then there would be no interface with any other organisation to interfere with the process. The committee asked Danny to explore this option with the MASC. COMMITTEE SECRETARY Debbie Freeland informed the committee that Bill Jackson had tendered his resignation from the committee secretary s post and would be taking early retirement from the National Library in Spring In recognition of the 16 years served as secretary she presented him with a clock. Bill thanked Debbie and the committee members; he had thoroughly enjoyed his tenure as secretary and had been privileged to have been involved with the work of the committee for almost 20 years. Debbie was also pleased to announce that another Scot, Mike Coull had agreed to take over as secretary. 19. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1600 on the 13 th October Minutes prepared by William Jackson, Secretary 11 Page 16 of 107

17 909- Log #CP1 Technical Committee on Cultural Resources, Review entire document to: 1) Update any extracted material by preparing separate proposals to do so, and 2) review and update references to other organizations documents, by preparing proposal(s) as required. To conform to the NFPA Regulations Governing Committee Projects. 1 Page 17 of 107

18 909- Log #29 John F. Bender, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Add new section and text as follows: UL Publications. Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL ANSI/UL 723 Standard for Test for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, 2008, Revised Add new Section to reference mandatory use of ANSI/UL 723 as currently referenced in Section 2 Page 18 of 107

19 909- Log #61 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA ASTM E 84, 2010b ASTM E 1591, G ASTM Publications. American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA ASTM E 1355,, ASTM E 1472,, G.2.2 ASTM Publications. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA ASTM E 84,, 2010b [ROC-1] ASTM E 136,, Standards update. Also ASTM E84 is referenced in section and needs to be added to section 2 and it is important to use a much more recent edition than Page 19 of 107

20 909- Log #62 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International New text to read as follows: Not capable of supporting combustion. 3.3.xx Noncombustible material. See xx Limited combustible material. See NFPA 909 uses the terms noncombustible material and limited combustible material repeatedly without properly defining them. NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 have revised the definitions of noncombustible material and limited combustible material so that the definitions don t contain requirements or multiple sentences. The requirements are now contained in the body of the code or standard. This is also a way of dealing with uniformity of references within the NFPA system. For international users of the document I want to point out that ASTM E2652 is identical to ISO Neither ASTM E2652 nor ISO 1182 contain pass/fail criteria. The proposal does not add any requirements. 4 Page 20 of 107

21 909- Log #2 Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company The governing body of the cultural resource property shall adopt Pprotection goals or and objectives shall be adopted that reflect the acceptable level of loss of for: (1) iitems of cultural significance. and (2) iinterruption of service to the client communitythat is acceptable to the governing body of the cultural resource property. Paragraph reorganized for grammar and clarity. 5 Page 21 of 107

22 909- Log #3 Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company Protection features, systems, and programs shall be designed, approved, implemented, and maintained to protect and preserve the original qualities of the collection. Structural integrity shall be maintained to protect items in the collections that are not intimate with the initiating event for the time needed to evacuate, relocate, or defend them in place. Ingress and egress systems shall be designed, implemented, and maintained to provide aaccess to areas that are not intimate with the initiating event for emergency responders shall be provided for the time needed to specified in to evacuate, relocate, or defend collection objects in place. The object of paragraph is to provide access to collections for first responders. The systems necessary to achieve this would be included in the charging paragraph, 4.3.1, and doesn t need to be repeated here. 6 Page 22 of 107

23 909- Log #4 Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company Delete text as follows: Protection features, systems, and operations necessary to achieve the goals of this code shall be effective, maintained, and operational for the life of the cultural resource property. Paragraph 4.4 is not necessary as it restates what has already been said in 4.3.1, , and 4.3.3, and inspection, test, and maintenance are covered in Chapter 10. A protection feature cannot be mandated to always be effective. For example, a security system may deter theft but cannot prevent it in all cases. For every protection feature there is a method of subverting its effectiveness. 7 Page 23 of 107

24 909- Log #5 Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company This chapter provides tthe governing body of a cultural resource property with a framework to develop shall adopt a protection plan that shall cover addresses operations during for conditions or physical situations of any originwith the potential to cause damage or losssuch conditions or physical situations shall includeincluding, but shall not be limited to the following: (1) Fires (2) Deliberate acts of third parties, staff, or visitors (3) Other disruptive or potentially adverse events including, but not limited to, the following: (a) Severe weather (b) Earthquake (c) Loss of communications (d) Failure of critical building systems (e) Flood (f) Loss of utilities (gas, electricity, water, etc.) This chapter provides the governing body of a cultural resource property with a framework to develop a protection plan. The protection plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, components covering operations developed in compliance with Chapter 6, fire safety management developed in compliance with Chapter 7, and security developed in compliance with Chapter 8. The governing body shall provideabout the cultural resource property s stewardship to care for and to protect the items of cultural significance entrusted to it. The governing body shall confer with the authority having jurisdiction or the planning team The governing body shall be responsible for the conduct a of the vulnerability assessment to be made of the cultural resource property to identify, measure, mitigate, and manage risks from recognized potential threats. The governing body shall define the scope of the vulnerability assessment and establish loss tolerability thresholds for the cultural resource property based on the goals and objectives developed in compliance with Sections 4.2 and 4.3. The governing body shall establish the loss tolerability thresholds for the cultural resource property. The governing body shall evaluate the results of the vulnerability assessment against the established risk loss tolerability thresholds and develop protection strategies to mitigate the risks that could prevent achieving the goals and objectives. protect items of cultural significance (e.g., collections, buildings) and vital operations during routine operations and during emergencies. The governing body shall oversee the development of a protection plan to eliminate, manage, or control risks identified as exceeding the tolerability thresholds established in compliance with to achieve the protection goals and objectives developed in compliance with Sections 4.2 and 4.3. The governing body shall appoint a protection plan manager who is responsible for implementation of the protection plan. The protection plan manager shall have duties including, but not be limited to, oversight of the following: (1) Emergency operations (2) Fire safety (3) Security (4) Emergency planning during additions, alterations, or renovation (5) Maintenance of the protection plan (6) Management operational systems (7) Post-incident review (8) Submit appropriate plan changes to planning team. 8 Page 24 of 107

25 Renumber A to be A and A to be A Revised for grammar and to comply with the Manual of Style. There were 3 verbs in and more than 1 compulsory shall in several paragraphs. Re-organized Section 5.2 to separate the components of a protection plan; essentially the vulnerability assessment, setting loss tolerability thresholds, and defining the goals and standards for the property. Deleted the description of a vulnerability assessment in because it is covered in the annex material. Deleted because it didn t say anything that was not already covered in the preceding parts of 5.2. Added protection plan manager because throughout the document reference is made to reviewing plans and managing the plan. Administration of the protection plan is not appropriately a committee activity. Decisions will often need to be made more quickly than is possible for a committee. Reference is made in Chapter 7 to a fire safety manager and a security manager is mentioned in Chapter 10. Depending on the size of the facility, the protection plan manager could do both of these jobs or those responsibilities could be delegated to others under the protection plan manager. 9 Page 25 of 107

26 909- Log #32 Danny L. McDaniel, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation The governing body shall conduct a vulnerability assessment to be made of the cultural resource property to identify measure, mitigate, and manage risks from recognized potential threats. This is an editorial change that removes unnecessary and potentially confusing words from the text. 10 Page 26 of 107

27 909- Log #33 Danny L. McDaniel, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Specific emergency response roles and responsibilities shall be assigned to response personnel from within (and/or outside of) the cultural resource property. Roles shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (1) Collections stabilization (2) Communication (internal and external) (3) Health and safety (4) Location of recovery effort (on or off site) (5) Securing collections (6) Vendors and consultants The protection plan shall identify locations, on- and off-site, that can serve as temporary storage for evacuated collections and as a triage area for initial collection stabilization during a response. Damage to the building envelope that allows penetration of moisture and debris, or has compromised shelving, or other storage or exhibit furnishings shall be corrected as soon as possible to provide a stable area in which to house, inspect, or recover collections. The collections storage or exhibit environment shall be controlled to prevent other additional damage such as the growth and spread of mold. The protection plan shall include measures for stabilization of at-risk collections. The protection plan shall include steps for recovery from the incident. A written post-incident report shall be completed and shall be scaled to the magnitude of the incident. [NOTE: Renumber Annex A notes to correspond to the renumbered text.] The proposed changes and renumbering more accurately reflects the intent of the section. 11 Page 27 of 107

28 909- Log #6 Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company The governing body protection plan manager shall serve as the fire safety manager or appoint a fire safety manager who is responsible for implementation of the fire safety management component of the protection plan. The fire safety manager s shall have duties shall includinge, but shall not be limited to, oversight of the following: (1) Egress systems (2) Fire prevention (3) Fire inspections (4) Periodic property surveys (5) Operation, maintenance, and testing of fire protection equipment, such as fire detection and fire suppression equipment (6) Management operational systems The fire safety manager shall monitor controls developed for fire hazards inherent to the cultural resource property. The fire safety manager shall review and approve plans for new displays or exhibits, new construction, renovation, restoration, or reconfiguration of space. After any incident the fire safety manager shall review lessons learned from the incident with the planning team. The planning team shall make changes as appropriate to the fire safety management component of the protection plan and retrain staff on the changes as necessary. Revise first paragraph to include protection plan manager or the designee for fire safety. Revise to eliminate a possessive and the duplicate shall for compliance with the Manual of Style. Delete and because this material is already addressed elsewhere in this document. 12 Page 28 of 107

29 909- Log #7 Michael D. DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company A vulnerability assessment shall be conducted in compliance with and Section 5.4 that examines: (1) ppotential threats from the cultural resource property s vulnerability to foreseeable crimes.; (2) llosses through the deliberate actions of third parties, staff, or visitors.; (3) bbreaches in security caused by natural disasters.; or (4) oother conditions or physical situations with the potential to cause damage or loss. The vulnerability assessment required in and Section 5.4 shall include, but not be limited to: (1) Threats from an evaluation of the conditions that increase the risk of arson. A vulnerability assessment that includes evaluation of conditions that increase the t (2) Threats posed by of arson shall be completed prior to commencement of construction, alteration, or renovation projects. The vulnerability assessment shall include an evaluation of the t (3)* Threat potential of terrorist activity. that has the potential to directly or indirectly affect the cultural resource property. Renumber A to A Renumber A to A.8.1.2(3). Based upon the outcome of the vulnerability assessment described in Section 8.1 a security component of the protection plan shall be prepared and put into place. A security component of the protection plan shall be prepared and adopted. The security component shall be based on the results of an analysis of: (1) The potential threats identified in the vulnerability assessment (2) The loss tolerability threshold adopted by the governing board (3) The goals and objectives set for the cultural property. Arson prevention shall be addressed in the protection plan included in the cultural resource property s protection goals and objectives developed in compliance with Sections 4.2 and 4.3. Security practices, procedures, operations, and systems to reduce the threat of arson shall be integrated into the cultural resource property s protection plan. The security component of the protection plan shall include screening all personnel, including part-time and volunteers, against records of known fire setters. Book returns shall comply with one of the following: (1) bbe constructed to prevent the spread of fire and smoke from the return into the rest of the library. (2), or the book return shall be l Located in an outside receiving bin away from the exterior walls of the library building. The nature of libraries their access by the public, with many areas obscured from view of attendants results in their being an opportune target for arsonists as well as others bent on other forms of malicious damage. The most common fire setters are juvenile fire starters, vandals, disgruntled patrons, and employees. They can break in at night or gain legitimate access during normal operating hours. A frequent method of external attack has been to place burning materials into the book return. The security component of the protection plan shall include protective measures for potential each threat conditions outlined in the Department of Homeland Security s Security Advisory System. The security component of the protection plan shall include procedures for: (1)* rresponding to unattended objects, containers, or packages. The security component of the protection plan shall include procedures for (2) rresponding to bomb threats. The security component of the protection plan shall include procedures for h (3) Handling suspicious parcels and letters. 13 Page 29 of 107

30 The security component of the protection plan shall include procedures for r (4) Responding to an explosion and fire. The security component of the protection plan shall include procedures for r (5) Responding to chemical, biological, and radiological threats. The cultural resource property shall conduct ppre-employment screening for all employees and volunteers is required. Procedures shall be implemented to screen and identify official visitors, contractors, and others who have access to nonpublic areas of the cultural resource property. Procedures shall be implemented to control the flow of property in and out of the cultural resource property. Where the vulnerability assessment indicates the need for an electronic premises security system, the system shall be designed by a qualified person. All eelectronic premises security systems shall be installed in accordance with NFPA 731, Where required by the cultural resource property s When part of the protection plan, physical security devices including but not limited to locks, doors, windows, safes, vaults, and strong rooms, shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer s specifications. Renumber paragraph only. The security component of the protection plan usually outlines an organization's security-related measures and procedures, as well as providing information required to implement them. The objective of a security component of the protection plan is to ensure that security measures and personnel respond in an integrated and effective way to mitigate the effects of an adversarial act in a manner that is appropriate for that particular organization or facility. In addition to features of protection, the security component of the protection plan usually includes a concise statement of purpose, identifies the intended users, designates where the master copy is maintained, identifies to whom it has been distributed, and contains clear instructions for its use. Specific items in the security component of the protection plan should be based on the potential threats faced by the organization or facility as determined by the Security Vulnerability Assessment (SVA). Given a potentially broad range of threats, however, priority should be given to items that accomplish the following: (1) Address events that are most likely to occur and have the greatest potential impact on defined critical assets (2) Allocate sufficient time and resources for planning, development, and implementation (3) Identify and collect the information necessary to develop effective procedures (4) Are specific and comprehensive Remainder of A.8.2 to remain unchanged. It is important to control the threat of arson. Precautions can minimize the likelihood of a serious fire. The most common fire setters are juvenile fire starters, vandals, disgruntled patrons, and employees. They might break in at night or gain legitimate access during normal operating hours. Experience indicates that if unsuccessful fire arson has occurred, a repeat attempt is likely unless the fire setter is brought to justice. The cultural resource property then becomes a specific target, and extra precautions are warranted. The following special precautions are suggested as recommendations for high-risk properties: (1) The strongest deterrent to fire setters is good security. Suggested elements of a sound security program are as follows: (a) Reasonable surveillance, including use of premises protection systems, video surveillancecctv, and electronic access control systems, of all areas accessible to the public, with spot checks at regular intervals. All nonpublic areas should have controlled access. (b) A background investigation for stability and character should be conducted, to the extent legal restrictions allow, on potential employees, security personnel, and others having free access to the entire facility. (c) All accessible openings, including doors, windows, vents, and roof access, should be properly secured. Fire exits should be arranged to prevent entry from outside. Doors and windows should be checked to make sure locks are in good repair. (d) Exterior lighting is an effective and often underrated security measure against arsonists and other miscreants. 14 Page 30 of 107