Technical Committee on Fire Prevention Organization and Deployment First Draft Meeting (NFPA 1730)

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1 Technical Committee on Fire Prevention Organization and Deployment First Draft Meeting (NFPA 1730) Great Wolf Lodge Traverse City 3575 North US Highway 31 South Traverse City, MI Toll free; Conference Call/Adobe Connect Connections will be provided 1. Call to Order Chair Ron Farr 2. Introduction of Members and Guests August 30 and 31, :00am 5:00pm EST Agenda 3. Chair s Brief Remarks and Purpose of Meeting 4. Review of Minutes from Previous Meeting a. Second Draft Meeting September 16 17, 2014 Green Bay, WI 5. Committee Procedures Staff Liaison Tom McGowan a. Document Cycle Information b. NFPA New Process Second Draft i. TC Action options 6. Technical Committee Actions a. Review of Public Inputs b. First Revisions 7. Other Business 8. Adjourn at the Close of Business

2 NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Prevention Activities Green Bay, WI September 16-17, 2014 MINUTES The meeting was called to order by Chair Farr on September 16, 2014 at 8:00 am. Introduction of Attendees Members Present: Ronald Farr, UL, MI, Chair Steven Sawyer, NFPA Staff Liaison Michael Bodnar, Sereca Fire Consulting LTD, Alberta William Bowman, Louisville Fire & Rescue, KY Lisa Cockerill, Region of Peel, Canada James Dawson, Chesterfield County Fire & EMS, VA Connie Forster, Voting Alternate, IAFC, MN Hugh Gibson, ISO, NJ Michael Larsen, Amway Inc., MI David Lynam, WA State Association of Fire Marshals, WA Laura Mueller, National League of Cities, TX James Munger, James Munger & Associates, Inc., AL Kelly Nicolello, Alaska Department of Public Safety, AK Colleen Pennington, Inspection Reports on Line, MI Eugene Pietzak, IAAI, NY Guy Santelli, WI Fire Inspectors Association, WI Derrick Sawyer, NFPA's Urban Fire Safety Task Force, PA Lynn Schofield, NFPA Ed Section, UT Art Shaw, NAT&T, MI Larry Willhite, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, FL Morgana Yahnke, CA Fire Chiefs Association, CA Robert James, Alternate, UL, FL Jack Keays, Alternate Bodner Timothy Kerbrat, Alternate, IAFC, CA Tim Knisely, Alternate, Paul Martin, PA Catherine Spain, Alternate, National League of Cities, DC John Verbeek, Alternate, Urban Fire Safety Task Force, ON Guests Present: Curt Floyd, NFPA 1

3 Marty King, West Aus FD, WI Marcina Sunderhaus, AZ Fire Marshals Association, AZ Members not present: Gregory Chesser, US Department of the Air Force, WY David Jacobowitz, NVFC, NY Brett Lacey, IFSTA, CO Frank Lamie, Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, ON Paul Martin, NY State Office of Fire Prevention & Control, NY Randy Minaker, Port Coquitlam, BC Kellie Sawyers, Oklahoma City FD, OK Anthony Valdez, Fire Marshals Association of Colorado, CO George Apple, Alternate, CA Fire Chiefs Association, CA Keith Chambers, Alternate, Dawson Richard Jones, Alternate, IAAI, LA Thomas Wieczorek, Alternate, ICMA, DC Motion made, seconded and accepted to approve the minutes of November 19-20, 2013, San Antonio, TX meeting. Chair Farr and Staff Liaison Sawyer make opening remarks and reviewed the purpose of meeting. Public comments were reviewed and second revisions developed, see second draft. Old business. None. New business. The committee starting drafting the newly approved CRR document. Task Groups were formed. Motion made, seconded and approved to draft the new document as a standard. The next meeting will be held on February 10-11, 2015 in Austin, TX. The meeting adjourned on September 17, 2014 at 4:00 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Steven F. Sawyer Staff Liaison 2

4 1 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 7-NFPA [ Section No ] The MIS shall maintain a history of services delivered and performance outcomes as measured against goals established through the organizational statement. The performance outcome component of this line should become a separate line to ensure the significance of moving to performance outcomes is fully articulated. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 16:21:48 EST 2016

5 2 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 8-NFPA [ Section No ] The MIS shall maintain capture and provide a history means of services delivered and measuring performance outcomes as measured against goals and trends for each area established through the organizational statement should be split into two separate lines to ensure the importance of moving to performance outcomes and trend analysis is emphasized and more clearly articulated. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 16:24:28 EST 2016

6 3 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 9-NFPA [ Section No ] The FPO shall conduct a CRA that covers all areas, territories or properties in which it is the AHJ or exercises primary emergency response responsiblity (see Chapter 5). Since there may be local variations and unique circumstances in the territories covered by each AHJ it is worth clarifying. For instance, a municipality may cover its own geographic boundaries and provide services to areas outside of its boundaries in the absence of another agency or AHJ, so the municipality should ensure all areas where it exercises primary responsibility are covered. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 16:28:15 EST 2016

7 4 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 10-NFPA [ Section No ] 4.7.2* The FPO shall examine opportunities to utilize all personnel, including those outside of its immediate chain of command and outside partners and stakeholders, for activities within the standard. As written it appears to be encouraging agencies to consider using "field personnel" (normal firefighters/emts/etc) in the execution of these activities. It could be made a bit more clear, especially since the standard is only stating that the FPO shall EXAMINE opportunities. It is also worth articulating that the FPO should give consideration to engaging outside partners and stakeholders when practicable. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 16:36:05 EST 2016

8 5 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 11-NFPA [ New Section after ] 5.4 The FPO shall identify large facilities, distinctive areas, and/or specific hazards that may require a separate CRA or more detailed analysis based upon the geographic isolation, unique circumstances or cultural/economic/political significance of the area. Since many communities may have particularly significant or challenging locations that are unique and/or present specific sets of challenges, it is important to encourage agencies to identify those and decide whether they can be adequately handled in the FPOs CRA. For instance, if a community covered the municipal boundaries AND a major international airport that is outside the city limits and is a separate political entity, it would be useful to have a separate CRA that handled the unique FPO challenges related to the airport, in this example. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 16:42:41 EST 2016

9 6 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 12-NFPA [ New Section after ] The FPO shall consider the composition, distribution and use of the built environment to identify the risks posed, inclusive of but not limited to the building construction, building dimensions, occupancy load, occupancy type, previous incidents, vacancy status, water supply, and zoning. The line as written was unnecessarily vague and ambiguous. These two points are intended to provide more guidance, especially as it relates to the next point, the social dimension of community risk. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 16:57:18 EST 2016

10 7 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 13-NFPA [ New Section after ] The FPO shall examine the social dimension of community risk to identify the most vulnerable persons, communities, and areas most affected by fire incidents and other non-fire risks, inclusive of but not limited to, age, economic deprivation, ethnic/language isolation, lifestyle, mobility, risky behaviors, social dependency, and other measures of vulnerability. While perhaps a bit more prescriptive than this standard is intending to be, it should be clearly articulated that any analysis of community risk should not only include a quantitative risk model of the risk of commercial structures or necessarily even just structures themselves... it should make it clear that the CRA should address the question of people quite explicitly. Submitter Full Name: Matthew Hinds-aldrich Organization: Atlanta Fire Rescue Dept Submittal Date: Tue Feb 23 17:07:13 EST 2016

11 8 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 3-NFPA [ Section No. 6.5 ] 6.5 Qualifications of Personnel. Personnel responsible for fire prevention and code enforcement activities shall meet, at a minimum, meet the job performance requirements in NFPA 1031 for the inspection duties they perform. This section shall not be construed as preventing local jurisdictions from requiring additional training and/or competencies. The wording as it stands can be interpreted to be a terminal competency, making for potential labor/management conflicts if additional requirements are desired by the jurisdiction. The proposed language makes it easier for departments/agencies to require additional education or training in order to meet unique community or agency needs. Submitter Full Name: Frank Lasaga Organization: Stuart Fire Rescue Submittal Date: Mon Dec 28 12:36:50 EST 2015

12 9 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 17-NFPA [ Section No. 6.7 ] 6.7* Minimum Inspection Frequency. Existing The Authority Having Jurisdiction shall perform a Community Risk Assessment in order to establish minimum inspection frequencies. In the absence of a Community Risk Assessment, existing occupancy fire prevention inspection and code enforcement inspection frequencies shall be not less than those specified in Table 6.7. Table 6.7 Minimum Inspection Frequency High Moderate Low Critical infrastructure Occupancy Risk Classification Frequency Annually Biennially Triennially Per AHJ The minimum inspection frequencies provided by Table 6.7 are intended to be used in those instances when a Community Risk Assessment has not been performed. As currently written, the language establishes minimum frequencies that may be contrary to what is actually found to be necessary after performing a CRA. The additional language clarifies the intent of this section to provide a minimum in the absence of a CRA. Submitter Full Name: Morgana Yahnke Organization: UC Davis Fire Prevention Affilliation: Representing California Fire Chiefs Association Submittal Date: Tue Jun 28 17:56:55 EDT 2016

13 10 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 4-NFPA [ New Section after 9.11 ] Wildfire Safety Educational Programs Wildfire Safety Educational Programs Educational programs for wildfire prevention and preparedness shall be developed based on the CRR plan developed in accordance with Chapter Educational programs under this chapter shall be developed for residents and visitors of communities within wildland urban interface areas Educational programs shall cover relevant topics including, but not limited to, wildfire prevention, defensible space, home hardening, emergency planning and evacuations Wildfire cause data shall be analyzed periodically and used to develop key educational messages for the public. Additional Proposed Changes File Name Description Approved NFPA_1730_Mathisen.docx Wildfire Safety Educational Programs NFPA 1730, as currently written, is silent on the topic of wildfire safety educational programs. My proposal will add a section that addresses that topic. Submitter Full Name: Dennis Mathisen Organization: CAL FIRE Submittal Date: Thu Feb 04 18:54:48 EST 2016

NFPA 1730 Change Proposal NFPA 1730: Standard on Organization and Deployment of Fire Prevention Inspection and Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Investigation, and Public Education Operations New

14 NFPA 1730 Change Proposal NFPA 1730: Standard on Organization and Deployment of Fire Prevention Inspection and Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Investigation, and Public Education Operations New Section Added: Wildfire Safety Educational Programs Educational programs for wildfire prevention and preparedness shall be developed based on the CRR plan developed in accordance with Chapter Educational programs under this chapter shall be developed for residents and visitors of communities within wildland urban interface areas Educational programs shall cover relevant topics including, but not limited to, wildfire prevention, defensible space, home hardening, emergency planning and evacuations Wildfire cause data shall be analyzed periodically and used to develop key educational messages for the public. NFPA 1730 (Ch. 9) Existing Language

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17 11 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 16-NFPA [ Section No. A ] A High-Risk Occupancy. Examples of high-risk occupancies are apartment buildings, are hospitals, high-rise buildings, hotels, dormitories, lodging and rooming, assembly, child care, detention, educational, and ambulatory health care. See input #15 for the Ambulatory health care addition. Remove apartments because the definition is too broad. The NFPA defines and apartment as three units. Only 23 percent of apartments are over 20 units according to American Fact Finder. Only 16 percent of residential fire deaths occur in apartments vs. 84 percent in one-and-two family dwellings. Apartment fire causes are 77 percent smoking, cooking, candles and 60 percent of fire deaths are from those same causes according to the NFPA. Larger apartment buildings would be covered by the high risk definition if they are in high rises or have built-in fire protection systems. Submitter Full Name: Douglas Warsinski Organization: Vigilant Inspections Affilliation: None Submittal Date: Tue Jun 21 20:59:39 EDT 2016

18 12 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 15-NFPA [ Section No. A ] A Moderate-Risk Occupancy. Examples of moderate-risk occupancies are ambulatory health care, and industrial industrial properties that do not maintain, store, use, or handle flammable and combustible materials that would require a fire code permit. Definition is inconsistent with NFPA 1 which consider ambulatory health care high-risk by Definition. NFPA * Moderate-Risk Occupancy. An occupancy that has a history of moderate frequency of fires or a moderate potential for loss of life or economic loss. A Moderate-Risk Occupancy. Examples of moderate-risk occupancies are ambulatory health care, and industrial. Ambulatory care occupancies as defined in NFPA 1, section , are occupancies where occupants under anesthesia and treatments rendering them incapable of self-preservation thus requiring staff assistance in an evacuation. Ambulatory health care facilities would be a high-risk occupancy based on the definition provided in NFPA 1730 section NFPA * High-Risk Occupancy. An occupancy that has a history of high frequency of fires, high potential for loss of life or economic loss, or that has a low or moderate history of fires or loss of life but the occupants have a high dependency on the built-in fire protection features or staff to assist in evacuation during a fire or other emergency. Exclude industries that maintain, store, use or handle regulated materials that have a potential for higher frequency and severity of fires. Submitter Full Name: Douglas Warsinski Organization: Vigilant Inspections Affilliation: None Submittal Date: Tue Jun 21 20:53:33 EDT 2016

19 13 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 5-NFPA [ Section No. A ] A At a minimum, the investigator should have and maintain an up-to-date basic knowledge of the following topics at a postsecondary education level as set forth in NFPA 1033: (1) Fire science (2) Fire chemistry (3) Thermodynamics (4) Thermometry (5) Fire dynamics (6) Explosion dynamics (7) Computer fire modeling (8) Fire investigation (9) Fire analysis (10) Fire investigation methodology (11) Fire investigation technology (12) Hazardous materials (13) Failure analysis and analytical tools (14) Fire protection systems (15) Evidence documintation, collection, and preservation (16) Electricity and electrical systems A Increase the number of topics the fire investigator needs to have an understanding of from 13 to 16 to reflect the number in the 2014 edition of 1033 (1033, 2014 edition 1.3.7) Submitter Full Name: Bob Lemons Organization: Boca Raton Fire Department Submittal Date: Fri Feb 19 13:38:33 EST 2016

20 14 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Public Input No. 6-NFPA [ Section No. A ] A To be effective, fire and explosion investigation and analysis must be conducted in a systematic manner. The systematic approach recommended for fire investigation, as contained in NFPA 921, is that set forth in the scientific method, as follows: (1) Recognize the Need. First, it should be determined that a problem exists. In this case, a fire or explosion has occurred and the cause should be determined and listed so that future, similar incidents can be prevented. (2) Define the Problem. Having determined that a problem exists, the investigator or analyst should define the manner in which the problem can be solved. In this case, a proper origin and cause investigation should be conducted. This is done by an examination of the scene and by a combination of other data collection methods, such as the review of previously conducted investigations of the incident, the interviewing of witnesses or other knowledgeable persons, and the results of scientific testing. (3) Collect Data. Facts about the fire incident are collected by observation, experiment, or other direct data-gathering means. The data collected are called empirical data because they are based on observation or experience and are capable of being verified or are known to be true. (4) Analyze the Data (Inductive Reasoning). The scientific method requires that all data collected be analyzed. This is an essential step that must take place before the formation of the final hypothesis. The identification, gathering, and cataloging of data do not equate to data analysis. Analysis of the data is based on the knowledge, training, experience, and expertise of the individual doing the analysis. If the investigator lacks expertise to properly attribute meaning to a piece of data, then assistance should be sought. Understanding the meaning of the data will enable the investigator to form hypotheses based on the evidence rather than on speculation. (5) Develop a Hypothesis. Based upon the data analysis, the investigator produces a hypothesis or group of hypotheses. The hypothesis must be based solely on the empirical data that the investigator has collected. (6) Test the Hypothesis (Deductive Reasoning). To be valid, a hypothesis must be able to stand the test of careful and serious challenge. Testing of the hypothesis is done by the principle of deductive reasoning, in which the investigator compares his or her hypothesis to all the known facts as well as the body of scientific knowledge associated with the phenomena relevant to the specific incident. A hypothesis can be tested either physically, by conducting experiments, or analytically, by applying scientific principles in thought experiments. When relying on experiments or research of others, the investigator must ensure that the conditions and circumstances are sufficiently similar. When the investigator relies on previously conducted research, references to the research relied upon should be noted. If the hypothesis cannot be supported, it should be discarded and alternative hypotheses should be developed and tested. This can include the collection of new data or the re-analysis of existing data. The testing process needs to be continued until all feasible hypotheses have been tested and one is determined to be uniquely consistent with the facts and with the principles of science. If no hypothesis can withstand an examination by deductive reasoning, the issue should be considered undetermined. (7) Selecting final hypothesis A add the 7th step to the scientific method, "(7) Selecting final hypothesis" to reflect the scientific method in the 2014 edition of 1033 (1033, 2014 edition A.4.1.2) Submitter Full Name: Bob Lemons Organization: Boca Raton Fire Department

21 15 of 15 8/16/2016 8:18 AM Submittal Date: Fri Feb 19 13:51:13 EST 2016

NFPA Technical Committee on Deployment and Organization of Fire Prevention Activities

NFPA Technical Committee on Deployment and Organization of Fire Prevention Activities MEETING AGENDA Jackson Hole, WY October 3-4, 2011 1. Chair Farr calls meeting to order on October 3, 2011 at 8:00 am.