NFPA Technical Committee on Cultural Resources NFPA 909 ROC Meeting Agenda

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1 NFPA Technical Committee on Cultural Resources NFPA 909 ROC Meeting Agenda April 24-25, 2012 National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 1. Call to order, 9:00 AM, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 D. Moeller. 2. Self-introduction of members and guests Page Approval of the November 8-9, 2011 NFPA 909 Pre-ROC meeting minutes Page Chair s report D. Moeller. 5. Staff liaison s report G. Harrington. 6. Review schedule for future committee meetings D. Moeller. i) September (20-21 for conference/tours), 2012 (NFPA 914 Pre-First Draft Mtg.) L. Nassi Venice, Italy. ii) Spring 2013 (no later than 6/14/13, NFPA 914 First Draft Mtg.) Nick Artim Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC (tentative). iii) Fall/Winter 2013 (NFPA 914 Pre-Second Draft Mtg.) TBD. iv) March-April 2014 (no later than 5/2/14, NFPA 914 Second Draft Mtg.) TBD. 7. NFPA 909 Task Group report C. Greczek. 8. NFPA 909 public comments Page NFPA 914 Task Group report S. Peterson. 10. Panel discussion on security and cultural properties S. Peterson. 11. Protecting Our Heritage Task Group report. 12. Portable Fire Extinguisher Agent Task Group report M. Kilby/C. Greczek. 13. Automatic sprinkler system issues R. Fleming. 14. Guest presentation on VictaulicVortex hybrid extinguishing system. 15. Other business. 16. Adjournment. Page 1 of 14

2 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 04/11/2012 Gregory E. Harrington Donald C. Moeller E 7/26/2007 Chair The Fire Consultants, Inc Durant Court Walnut Creek, CA California State Historical Building Safety Board Michael Coull SE 11/2/2006 Secretary Heritage Fire and Safety Ltd. 4 Lochinch Road Cove Bay, Aberdeen, AB12 3SL Scotland, United Kingdom Historic Scotland Clare Ray Allshouse City of Shoreline, Washington Planning & Development Services Midvale Avenue North Shoreline, WA E 3/21/2006 Nicholas Artim Fire-Safety Network Box 895 Middlebury, VT SE 1/1/1990 Eileen E. Brady Washington State University Owen Science & Engineering Library Pullman, WA U 11/2/2006 Steve Carter Orr Protection Systems, Inc Interchange Drive Louisville, KY Fire Suppression Systems Association : Daniel J. Hubert M 7/19/2002 John E. Chartier Rhode Island State Fire Marshal 118 Parade Street Providence, RI National Association of State Fire Marshals E 8/2/2010 Laura E. Doyle US General Services Administration 301 7th Street SW, Room 2080 Washington, DC : Joseph Dafin U 9/30/2004 Wilbur Faulk Pepperdine University Pacific Coast Highway Malibu, CA U 1/1/1989 Robert F. Fisher FM Global Country Club Blvd., Suite 300 North Olmsted, OH I 7/1/1995 Russell P. Fleming National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 40 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY M 10/10/1998 Deborah L. Freeland Arthur J. Gallagher & Company 505 North Brand Blvd., Suite 600 Glendale, CA I 1/1/1988 Cindy Greczek Colonial Williamsburg Foundation PO Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA : Danny L. McDaniel U 10/4/2001 Michael Kilby Smithsonian Institution 600 Maryland Avenue SW, Suite 7106 MRC 514, PO Box Washington, DC U 7/22/1999 Page 2 of 14 1

3 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 04/11/2012 Gregory E. Harrington Wolfgang Kippes Schloss Schoenbrunn Kultur und Betriebsges, m.b.h A-1130 Vienna, Austria U 7/12/2001 George A. Krabbe East Raintree Drive Scottsdale, AZ Halon Alternatives Research Corporation SE 10/1/1994 Fred M. Leber LRI Fire Protection Engineering Yonge Eglinton Center 2300 Yonge Street, Suite 2100 PO Box 2372 Toronto, ON M4P 1E4 Canada SE 10/28/2008 Nancy Lev-Alexander US Library of Congress Conservation Division, LMG Independence Avenue, SE Washington, DC : Susan M. Peckham U 7/29/2005 Wayne D. Moore Hughes Associates, Inc. 117 Metro Center Boulevard, Suite 1002 Warwick, RI : Cheryl L. Domnitch SE 1/1/1992 Kevin D. Morin Code Consultants, Inc. 215 West 40th Street, Floor 15 New York, NY : Michael D. Kirn SE 3/4/2009 Luca Nassi Italian National Fire Department Comando P.le VV.F. di Siena V.le Cavour 163 Siena, Italy E 10/27/2005 Thomas F. Norton Norel Service Company, Inc. 37 Buckmaster Drive Concord, MA Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. : Shane M. Clary M 1/1/1988 Sheila Palmer Chubb & Son Insurance Company 55 Water Street New York, NY : Richard P. Luongo I 1/15/2004 Steven M. Peterson US Department of the Interior National Park Service Alaska Support Office 240 West 5th Avenue, Room 114 Anchorage, AK : Todd J. Neitzel E 1/17/1997 Milosh T. Puchovsky Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Fire Protection Engineering 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA SE 10/27/2009 Martin H. Reiss The RJA Group, Inc Worcester Road, Suite 501 Framingham, MA SE 1/17/1997 Page 3 of 14 2

4 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 04/11/2012 Gregory E. Harrington Steven Rocklin New York State Department of State Division of Code Enforcement 1 Commerce Plaza 99 Washington Avenue Albany, NY : Daniel E. Nichols E 10/4/2001 John M. Watts, Jr. Fire Safety Institute PO Box 674 Middlebury, VT : Marilyn E. Kaplan SE 1/1/1977 Robert D. Wilson National Gallery of Art 6th Street & Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC U 1/10/2002 Shane M. Clary Bay Alarm Company 60 Berry Drive Pacheco, CA Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. : Thomas F. Norton M 11/2/2006 Joseph Dafin US General Services Administration 301 7th Street SW, Room 2080 Washington, DC : Laura E. Doyle U 8/5/2009 Cheryl L. Domnitch Hughes Associates, Inc San Ramon Valley Blvd., Suite 209 San Ramon, CA : Wayne D. Moore SE 10/27/2009 Daniel J. Hubert Janus Fire Systems 1102 Rupcich Drive, Millennium Park Crown Point, IN Fire Suppression Systems Association : Steve Carter M 3/15/2007 Marilyn E. Kaplan Preservation Architecture 43 Marion Avenue Albany, NY : John M. Watts, Jr. SE 1/14/2005 Michael D. Kirn Code Consultants, Inc Woodland Parkway, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO : Kevin D. Morin SE 10/20/2010 Richard P. Luongo Chubb & Son Insurance Company 202 Hall s Mill Road Whitehouse Station, NJ : Sheila Palmer I 7/26/2007 Danny L. McDaniel Colonial Williamsburg Foundation PO Box 1776 Williamsburg, VA : Cindy Greczek U 1/1/1980 Todd J. Neitzel US Department of the Interior National Park Service West Alameda Parkway Lakewood, CO : Steven M. Peterson E 10/20/2010 Page 4 of 14 3

5 Address List No Phone Cultural Resources 04/11/2012 Gregory E. Harrington Daniel E. Nichols State of New York Department of State 99 Washington Avenue, #1160 Albany, NY : Steven Rocklin E 8/9/2011 Susan M. Peckham US Library of Congress 1600 East Capitol Street, NE Washington, DC : Nancy Lev-Alexander U 3/4/2009 Stewart Kidd Nonvoting Member Loss Prevention Consultancy, Ltd. 26 Broadway, Wilburton Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 3RT United Kingdom SE 4/1/1993 Stefano Marsella Nonvoting Member Via Orti Gianicolensi, 4 Rome, Italy SE 10/6/2000 Stephen E. Bush Member Emeritus 1850 Kershaw Lane Winchester, VA SE 1/1/1974 William Jackson Member Emeritus 55 Albany Drive Lanark, ML11 9AF Scotland SE 1/1/1992 Charles E. Zimmerman Member Emeritus 8058 Carlton Street Norfolk, VA SE 1/1/1985 Gregory E. Harrington Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA /29/2007 Page 5 of 14 4

6 PRE-ROC MEETING MINUTES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL RESOURCES NOVEMBER 8 9, 2011 Hilton Oakland Airport Oakland, California MEMBERS PRESENT Deborah Freeland, Chair Michael Coull, Secretary Clare Ray Allshouse, Nicholas Artim, (Day 1 only) Eileen Brady, Steve Carter, Laura Doyle, Wilbur Faulk, Robert Fisher, Russell Fleming, Cindy Greczek, Michael Kilby, George Krabbe, Fred Leber, Nancy Lev-Alexander, Donald Moeller, Kevin Morin, Steven Peterson, Milosh Puchovsky, (Day 1 only) Shane Clary, Alt. to T. Norton Joseph Dafin, Alt. to L. Doyle Cheryl Domnitch, Alt. to W. Moore Daniel Hubert, Alt. to S. Carter Danny McDaniel, Alt. to C. Greczek Todd Neitzel, Alt. to S. Peterson Gregory Harrington, Staff Liaison ORGANISATION Arthur J Gallagher & Co Heritage Fire and Safety Ltd. City of Shoreline, Washington Fire-Safety Network Washington State University Orr Protection Systems, Inc. Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association US General Services Administration Pepperdine University FM Global National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Smithsonian Institution Rep. Halon Alternatives Research Corporation LRI Fire Protection Engineering US Library of Congress The Fire Consultants, Inc. Rep. California State Historical Building Safety Board Code Consultants, Inc. US Department of the Interior/NPS Worcester Polytechnic Institute Bay Alarm Company Rep. Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. US General Services Administration Hughes Associates, Inc. Janus Fire Systems Rep. Fire Suppression Systems Association Colonial Williamsburg Foundation US Department of the Interior/NPS National Fire Protection Association Page 6 of 14

7 GUESTS James Antell Allan Rhodes Dan Rose Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. Marioff North America Marioff North America MEMBERS NOT PRESENT John Chartier, Wolfgang Kippes, Wayne Moore, (Alt. attended) Luca Nassi, Thomas Norton, (Alt. attended) Sheila Palmer, Martin Reiss, Steven Rocklin, John Watts, Robert Wilson, Marilyn Kaplan, Alt. to J. Watts Michael Kirn, Alt. to K. Morin Richard Luongo, Alt. to S. Palmer Daniel Nichols, Alt. to S. Rocklin Susan Peckham, Alt. to N. Lev-Alexander Peter Thomas, Alt. to R. Fleming Stewart Kidd (Nonvoting) Stefano Marsella (Nonvoting) Stephen Bush (Member Emeritus) William Jackson (Member Emeritus) Charles Zimmerman (Member Emeritus) Rhode Island State Fire Marshal Rep. National Association of State Fire Marshals Schloss Schönbrunn Hughes Associates Italian National Fire Department Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Chubb & Son Insurance Company The RJA Group, Inc. New York State Department of State Fire Safety Institute National Gallery of Art Preservation Architecture Code Consultants, Inc Chubb & Son Insurance Company State of New York Department of State US Library of Congress Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products Rep. National Fire Sprinkler Association Loss Prevention Consultancy, Ltd. Rome, Italy Winchester, VA Lanark, Scotland Norfolk, VA 1. CALL TO ORDER/WELCOME Debbie Freeland called the meeting to order at She welcomed the committee to Oakland and thanked Shane Clary for his work organising the meeting and arranging the tour to the Oakland Museum of California. Debbie also thanked the Bay Alarm Company for providing the meeting room and bus to the tour. Page 7 of 14

8 2. SELF INTRODUCTION OF MEMBERS AND GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS Debbie congratulated John McCormick, long standing member of this committee who retired a couple of years ago, on receiving the 2011 Society of Fire Protection Engineers Harold E. Nelson Service Award. Debbie welcomed Jim Antell from RJA who is going to apply to join the committee as the alternate to Martin Reiss. She also welcomed Allan Rhodes and Dan Rose of Marioff who will be speaking to the committee and answering questions, based on the committee s request for documentation following their proposal. Debbie explained that Wayne Moore was unable to attend the meeting as he was speaking at another meeting in Minneapolis. Tom Norton had also sent his apologies as he is speaking at the Campus Fire Safety Program as chair of NFPA APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 2011 IN VIENNA Cindy Greczek noted an error in the date of the Fall 2012 meeting. With this amendment the minutes were approved. 4. CHAIR S REPORT Membership Debbie Freeland welcomed new members; Lucca Nassi whose upgrade from nonvoting member to was approved by Standards Council. He has also recently joined the 914 task group. Dan Nichols, New York Department of State, appointed to the committee as alternate to Steve Rocklin. Many of the committee will have met Dan when he spoke at the committee meeting at Hyde Park. The committee is full with a good hold list. Debbie advised that as we go forward with the documents, we will look at our membership to see what additional expertise would best support the focus of the committee, and try to target specific individuals that will bring the highest level of expertise in these areas to the committee. In this light, Debbie advised that if committee members have someone they think can contribute, and they are making an application, the member should alert the chair so we can consider how they can be brought into the committee, either as an alternate to a current member, or taking them into a task group until a position opens up. Page 8 of 14

9 5. STAFF LIAISON S REPORT Greg Harrington updated the committee on the new NFPA standards development process. He reminded the committee that the current revision cycle for NFPA 909 will be completed under the existing process; however the revision cycle for NFPA 914 will follow the new process. The committee will not be required to vote on all public inputs (formerly public proposals) received at the public input stage. The committee will consider the public input collectively and provide limited feedback to submitters. The committee will then vote only on changes to the code and produce a first draft. At the public comment stage, the committee will have to vote on any comments received and then produce a second draft. Following publication of the second draft, there will still be the opportunity for the filing of NITMAM as the second draft goes through the approval process. Full information on the new Regulations is available at: Greg advised that the NFPA have previously provided money to the Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF) for small projects to assist technical committees to develop their codes. Money has again been made available to the FPRF this year. Proposals for projects have to be submitted by 16 December 2011 for consideration of funding from this year s budget. It had been noted by members of the committee that Diane Matthews was now completing the administration for the committee at the NFPA. Greg explained that there had been some changes to roles within the NFPA and it was likely that Diane would be the administrator to the technical committee from now. The committee wish to acknowledge their appreciation of the support previously provided by Jill McGovern. 6. GUEST PRESENTATION ON WATER MIST SYSTEMS The committee have previously received proposals from Marioff to include water mist systems within the code, effectively treating water mist in the same manner as sprinkler systems. The committee had rejected the proposals on the basis of a lack of documentation that water mist is an appropriate extinguishing medium in this class of occupancy. Allan Rhodes and Dan Rose of Marioff North America gave a short presentation where they explained that, whilst there is no fire test standard available, Marioff have completed many tests, all of which are client specific and Marioff are opening a new test centre in Florida in January Page 9 of 14

10 Case studies of three tests were presented to the committee, including a fire test for archive storage. All tests recorded an immediate drop in temperature due to the cooling effect of water mist one of the key benefits of using water mist. All tests are client specific due to the lack of any standard. This requires the client and AHJ ensuring that the parameters applied to any test, and consequently design, is set. 7. REVIEW SCHEDULE FOR FUTURE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 1 April 24-25, 2012 (NFPA 909 ROC), Smithsonian Institution, hosted by Michael Kilby. Nancy Lev-Alexander will arrange an optional tour to the US Library of Congress Packard Campus of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center (PCAVCC) in Culpeper, VA for Thursday April 26, September 18-19, 2012 (NFPA 914 Pre-ROP), Venice, Italy. Luca Nassi will host this meeting. There will be a one day conference and tours on September 20-21, Spring 2013 (NFPA 914 Public Input Meeting) Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. Nick Artim to check availability for a meeting on dates between May 20 and June 5, REVIEW COMMENTS ON NFPA 909 ROP BALLOT Cindy Greczek reviewed the comments on the 909 ROP and made recommendations to the committee. The committee agreed with several comments and the task group agreed to draft committee proposals prior to the next meeting. 9. NFPA 909 TASK GROUP REPORT Following the Marioff water mist presentation the committee discussed and agreed to maintain the earlier decision to reject the proposals that include water mist as an alternate fire protection system. Danny McDaniel suggested that the Marioff proposal should not be included in the prescriptive part of 909, whilst he considered that the option was possible within the performance based part of the code. The committee considered that additional guidance would be required if placing this in the performance based part of the code. Daniel Hubert offered to develop a paragraph comparing water mist to sprinklers that would provide guidance to enable institutions to make an informed judgement. Russ Fleming commented that if this committee could help define the potential applications for water mist, perhaps through a task group, this would encourage water mist manufacturers to undertake tests that demonstrate performance and help them establish protocols. Page 10 of 14

11 It was considered that the table in A could be further developed to include water mist with the table title changed to reflect that this is considerations for fire suppression systems. This would have to be submitted as a committee proposal. There was a call for members for the 909 task group and the following members volunteered: Cindy Greczek, Danny McDaniel, Debbie Freeland, Wilbur Faulk, Eileen Brady, Bob Fisher, Russ Fleming, Daniel Hubert, Nancy Lev-Alexander and Fred Leber. Danny McDaniel suggests that section which refers to NFPA 914 should be removed. It was agreed that this would be noted and the section removed during the next cycle. 10. NFPA 914 TASK GROUP REPORT Steve Peterson informed the committee that the 914 task group had conferred by conference calls since the Vienna meeting to develop outline goals and objectives for each section of the code. The security element of the code presents a number of challenges and it has been suggested that we take in a number of experts on security at monumental sites to assist in the development of the security section. It was suggested that either during the Technical Committee meeting in Washington DC or the day prior to the meeting, speakers be invited along to discuss security issues. Steve Peterson, Danny McDaniel, Wilbur Faulk and Michael Kilby will form a sub-group to organise this. 11. PROTECTING OUR HERITAGE TASK GROUP REPORT Cheryl advised that through a series of conference calls, the task group have considered the audience, building type and publication of Heritage Under Fire. She circulated an outline of the content of the publication. In relation to how the document is to be published, it was considered that this could either go through the New Products mechanism of the NFPA or the task group will have to seek some alternative publication method. It is likely that this publication would be outwith the scope of this committee and may have to be published as produced by a group of interested individuals. Greg will take a copy of the outline document to the NFPA to ascertain if this could be published by the NFPA and report back to the task group. The task group will then report back to the Technical Committee at our meeting in Washington DC. 12. PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AGENT TASK GROUP REPORT Emily Williams, Conservator of Archaeological Materials for Colonial Williamsburg, is working with Joe Scheffey P.E. of Hughes Associates, Inc on writing the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant, which is due February 1, Page 11 of 14

12 Materials chosen for the tests are those materials that are likely to be out on display in museums. Emily and Joe will be invited to the next Technical Committee meeting to discuss the project and the variables involved. Danny McDaniel explained that Colonial Williamsburg is giving this project its full backing. 13. COMMITTEE HISTORY Danny McDaniel has now updated the committee history, which runs to the region of pages. The document covers the period from 1941 to the present day and includes major thinking on the documents produced through the committee, giving an insight into how these have evolved. The document also lists all committee members along with Staff Liaison and Chairs. Debbie thanked Danny on behalf of the committee for his work in updating this. Danny advised that the draft still requires to be reviewed to ensure accuracy and it was agreed that the draft would be circulated along with the minutes of this meeting. 14. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEM ISSUES Russ Fleming gave an update on NFPA 13 issues on corrosion and compatibility. He also advised that FM had submitted a proposal that the weld line should be rotated at least 45 o in relationship to the floor. The NFPA 13 committee rejected this proposal and suggested the requirement was too onerous. Russ also explained that NFPA 25 is about to go into cycle. He reminded the committee that this committee had submitted three proposals for the 2008 edition, all of which were rejected by the NFPA 25 committee. He asked of this committee would wish to re-submit these proposals and the Technical Committee instructed staff liaison to re-submit these. 15. OTHER BUSINESS Ray Allshouse provided information on ICC code development on-going work on the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC), including the recent Final Action Hearings in Phoenix AZ, where he made mention of this committee as part of his public testimony. He explained that in adopting the IgCC, local jurisdictions can decide options for a selected level of credits to meet green requirements of their choosing. The proposal upon which he testified and which was subsequently approved will allow an extra credit for preservation of a historic structure. Debbie Freeland informed the committee that as she had now held the post of Chair for 10 years, the maximum term allowed, this was her last meeting as Chair. She announced that Don Moeller is to be the new chair of the committee and congratulated him on his appointment. Page 12 of 14

13 Debbie expressed her thanks to the committee for the hard work and support provided over the past 10 years, a period during which so much has been accomplished by this committee. Don thanked Debbie on behalf of the committee and made a presentation as a token of the committee s appreciation for her 10 years service as Chair. 16. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 1230 on the 9 th November Minutes prepared by Mike Coull Secretary Page 13 of 14

14 Report on Comments November 2012 NFPA Log #2 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Revise text to read as follows: ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA ASTM E84, Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials b ASTM E 1591, Standards update Log #3 Marcelo M. Hirschler, GBH International Revise text to read as follows: G ASTM Publications. American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA ASTM E 1355, Standard Guide for Evaluating the Predictive Capability of Deterministic Fire Models, ASTM E 1472, Standard Guide for Documenting Computer Software for Fire Models, 2007 (withdrawn 2011). G.2.2 ASTM Publications. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA ASTM E 84, Standard Test Method for Surface Burning Characteristics of Building Materials, b. [ROC-1] ASTM E 136, Standard Test Method for Behavior of Building Materials in a Vertical Tube Furnace at 750 C, Standards update Log #1 John F. Bender, Underwriters Laboratories Inc Revise text to read as follows: Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL ANSI/UL 294,, 1999, revised ANSI/UL 437,, 2000, revised ANSI/UL305,, 1997, revised UL 681,, 1999, Revised ANSI/UL 768,, 2006, Revised ANSI/UL 1034,, 2000, revised UL 2058,, Update referenced standards to most recent edition. Printed on 4/11/ Page 14 of 14