Technical Committee on Residential Sprinkler Systems M E M O R A N D U M DATE: June 10, 2016 TO: Members of the Technical Committee on Residential Sprinkler Systems FROM: David R. Hague, Fire Protection Engineer/NFPA Staff Liaison SUBJECT: AGENDA PACKAGE A2018 Pre-First Draft Meeting Enclosed is the agenda for the Pre-First Draft meeting for NFPA 13D, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes, and 13R, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in Low-Rise Residential Occupancies, NFPA 13D and 13R have entered the Annual 2018 revision cycle and will produce a 2019 Edition. It is imperative that you review the attached in advance, with your ideas and substantiations for your views. If you have alternate suggestions for text changes, please come prepared with the words and respective substantiation. For administrative questions, please feel free to contact Elena Carroll at (617) 984-7952. For technical questions, please feel free to contact Dave Hague at (617) 984-7273. You can also reach either of us via e-mail at ECarroll@nfpa.org or dhague@nfpa.org. We look forward to meeting everyone in San Antonio Riverwalk.
Table of Contents Part 1 - Meeting Agenda Part 2 - Committee Address List Part 3 New Process Worksheets Part 4 A201 Meeting Minutes Part 5 - A201 Key Dates
Technical Committee on Residential Sprinkler Systems Pre-First Draft Meeting June 29, 2016 Courtyard by Marriott San Antonio Riverwalk 207 N. St. Mary's St. San Antonio, TX 78205 AGENDA Wednesday June 29, 2016 1. Call to Order 8:00 AM 2. Introductions of Members and Staff 3. Approve minutes of previous meeting 4. Review of NFPA policies and procedures a. Make sure committee understands new process b. Make sure committee understands revision cycle deadlines and dates c. Make sure committee understands NFPA policies 5. Review of Public Inputs to see if there are any big issue we need to study in depth 6. Removal of Metric 7. Antifreeze update, if anyone wants to talk about it 8. Break up into Task Groups a. Develop recommended actions and substantiation on Public Inputs in the portion of the standard assigned to the Task Group b. Review any Public Inputs for Chapter 2, Chapter 3 or any Annex section that falls into the scope of your task group and recommend a course of action and a reason c. Review the portion of the document within your scope and develop any changes to the document that you believe would improve the document (also develop a reason for the change) 9. Reconvene and address any issues that have come up 10. Adjourn
PART 2 COMMITTEE ADDRESS LIST
Address List No Phone Residential Sprinkler Systems Automatic Sprinkler Systems Kenneth E. Isman Chair University of Maryland 7402 Forests Edge Court Laurel, MD 20707 SE 10/1/1997 Roland A. Asp National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. 40 Jon Barrett Road Patterson, NY 12563-2164 Design Technician : Jon R. Ackley 06/09/2016 David R. Hague M 10/28/2014 Kerry M. Bell UL LLC 333 Pfingsten Road Northbrook, IL 60062-2096 : Jeff Hebenstreit RT 4/15/2004 Fred Benn Advanced Automatic Sprinkler, Inc. 1947 San Ramon Valley Boulevard San Ramon, CA 94583 : Dan Mendoza IM 10/10/1997 Jonathan C. Bittenbender REHAU Incorporated 1501 Edwards Ferry Road Leesburg, VA 20176 : David A. Nickelson M 9/30/2004 Frederick C. Bradley FCB Engineering 9470 Dominion Way Alpharetta, GA 30022-6111 SE 1/16/1998 Chase A. Browning Medford Fire Rescue 200 South Ivy Street, #180 Medford, OR 97501-3100 E 08/17/2015 Daniel Buuck National Association of Home Builders 1201 15th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005-2800 National Association of Home Builders : Gary Lampella U 03/03/2014 Thomas G. Deegan Viking Group, Inc. 3033 Orchard Vista SE, Suite 308 Grand Rapids, MI 49546-7077 National Fire Sprinkler Association Manufacturer : Thomas L. Multer M 10/10/1997 Jeffrey Feid State Farm Insurance Company One State Farm Plaza, D-1 Bloomington, IL 61710-0001 I 10/20/2010 Dawn M. Flancher American Water Works Association 6666 West Quincy Avenue Denver, CO 80235 American Water Works Association U 8/9/2011 Tonya L. Hoover CAL FIRE, Office of the State Fire Marshal 1131 S Street PO Box 944246 Sacramento, CA 94244-2460 : Ernie Paez E 3/1/2011 1
Address List No Phone Residential Sprinkler Systems Automatic Sprinkler Systems Charles W. Ketner L 1/10/2008 National Automatic Sprinkler Fitters LU 669 Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee 7050 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 20732 United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry : Timothy J. Skinner Ronald G. Nickson National Multifamily Housing Council 3551 White Spruce Glen Southport, NC 28461-0078 : Marshall A. Klein 06/09/2016 David R. Hague U 10/10/1997 Michael O'Brian Brighton Area Fire Authority 615 West Grand River Avenue Brighton, MI 48116 International Association of Fire Chiefs : Robert S. Blach E 3/2/2010 Maurice M. Pilette Mechanical Designs Ltd. 67 Chouteau Avenue Framingham, MA 01701-4259 SE 4/17/1998 Milosh T. Puchovsky Worcester Polytechnic Institute Department of Fire Protection Engineering 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 SE 8/2/2010 Peter T. Schwab Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers, Inc. 222 Capitol Court Ocoee, FL 34761-3033 : Bobby A. DiModica IM 7/29/2005 Eric J. Skare Uponor, Inc. 5925 148th Street West Apple Valley, MN 55124 : Melisa Rodriguez M 3/4/2009 George W. Stanley Wiginton Fire Protection Engineering, Inc. 699 Aero Lane Sanford, FL 32771 : Ernesto Rodriguez, Jr. IM 10/10/1997 Michael Towler Legacy Fire Protection Inc. #3-7003 30th Street SE Calgary, AB T2C 1N6 Canada Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association : Jason W. Ryckman IM 08/17/2015 Donald R. Townley Lubrizol 9911 Brecksville Road Cleveland, OH 44141-3201 : Forest Hampton M 10/23/2013 Martin C. W. Trim Barrett Engineered Pumps 1695 National Avenue San Diego, CA 92113-1008 American Society of Plumbing Engineers : Samuel S. Dannaway SE 8/9/2012 Ed Van Walraven Aspen Fire Protection District PO Box 1455 Carbondale, CO 81623 : Katherine M. Clay E 4/3/2003 2
Address List No Phone Residential Sprinkler Systems Automatic Sprinkler Systems Terry L. Victor Tyco/SimplexGrinnell 705 Digital Drive, Suite N Linthicum, MD 21090-2267 : Mark E. Fessenden M 10/10/1997 John F. Viola JFV Engineering, LLC 10 Chestnut Hill Road South Hadley, MA 01075-1718 American Fire Sprinkler Association Installer/Maintainer : Brent Zimiga 06/09/2016 David R. Hague IM 04/05/2016 Ronald N. Webb S.A. Comunale Company, Inc. 2900 Newpark Drive Barberton, OH 44203 National Fire Sprinkler Association Contractor : William Roberts IM 7/29/2005 Hong-Zeng Yu FM Global 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike PO Box 9102 Norwood, MA 02062-9102 : Angele Morcos I 9/30/2004 Bradford T. Cronin Voting Newport Fire Department 21 West Marlborough Street Newport, RI 02840-2527 E 8/2/2010 Daniel J. Mathias Voting Absolute Fire Protection, Inc. 836 Ritchie Highway, Suite 1 Severna Park, MD 21146-4133 American Fire Sprinkler Association Design IM 04/05/2016 Jeffrey E. Reetz Voting JENSEN HUGHES 3610 Commerce Drive, Suite 817 Baltimore, MD 21227 SE 08/11/2014 Jon R. Ackley Dalmatian Fire, Inc. 5670 West 73rd Street Indianapolis, IN 46278 National Fire Sprinkler Association Design Technician : Roland A. Asp M 10/29/2012 Robert S. Blach Menlo Park Fire Protection District 170 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 International Association of Fire Chiefs : Michael O'Brian E 3/2/2010 Katherine M. Clay Jackson Hole Fire/EMS PO Box 901 Jackson, WY 83001 : Ed Van Walraven E 08/09/2012 Samuel S. Dannaway S. S. Dannaway Associates, Inc. 501 Sumner Street, Suite 421 Honolulu, HI 96817-5304 American Society of Plumbing Engineers : Martin C. W. Trim SE 08/11/2014 Bobby A. DiModica Naples Fire Protection, Inc. 28741 South Diesel Drive Bonita Springs, FL 34135 : Peter T. Schwab IM 10/23/2013 3
Address List No Phone Residential Sprinkler Systems Automatic Sprinkler Systems Mark E. Fessenden Tyco Fire Protection Products One Stanton Street Marinette, WI 54143-2542 : Terry L. Victor M 1/14/2005 Forest Hampton Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. 9911 Brecksville Road Cleveland, OH 44141-3201 : Donald R. Townley 06/09/2016 David R. Hague M 08/17/2015 Jeff Hebenstreit UL LLC 484 Tamarach Drive Edwardsville, IL 62025-5246 : Kerry M. Bell RT 08/11/2014 Marshall A. Klein Marshall A. Klein & Associates, Inc. 6815 Autumn View Drive Eldersburg, MD 21784-6304 National Multifamily Housing Council : Ronald G. Nickson U 8/2/2010 Gary Lampella U 04/05/2016 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 1201 15th Street NW Washington, DC 20005 National Association of Home Builders : Daniel Buuck Dan Mendoza Advanced Automatic Sprinkler 1947 San Ramon Valley Boulevard Suite 100 San Ramon, CA 94583 : Fred Benn IM 10/29/2012 Angele Morcos FM Global 1151 Boston-Providence Turnpike Norwood, MA 02062-9102 : Hong-Zeng Yu I 07/29/2013 Thomas L. Multer Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Company, Inc. 1470 Smith Grove Road Liberty, SC 29657-4305 National Fire Sprinkler Association Manufacturer : Thomas G. Deegan M 4/15/2004 David A. Nickelson REHAU Incorporated 1501 Edwards Ferry Road Leesburg, VA 20176 : Jonathan C. Bittenbender M 8/9/2011 Ernie Paez CAL FIRE, Office of the State Fire Marshal 602 East Huntington Drive, Suite A Monrovia, CA 91016-3600 : Tonya L. Hoover E 03/07/2013 William Roberts Quick Response Fire Protection 566 Halls Mill Road Freehold, NJ 07728 National Fire Sprinkler Association Installer : Ronald N. Webb IM 12/08/2015 Ernesto Rodriguez, Jr. Wiginton Fire Protection Engineering, Inc. 699 Aero Lane Sanford, FL 32771 : George W. Stanley IM 03/05/2012 4
Address List No Phone Residential Sprinkler Systems Automatic Sprinkler Systems Melisa Rodriguez Uponor 5925 148th Street West Apple Valley, MN 55124 : Eric J. Skare M 10/28/2014 Jason W. Ryckman Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association 335 Renfrew Drive, Suite 302 Markham, ON L3R 9S9 Canada : Michael Towler 06/09/2016 David R. Hague IM 10/28/2014 Timothy J. Skinner L 08/11/2014 National Automatic Sprinkler Fitters LU 669 PO Box 89 Lima, OH 45802 United Assn. of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe Fitting Industry : Charles W. Ketner Brent Zimiga Rapid Fire Protection Inc. 1805 Samco Road Rapid City, SD 57702 American Fire Sprinkler Association Installer/Maintainer : John F. Viola IM 04/05/2016 Rohit Khanna Nonvoting Member US Consumer Product Safety Commission 5 Research Place Rockville, MD 02085 C 10/10/1998 David R. Hague Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Assocation 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 5
PART 3 NEW PROCESS WORKSHEETS
New Terms TERMS Old Terms March 13, 2012 Input Stage Stage where Public Input is sought to develop the First Draft. Public Input (PI) A recommended change submitted for consideration by the Technical Committee. Each Public Input (PI) shall include new, modified or deleted text as appropriate and technical substantiation to support the recommended change. Report on Proposals (ROP) Stage Proposal Download a Public Input Form for documents in Fall 2013 and subsequent cycles First Draft Meeting First Revision (FR) Proposed changes to the text of an NFPA Standard developed by the responsible Committee(s) in the Input Stage. Each First Revision shall contain the new, modified or deleted text as appropriate. A First Revision shall be established through a Meeting Vote and shall only require a simple majority to proceed to ballot. Only First Revisions that pass ballot will show in the First Draft. Each First Revision shall contain a Committee Statement that substantiates the proposed change to the document. Committee Input (CI) A CI can be established during the First Draft Technical Committee meeting (without balloting) in order to highlight the concept to obtain public comment; often used for newer ideas, topics that aren t fully fleshed out or controversial topics. A Committee Input (CI) can also be a First Revision (FR) that fails to receive support of the technical committee through letter ballot. Committee Inputs shall maintain the original FR Committee Statement and shall contain a notification to the reviewer documenting that the CI represents a failed FR. Committee Statement (CS) A Committee Statement is the committee s response to a Public Input (PI), Public Comment (PC) or the committee s technical substantiation for a proposed First Revision. A committee statement shall be established through a Meeting Vote and shall only require a simple majority to proceed. First Draft Report The First Draft Report documents the Input Stage; it shall contain the First Draft, Public Input, Committee Input, Committee and Correlating Committee Statements, Correlating Input, Correlating Notes and Ballot Statements. First Draft The draft of the proposed new or revised standard showing in legislative text all First Revisions and First Correlating Revisions that have passed ballot. Correlating Committee (CC) Correlating Committee Statement The Correlating Committee s response to a Public Input (PI), Committee Input (CI), Public Comment (PC) or the Correlating Committee s technical substantiation for a correlating change to proposed Revision or a correlative CCFR. It shall be established through a Meeting Vote and shall only require a simple majority to proceed. Correlating Committee First Revision (CCFR) Correlating Committee First Revisions are proposed revisions to the Technical Committee s First Revisions that are required to correlate the proposed document. Each CCFR shall contain a Correlating Committee Statement that substantiates the Revision. A CCFR shall be established through a Meeting Vote and shall only require a simple majority to proceed to letter ballot. CCFRs that fail to receive CC support through letter ballot shall not be published as part of the First Draft. ROP Meeting Committee Proposal or Accepted Public Proposal Trial Balloon or an Accepted Proposal (or Committee Proposal) that Failed Ballot Committee Statement ROP ROP Draft Technical Correlating Committee TCC Note TCC Note Technical Committee First Draft meeting - Spring 2012 Page 2 of 34 V.2 3/13/2012
Comment Stage Public Comment Changes submitted by the public during public Comment Stage. Second Draft Meeting Second Revision (SR) Similar to First Revision, but in the Comment Stage. Proposed changes to the text by the TC that have passed ballot. Committee Comment A Committee Comment shall be a Second Revision (SR) that fails to receive support of the TC through ballot. Committee Comments shall maintain the original Committee Statement and shall contain a notification to the reviewer documenting that the Committee Comment represents a failed SR. Committee Action An action by a TC to accept or reject a Comment. This occurs only in the Comment Stage and the action itself is not balloted. Second Draft Report The Second Draft Report documents the Comment Stage; it shall contain the Second Draft, Public Comments with corresponding Committee Actions and Committee Statements, Committee Comments, Correlating Revisions and Ballot Statements. Second Draft The draft of the proposed new or revised standard showing in legislative text all Second Revisions and Second Correlating Revisions that have passed ballot. Report on Comments (ROC) Stage Public Comment ROC Meeting Committee Comment or Accepted Public Comment Committee Comment that failed ballot Committee Action ROC ROC Draft Technical Committee First Draft meeting - Spring 2012 Page 3 of 34 V.2 3/13/2012
NEW PROCESS ACTIONS AND MOTIONS Step One: Step One: (1 st option) Possible Action 1: Resolve PIs, (no change to Section) Action Required Sample Motions Committee generates a statement to respond to (resolve) each PI # I make a motion (move) to resolve PI# with the following committee statement: Approval by a meeting vote (simple majority) and not subject to ballot (Regs 4.3.7.3 & 4.3.7.3.2) Possible Action 2: Create First Revision Change to a Section Action Required Sample Motions Committee generates a First Revision I make a motion (move) to revise Section as follows: Step Two: (1 st option) Committee generates a statement substantiating the change. Approval by a meeting vote (simply majority) and final approval through ballot (Regs 4.3.9.2.3) Approval by a meeting vote (simply majority) (Regs 4.3.7.3) Step One: (2 nd option) Step Two: (2 nd option) Committee generates a First Revision using one or more PIs as the starting point. If the revision is associated with one or more PIs the committee generates a statement to respond to (resolve) each PI I make a motion to revise Section using PI# as the basis for change. Approval by a meeting vote (simply majority) and final approval through ballot (Regs 4.3.9.2.3) I make a motion (move) to resolve PIs # through ## with the following statement: Step One: Step Two: Approval by a meeting vote (simply majority) and not subject to ballot (Regs 4.3.7.3 & 4.3.7.3.1) Possible Action 3: Create Committee Input (Trial Balloon/Placeholder) Action Required Sample Motions Committee generates a Committee Input (proposed revision) for public consideration and solicitation of Public Comments Committee generates a statement to explain the intent and why it is seeking public consideration and soliciting Public Comments I make a motion (move) to create a CI with a proposed revision to X.X.X as follows: Approval by a meeting vote (simply majority) and not subject to ballot (Regs 4.3.8) Approval by a meeting vote (simply majority) (Regs 4.3.7.1) New Process Actions and Motions Final 2/13/2012 Technical Committee First Draft meeting - Spring 2012 Page 8 of 34 V.2 3/13/2012
PART 4 A2015 SD MEETING MINUTES
Technical Committee on Residential Sprinkler Systems Second Draft Meeting Minutes June 19-20, 2014 San Diego Marriott Del Mar 11966 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 1. The meeting was called to order by TC Chair Maurice Pilette at 8:00 AM. 2. The TC reviewed and approved the A2015 First Draft Meeting Minutes. 3. NFPA Staff (Matt Klaus) reviewed the regulations governing technical committee meetings and outlined the protocol for making motions for the Second Draft meeting. 4. TC Chair Maurice Pilette reviewed the following items with the TC: b. Overview of Public Comments c. Potential Committee Second Revisions based on Task Group Reports Task Group Reports 5. The Technical Committee heard the following task group reports: a. Metric Task Group b. Non-Metallic Pipe Task Group Report c. NFPA 13R PI Task Group Report d. NFPA 13D PI Task Group Report 6. TC Chair Maurice Pilette called for new business. No new business was brought up. 7. The meeting was adjourned at 4:40 PM local time.
SD (RSS) Attendees 6/19-20/2014 s: Maurice Pilette Kerry Bell Fred Benn Frederick Bradley Phillip Brown Thomas Deegan Jeffrey Feid Dana Haagensen Tonya Hoover Mark Hopkins Kenneth Isman Gary Johnson Stephen Leyton Ronald Nickson Michael O Brian Scott Pugsley Peter Schwab Eric Skare George Stanley Martin Trim Ed Van Walraven Terry Victor Ronald Webb Voting s: Jerry Hunter s Jon Ackley Daniel Buuck Bradford Cronin Bobby DiModica Mark Fessenden Marshall Klein Angele Morcos Ernie Paez Ernesto Rodriguez Donald Townley Matt Klaus, NFPA Staff Liaison Guests: Audrey Goldstein Jeff Hebenstreit Chad Duffy Jeff Shapiro David Royse Karl Wiegand James Golinveaux Rodney McPhee Ken King
Peter Thomas Thomas Zaremba Samuel Dannaway
PART 5 A201 KEY DATES
Process Stage Comment Stage (Second Draft) 2018 ANNUAL REVISION CYCLE * Public Input Closing Dates may vary according to standards and schedules for Revision Cycles may change. Please check the NFPA Website for the most up to date information on Public Input Closing Dates and schedules at www.nfpa.org/document # (i.e. www.nfpa.org/101) and click on Next Edition tab. Public Input Stage (First Draft) Process Step Dates for TC Dates for TC with CC Public Input Closing Date 6/29/2016 6/29/2016 Final date for TC First Draft Meeting 12/7/2016 9/7/2016 Posting of First Draft and TC Ballot 1/25/2017 10/19/2016 Final date for Receipt of TC First Draft ballot 2/15/2017 11/9/2016 Final date for Receipt of TC First Draft ballot recirc 2/22/2017 11/16/2016 Posting of First Draft for CC Meeting 11/23/2016 Final date for CC First Draft Meeting 1/4/2017 Posting of First Draft and CC Ballot 1/25/2017 Final date for Receipt of CC First Draft ballot 2/15/2017 Final date for Receipt of CC First Draft ballot recirc 2/22/2017 Post First Draft Report for Public Comment 3/1/2017 3/1/2017 Public Comment closing date 5/10/2017 5/10/2017 Notice published on Consent Standards (Standards that receive No Comments). Note: Date varies and determined via TC ballot. Appeal Closing Date for Consent Standards (15 Days) (Standards That Received No Comments) Final date for TC Second Draft Meeting 11/8/2017 8/2/2017 Posting of Second Draft and TC Ballot 12/20/2017 9/13/2017 Final date for Receipt of TC Second Draft Ballot 1/10/2018 10/4/2017 Final date for receipt of TC Second Draft ballot recirc 1/17/2018 10/11/2017 Posting of Second Draft for CC Mtg 10/18/2017 Final date for CC Second Draft Meeting 11/29/2017 Posting of Second Draft for CC Ballot 12/20/2017 Final date for Receipt of CC Second Draft ballot 1/10/2018 Final date for Receipt of CC Second Draft ballot recirc 1/17/2018 Post Second Draft Report for NITMAM Review 1/24/2018 1/24/2018 Tech Session Preparation (& Issuance) Notice of Intent to Make a Motion (NITMAM) Closing Date 2/21/2018 2/21/2018 Posting of Certified Amending Motions (CAMs) and Consent Standards 4/4/2018 4/4/2018 Appeal Closing Date for Consent Standards (15 Days after posting) 4/19/2018 4/19/2018 SC Issuance Date for Consent Standards (10 Days) 4/29/2018 4/29/2018 Tech Session Association Meeting for Standards with CAMs 6/4 7/2018 6/4 7/2018 Appeals and Issuance Appeal Closing Date for Standards with CAMs (20 Days after ATM) 6/27/2018 6/27/2018 Council Issuance Date for Standards with CAMs* 8/14/2018 8/14/2018