Technical Committee on Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications NFPA 1041 FIRST DRAFT MEETING Orlando, FL - February 14-15, 2017 AGENDA 1. Call to order at 8:00am 2. Introductions 3. Opening remarks - Chair 4. Review and approval of minutes from previous meeting 5. NFPA Staff Liaison report 6. NFPA 1041 First Draft a. Task Group Reports b. Act on Public Inputs 7. New business 8. Old business 9. Other items 10. Next meeting 11. Adjourn
Address List No Phone Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications Professional Qualifications Ronald L. Hopkins SE 1/1/1988 Chair TRACE Fire Protection & Safety Consultant, Ltd. 123 Redwood Drive Richmond, KY 40475 International Society of Fire Service Instructors Harry R. Carter Harry R. Carter, Ph.D., LLC Howell Township Board of Fire Commissioners 957 Adelphia Road PO Box 100 Adelphia, NJ 07710 SE 1/18/2001 Michael M. Athey Shepherdstown Fire Department PO Box 254 344 Ashley Drive Shepherdstown, WV 25443 Bryn J. Crandell US Department of Defense 301 Comanche Trail Goodfellow AFB, TX 76908 01/31/2017 Robert Fash L 11/2/2006 E 3/1/2011 Joseph P. Guarnera Massachusetts Fire Academy 29 Ledge Road North Chelmsford, MA 01863-1006 SE 08/17/2015 Casey Hall Kentucky Fire Commission State Fire Rescue Training PO Box 775 4678 State Route 181 North Greenville, KY 42345 SE 11/30/2016 Ronald G. Hassan Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute University of Maryland Building 199 College Park, MD 20742-6811 SE 3/15/2007 Jason M. Hoevelmann Florissant Valley Fire Protection District 661 St. Ferdinand Street Florissant, MO 63031-5124 U 10/27/2009 Kenneth Hoover Little Dixie Fire Protection District 415 North Agricultural Mexico, MO 65265 U 10/1/1993 Kenneth Hoover Little Dixie Fire Protection District 415 North Agricultural Mexico, MO 65265 U 10/1/1993 Gary L. Krichbaum Prince George s County Fire/EMS Department 4341 South Creek Court Huntingtown, MD 20639 L 7/26/2007 Cortez Lawrence US Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency/USFA National Emergency Training Center 16825 South Seton Avenue Emmitsburg, MD 21727 U 1/1/1990 1
Address List No Phone Fire and Emergency Services Instructor Professional Qualifications Professional Qualifications Richard L. Merrell M 07/29/2013 Fairfax County Fire & Rescue Department Basic Training Section 15703 Beacon Court Montclair, VA 22025 International Fire Service Training Association Frederick W. Piechota, Jr. E 4/1/1996 National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualifications 12 Cubles Drive Brimfield, MA 01010 Marc E. Nason Artesia Fire Department 3300 West Main Street, Suite F Artesia, NM 88210 Kelli J. Scarlett 127 Green Street Souderton, PA 18964 01/31/2017 Robert Fash L 8/9/2011 U 11/30/2016 Robert E. Shelton City of Cincinnati Fire Department 1530 Lakeland Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45237-3117 U 3/4/2009 Jacob Waldschmidt City of Kenosha Fire Department 8201 61st Street Kenosha, WI 53142-7249 L 7/26/2007 Robert Fash Staff Liaison National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 10/24/2016 2
Meeting of the Technical Committee on Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications Report on Comments March 11, 2011 Conference Call 1:00PM EST Minutes 1. Meeting called order by Chair Ron Hopkins at 1:03PM EST 2. Introduction of members and guests Attendees included Chair Hopkins and Committee Members Carter, Hassan, Hoover, Kirtley, Novak, Robinson, Scarlett. No guests. Staff Liaisons Tom McGowan and Ken Holland 3. Chair s remarks and purpose of meeting Chair Hopkins thanked all for being present. He stated that this meeting was an ROC meeting. Items would be limited to any comments from the public related to proposals and any committee comments. 4. Review of minutes from previous meeting. Minutes of the ROP were approved. 5. Committee Procedures SL McGowan suggested to Chair Hopkins that Codes and Standards Making Process, ProQual SOP JPR and Manual of Style presentations be waived for the fact that no comments were received. Chair Hopkins agreed. a. SL McGowan reviewed Document Information Page that will replace ECommittee pages. SL McGowan will email Document Information Page instructions to all members. b. SL McGowan informed members of the remaining benchmarks for NFPA 1041 and send as an email. c. NFPA Updates SL McGowan informed Chair Hopkins and Committee of the Doc Info Pages, the Reengineering Project relative to Codes and Standards Administration, and ProQual Summit meeting scheduled for April 13 14 in Dallas. 6. Review of ROC by Technical Committee a. No public comments to review and take action on b. No committee comments and actions 7. New Business no new business to come before the committee 8. Adjourned meeting.
1 of 6 1/9/2017 2:14 PM Public Input No. 16-NFPA 1041-2016 [ Global Input ] Chapter 7 Live Fire Burn Instructor Prerequisites for Live Fire Instructor. NFPA 1001 Firefighter II and/or NFPA 1081 NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications Instructor, Instructor II. Live Fire Instructor in Charge Prerequisites for Live Fire Instructor. NFPA 1001 Firefighter II and/or NFPA 1081 NFPA 1041 Standard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications Instructor, Instructor I. Live Fire Instructor Instructor shall demonstrate competency in knowledge and skills in all subjects, methods, and equipment being taught and the objectives contained in NFPA 1403 and identified for the training burn. 7.2.1 Prepare a pre-burn plan, given the AHJ policy and procedures for live fire training evolutions, the facility policies applicable to evolutions, and all conditions affecting the evolution, so that the plan meets all requirements of the policies, existing conditions are identified, and the plan meets the requirements of the learning objectives. (A) Requisite Knowledge. AHJ and facility policies and procedures, hazards associated with live fire training, fuel packages, burn room size, ventilation strategies, time between sequential burn evolutions, evidenced based practices for fire control. (B) Requisite Skills. Technical Writing, pre and post burn inspection of structures/props. 7.2.2 Conduct a preburn briefing session, given the preburn plan, so that facets of the evolution(s) are identified, training objectives are covered, a walk-through of the structure/prop with all participants is performed, and safeguards put in place are identified. (A) Requisite Knowledge. Preburn plan, AHJ policy and procedures, (B) Requisite Skills. Instructor Presentation Skills, 7.2.3 Calculate the minimum water supply required for a live fire training evolution in compliance with NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training given a training structure/prop so that calculations include the elements of minimum water supply and reserve water supply. (A) Requisite Knowledge. NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training, math (B) Requisite Skills. Development of water supply documents 7.2.4 Calculate the minimum water flow application rate for a live fire training evolution in compliance with NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training section 4.11 given a training structure or prop so that calculations include the elements of minimum water flow application rate. (A) Requisite Knowledge. NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training, math (B) Requisite Skills. Development of minimum water application rate documents, capacity of hose lines, basic hydraulics. 7.2.5 Instructor in Charge identifies and assigns instructional tasks and duties in compliance with NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions so that Safety Officer(s), Ignition Officer(s), Crew/Functional Lead(s), are designated and rotated through duty assignments, instructor(s) implement student/personnel accountability, instructor(s) monitor and supervise all students/personnel during evolutions, awareness of changing conditions that impact training is maintained. (A) Requisite Knowledge- Knowledge NFPA 1403 Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions, Supervisory techniques and resource management. (B) Requisite Skills- Coaching and observation techniques 7.2.6 Conduct a postburn briefing session, given the objectives of the evolution, so that feedback
2 of 6 1/9/2017 2:14 PM on each training objectives is given, the degree to which each participant performed, and any corrective actions needed are identified. (A) Requisite Knowledge. Preburn plan, Training Objectives, AHJ policy and procedures, (B) Requisite Skills. Instructor Presentation Skills Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input The Fire Service Training Committee has determined the critical need to develop competencies of instructors that deliver live fire training. This is to ensure that those who are identified as the Instructor in Charge or Assistant Instructor have met a prescribed set of JPR's and are knowledgable in delivering live fire training per 1403 and best practices as they relate to training firefighters. In order to do this, it was necessary to engage the 1041 committee as these requirements are outside of the scope of the Fire Service Training Committee. The Fire Service Training Committee respectfully requests 1041 to consider these JPR's and new chapter as you focus on rewriting your standard. Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Derrick Clouston Name: North Carolina Department of Insurance Office of State Fire Organization: Marshal Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Mon Apr 11 23:05:06 EDT 2016
3 of 6 1/9/2017 2:14 PM Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1041-2016 [ Global Input ] The TC should look at submitting a new chapter that deals with being a live fire Instructor. Many jurisdictions already require some type of a course within their jurisdictions prior to an individual being qualified to become a Live fire Instructor. As individuals and instructors are still getting injuried and dying from Live Fire training evoluations, a chapter outlining the requirments to become a Live Fire Instructor i believe is required. By outlining the minimum JPR's to become a Live Fire Instructor it is hoped that fewr injuries and deaths may occur. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input By having a chapter that lists the minimum JPR's to become a Live Fie Instructor it is hoped that fewer injuries and deaths would occur as a result of live fire training. Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Douglas Goodings Organization: Missouri State Fire Marshal Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Thu Aug 25 14:56:23 EDT 2016
4 of 6 1/9/2017 2:14 PM Public Input No. 14-NFPA 1041-2016 [ Section No. 1.2.2 ] 1.2.2 This standard shall cover the requirements for three levels of progression, that is, Fire Service Instructor I, Fire Service Instructor II, and Fire Service Instructor III. Add a chapter for Live Fire Instructor to this standard. 13% of Firefighter deaths occur during training. It is extremely important that a chapter dealing with just Live Fire Instructor be added to this standard. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input Add an additional chapter to this standard that pertains to Live Fire Instructors. Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Douglas Goodings Organization: Divison of fire Safety Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Tue Jan 12 11:43:46 EST 2016
5 of 6 1/9/2017 2:14 PM Public Input No. 1-NFPA 1041-2015 [ New Section after 1.3.7 ] Certification Fire service instructors shall meet the standards of any NFPA standard they provide initial training of, prior to delivering training within that content area, as determined by the AHJ or an outside ceritfication body. Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input Nothing currently required fire service instructors to meet any certification or performance standards prior to delivering their content. At the very essence, instructors should possess certification, or other verification of meeting the standard by the AHJ, within the content area in which they are instructing (for example, Technical Rescue course instructors should be certified to the 1006 standard, Firefighter I 1002 instructors must meet all the requirements of Firefighter I, etc.). This should be specifically stated in NFPA-1041 to qualify that an instructor needs to at least meet the standards of performance to which they are teaching others. Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: CHRISTOPHER WANKA Organization: MWAA FIRE RESCUE DEPT Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Sat Aug 01 13:24:39 EDT 2015
6 of 6 1/9/2017 2:14 PM Public Input No. 12-NFPA 1041-2015 [ Section No. 4.5.2 [Excluding any Sub-Sections] ] Administer oral, written, and performance tests, given the lesson plan, evaluation instruments, and evaluation procedures of the agency, so that bias or discrimination is eliminated, the testing is conducted according to procedures, and the security of the materials is maintained. Testing needs to be taken our of Level I, in North Carolinal a Level I instructor is not allowed to Test. This needs to be put in the Level II Instructor JPR's Statement of Problem and Substantiation for Public Input Just needs to be put in Level II Submitter Information Verification Submitter Full Name: Robert Swiger Organization: Retired Nc Osfm & Carrboro Fd Affilliation: Retired Street Address: City: State: Zip: Submittal Date: Sat Dec 05 07:39:30 EST 2015