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NFPA Codes & Standards Hierarchy. Technical Committees ~ 225 Technical Committees ~ 7,000 Volunteers ~ 300 Codes & Standards Result: Open Consensus Process. ESSENTIALS OF THE NFPA SYSTEM Due Process Openness Balanced Committees Consensus Managed by the NFPA Standards Council.
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NFPA Codes & Standards Hierarchy • Technical Committees • ~ 225 Technical Committees • ~ 7,000 Volunteers • ~ 300 Codes & Standards • Result: Open Consensus Process
ESSENTIALS OF THE NFPA SYSTEM • Due Process • Openness • Balanced Committees • Consensus • Managed by the NFPA Standards Council
Establishing the Consensus Body • Technical Committees and Technical Correlating Committees • Carefully balanced and monitored continually • No one category can exceed 1/3 of voting membership • Nine Interest Categories • Enforcing Authority (E) • User (U) • Labor (L) • Consumer (C) • Manufacturer (M) • Installer/Maintainer (IM) • Research/Testing Laboratory (RT) • Insurance (I) • Special Expert (SE)
A Uniquely Open Process • The 4 Steps of Developing NFPA Standards 1) - Report on Proposals (ROP) 2) - Report on Comments (ROC) 3) - NFPA Annual Meeting 4) - Standards Council Issuance • 104 Week Cycles (2 years)
PROJECT ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT NFPA has developed PPE standards for the fire service since the year 1971, but in 1994 the Standards Council directed that the single technical committee become a Project to address emergency services PPE Project established in January 1995 Project consists of 1 Technical Correlating Committee (TCC) 7 Technical Committees (TC) responsible for product and SCAM standards
PROJECT ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL CORRELATING COMMITTEE (TCC) ● Responsible for project management, scopes, documents, certification, definitions, and consistency of performance requirements and test methods for same exposures; also for consistency of protective clothing and equipment selection, care, and maintenance programs. Chairman Les Boord, Director NIOSH NPPTL
PROJECT ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL COMMITTEES (TCs) ● Responsible for “product” standards for PPE under their scope specifying design, performance, testing and certification requirements. ● Also responsible for “user” standards for PPE under their scope specifying the selection, care, and maintenance requirements (SCAM).
PROJECT ON FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT TECHNICAL COMMITTEES ● TC on Electronic Safety Equipment ● TC on Emergency Medical Services Prot Clothing & Equip ● TC on Hazardous Materials Protective Clothing & Equip ● TC on Respiratory Protection Equipment ● TC on Special Operations Protective Clothing & Equipment ● TC on Structural and Proximity Fire Fighting Protective Clothing & Equipment ● TC on Wildland Fire Fighting Protective Cloth & Equipment
EMERGECNY SERVICES PPE STANDARDS NFPA 1951, Prot Ensembles for Technical Rescue Incidents NFPA 1971, Prot Ensembles for Structural FF and Proximity FF NFPA 1975, Station/Work Uniforms NFPA 1977, Wildland FF Protective Clothing and Equipment NFPA 1981, Open-Circuit SCBA for Emergency Services NFPA 1982, PASS NFPA 1983, Life Safety Rope & Equipment NFPA 1989, Breathing Air Quality for Emergency Services NFPA 1991, Vapor Protective Ensembles for Haz Mats NFPA 1992, Liquid-Splash Protective Ensembles for Haz Mats NFPA 1994, Protective Ensembles for CBRN Terrorism Incidents NFPA 1999, Emergency Medical Protective Clothing & Equip NFPA 1851, SCAM for Structural & Proximity PPE NFPA 1852, SCAM for Open-Circuit SCBA
NEW STANDARDS UNDER DEVELOPMENT NFPA 1801, Thermal Imagers for Fire Service Now soliciting Proposals until 25 Jan 08 NFPA 1952, Surface Water Operations Prot Clothing and Equip Soliciting Proposals early Nov 07 until 29 Feb 08 NFPA 1953, Water Dive Operations Prot Clothing and Equip NFPA 1985, Respiratory Prot Equip for Wildland Fire Fighting SELECTION, CARE, AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS NFPA 1853, SCAM for Haz Mats Protective Ensembles NFPA 1854, SCAM for Wildland FF Prot Clothing and Equip NFPA 1855, SCAM for Special Ops Prot Ensembles & Clothing
PPE FOR CBRN INCIDENTS • NFPA 1994, first standard for ES CBRN PPE, Sept 01 • In 2005, NFPA 1991, Haz Mat Vapor Protective Ensemble, also provided CBRN protection. TCs now including CBRN requirements in other PPE. • FF, EMS, and LE will be the first at a CBRN incident. • FFs always use their FF PPE for protection from physical, blood borne pathogens, and thermal hazards; why not CBRN ?? • NFPA 1971, Structural and Proximity FF Prot Ensembles has optional requirements. Can be specified by purchaser.
FEATURES OF NFPA 1971CBRN PROTECTION • CBRN protection is an integrated part of the everyday FF ensemble. • Nothing to add or subtract from the basic FF ensemble. • CBRN protection does not diminish any of the FF protection. • With CBRN, FF ensembles remain “breathable” (increased) • Rigorous materials tests to assure continued CBRN protection after FF ops
OTHER EMERG SVCS CBRN PROTECTION • NFPA 1951, PPE for Tech Rescue Incidents, has three ensembles: 1. Utility, 2. Rescue & Recovery, and 3. CBRN The CBRN ensemble has all the protection of the Utility and the R&R ensembles PLUS the CBRN protection • NFPA 1999, EMS PPE, will have optional (C)BRN protection • NFPA 1992, Liq-Splash HazMat PPE may include CBRN • All emergency services SCBA now required to be CBRN For less than IDLH, ES must have CBRN PAPRs or APRs Without CBRN protection built-into emergency services PPE, that PPE either will give only SECONDS or a minute or two, or give NO PROTECTION AT ALL!
