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Advisory Committee Houston, TX January 24, 2009

Program Report. Advisory Committee Houston, TX January 24, 2009. Meeting Logistics. Pro Board funding Airfare 2 nights room and tax (3 nights COA) Lunch today in Alfresco area of lobby. Certification Registry Overview. 380,434 records as of 12/31/2008

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Advisory Committee Houston, TX January 24, 2009

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  1. Program Report Advisory Committee Houston, TX January 24, 2009

  2. Meeting Logistics • Pro Board funding • Airfare • 2 nights room and tax (3 nights COA) • Lunch today in Alfresco area of lobby

  3. Certification Registry Overview • 380,434 records as of 12/31/2008 • Records date back to 1983 • 64,297 records added in 2008

  4. Composition of Registry • Fire Fighter – 36% • Hazmat – 23% • Fire Instructor – 10% • Fire Officer – 9% • Fire Inspector- 7% • All other levels – 15%

  5. Application Issues • $5.50 Plan • comply with Excel template format • last 4 digits of social security numbers only • standard/level codes • $10.00 Plan • bulk printed applications in batches of 10 or more • $15 plan • approved signatures and accuracy

  6. Excel Template Fields • First Name • Middle Name • Last Name • Suffix • Address 1 • Address 2 • City • State • Zip Code • Last 4 Digits of Soc. Sec. No. • Standard/Level Code • Edition Year • Entity Code • Entity Cert. No. • Certification Date • Fee

  7. NFPA 472 – 2008 Edition Requirements • Chapter 5 – Core Competencies for Operations Level (essentially 2002 edition Operations Level) • Chapter 6 – Mission Specific Competencies for Operations Level (AHJ to select appropriate) • Firefighter I certification must include Chapter 5 and Sections 6.6 (Product Control, which includes PPE) • Standard/Level Codes are entity driven, whatever appears on your certificates will also be in database • Same fee for all combinations of Ops Levels

  8. Standard/Level Codes NFPA 472 - 2008 Standard for Competence of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction Incidents • 472-10 Hazardous Materials First Responder at the Awareness Level • 472-20 Hazardous Materials First Responder at the Core Operations Level • 472-62 Hazardous Materials First Responder Operations Level - Personal Protective Equipment Mission Specific Competency

  9. NFPA 1000 - 2006 Standard for Fire Service Professional Qualifications Accreditation and Certification Systems • Includes information to both Accreditation and Certification entities to establish rules pertaining to alternative evaluation methodologies that if used by these entities. • Next revision cycle A2010

  10. NFPA 1001 – 2008Standard for Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications Section 5.1 • Section 5.1 - Fire Fighter I must meet: • general knowledge requirements in 5.1.1 • general skill requirements in 5.1.2 • competencies in Chapter 5 of NFPA 472 (2008) • section 6.6 of NFPA 472 (Product Control) (section 6.6 includes the PPE requirements in 6.2) • Skills maintenance requirement • Specific knot-tying requirements as required by the authority having jurisdiction • Inspection and public education requirements are in Chapter 6

  11. NFPA 1002 - 2009Standard for Fire Apparatus Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications • Modified 5.1, 6.1 and 10.1 to allow for the option of meeting specific requirements of NFPA 1081 in place of the requirements that shall be met in NFPA 1001

  12. NFPA 1003 - 2005Airport Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications • Proposed addition of a skills maintenance requirement (directed by TCC) • Proposes the removal of “proximity” as it relates to PPE • Comment closing date is March 6, 2009 • Next edition date is 2010

  13. NFPA 1005 - 2007Standard for Professional Qualifications for Marine Firefighting for Land-Based Fire Fighters • 1.1 Scope • This standard identifies the minimum job performance requirements for land-based fire fighters responsible for firefighting operations aboard commercial/military vessels over 50 feet involved in fire, that call at North American ports or that are signatory to the International Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) agreement. • Next edition 2012

  14. NFPA 1006 – 2008 Edition Standard for Technical Rescuer Professional Qualifications • Provisions for an operations level for each of the disciplines • The levels are titled Level I and Level II to match all other Professional Qualifications Standards • Subject areas of “water and subterranean” are separate, i.e. Surface Water, Swift Water, Dive, Ice, Surf, and Mines, Tunnels and Caves • Certification and user entities can choose which specific areas to certify individuals

  15. NFPA 1021 – 2009 EditionStandard for Fire Officer Professional Qualifications • Skills maintenance requirement (directed by TCC) • “Certification” was replaced with “qualification” for conformity with all documents in the Professional Qualifications project. • Revision of the duty statements in chapters 4, 5, and 6 as they relate to inspection and investigations.

  16. NFPA 1026 - 2009Standard for Incident Management Personnel Professional Qualifications • Identifies minimum qualifications for persons serving in the various positions in the IMS system • Written to the NIMS IM system at Type III, which has been determined to be the transition between strictly local incidents and those identified as Type I or II (major events on a national scale)

  17. NFPA 1031 – 2009 EditionStandard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner • Provides document consistency within the Professional Qualifications project • Product of a task analysis of all level specific tasks for consistency

  18. NFPA 1033 - 2009Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator • Added a skills maintenance requirement (directed by the TCC) • Added annex material to clarify that the standard applies to all fire investigations not just structural fires

  19. NFPA 1035 - 2005Standard for Professional Qualifications for Public Fire and Life Safety Educator • Proposed name change to NFPA 1035: Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire and Life Safety Educator, Public Information Office, and Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Specialist • Proposed re-write of the chapter on the Public Information Officer • Proposed re-write of annex material for the job descriptions for the P.I.O and the J.F.I.S. I and II • Added a skills maintenance requirement (directed by the TCC) • Proposed addition of some sample worksheets for the P.I.O to use when completing their assigned tasks. • Added updated several of the informational resources within the document. • Comment closing date is March 6, 2009 • Next edition date 2010

  20. NFPA 1037 – 2007 EditionStandard of Professional Qualifications for Fire Marshal • Menu approach like 2002 and 1006 • Identifies core competencies and provides direction for allowing a jurisdiction to identify which areas the Fire Marshal may be responsible for, and to address those areas • In the case of a stand alone person who may be the Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator or Public Life Fire Safety Educator – that they meet the qualifications of those documents • F2011 revision cycle • Next edition is 2012

  21. NFPA 1041 – 2007 EditionStandard for Fire Service Instructor Professional Qualifications • Next revision of the document is F2011 cycle • Cover date 2012

  22. NFPA 1051 – 2007 EditionStandard for Wildland Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications • Next revision of the document is F2011 cycle • Cover date 2012

  23. NFPA 1061 – 2007 EditionStandard for Professional Qualifications for Public Safety Telecommunicator • Committee added a new chapter for the position of Public Telecommunicator III • Next revision of the document is F2011 cycle • Cover date 2012

  24. NFPA 1071 - 2006Standard for Emergency Vehicle Technician Professional Qualifications • Next edition is 2011 • Addition of a skills maintenance requirement (directed by TCC) • Proposed changes were made to make the proposed new edition consistent with the performance requirements of NFPA 1911. • In this edition, the committee added a new chapter for Emergency Vehicle Technician (EVT) III, which is the first level supervisor • Updated entire text to reflect the advances in technology.

  25. NFPA 1081 – 2007 EditionStandard for Industrial Fire Brigade Member Professional Qualifications • Next revision of document is the A2011 cycle • Cover date is 2012

  26. New Project for Safety Officer (Technician) • Committee is currently soliciting members in all interest classifications • Committee Chair is Wes Kitchel • Still waiting for applicants to move forward with project

  27. Questions? • Ken • kholland@nfpa.org • (617) 984-7490 • Amy • asturtevant@nfpa.org • (617) 984-7474 • Dave • dtrebisacci@nfpa.org • (617) 984-7420

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