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NFPA Update
Barry Chase
Standards Lead, Emergency Response & Responder Safety (ERRS)

January 12, 2024

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Agenda
• Introduction to NFPA Staff
• NFPA Professional Qualifications Standards: Process,
Status, and Updates
• FPRF and NFPA Research Updates
• NFPA Website and NFPA LiNK™

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Bob Fash, Specialist

•Professional Qualifications and Training

ERRS Team •Emergency Responder Health & Safety

•Fire Investigation

Barry Chase, Standards Lead Chelsea Rubadou, Engineer

•Wildland Fire Protection & Management •Community Risk Reduction
•Motorsports •Enforcement & Public Education
•Fire & Emergency Services Data
•Technical Search & Rescue

Ken Holland, Sr Specialist Nicole Cassels, Specialist

•Emergency Services Organization •Emergency Communications
•Apparatus •Emergency and Incident Management
•Equipment •Emergency Medical Services
•Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting (ARFF) •Firefighter & Haz Mat Responder Pro Quals

Chris Farrell, Sr Specialist Amy Greenfield, Administrative

•PPE Assistant
•Pro Board

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Other NFPA Staff

Steve Kaitharath, Engineer (Fire Jen Sisco, Senior Engineer (Building &
Protection Systems) Life Safety)
• PQ for Telecommunicators (NFPA 1225) • PQ for Facilities Fire and Life Safety
Director (NFPA 1082)

Jeff Sargent, Principal Specialist Curt Floyd, Technical Lead for

(Electrical) Responders (Technical Services)
• PQ for Electrical Inspectors (NFPA 1078) •Responder engagement

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NFPA 470,
Hazardous Materials
(8+13)
NFPA 1006,
Technical Rescue
(19)
NFPA 1010,
Firefighter (17)
NFPA Professional
Qualifications
NFPA 1020, Fire
Officer & Instructor
(11)
NFPA 1026, Incident
Management (34)
NFPA 1030, Fire
Prevention (11) Standards
NFPA 1033, Fire NFPA 1078, Electrical NFPA 1081, Facility 16 standards (post-consolidation)
Investigator (1) Inspector (1) Fire Brigade (7)
132 jobs
NFPA 1091, Traffic
NFPA 1082, Facilities NFPA 1140, Wildland
Incident Management
F&LS Director (1) Fire Protection (6)
(1)

NFPA 1225, NFPA 1550, NFPA 1910, Vehicle

Emergency Services Emergency & Vessel
Communications (8) Responder Health (2) Maintenance (3)

NFPA 2400, Small

Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (2) NFPA.ORG
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Job Performance Requirement (JPR) Process

3. Job Performance
1. Job Inventory 2. Job Task Analysis 4. Explanatory Material
Requirement

Duties Combine Task, Given, and If needed, write annex

Task: State in measurable, Task Standard into a single material that helps promote
behavioral terms critical component of the consistency of
Tasks
JPR interpretation
Given: Tools, equipment,
materials, or conditions Edit for consistency and
needed to complete the clarity
task

Task Standard:
Performance outcomes,
evaluation parameters

Requisite Skills

Requisite Knowledge

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Example – NFPA 1030 (2024)

Chapter 6 First Responder Inspector
6.3 Administrative Duties.
…
6.3.3*
Identify the applicable code or standard, given fire protection, fire prevention, or life safety
deficiencies observed during an assigned fire inspection, so that the applicable document,
edition, and section are referenced.
(A)
Requisite Knowledge. Fire and life safety codes and standards, and policies as
determined by the AHJ.
(B)
Requisite Skills. The ability to apply codes, standards, and policies as determined by the
AHJ.

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Example – NFPA 1030 (2024)

Chapter 6 First Responder Inspector
A.6.3.3
It is intended that the first responder inspector perform basic-level inspections, which will
include specific code and standard sections. However, it is not intended to cover the detail
or depth that a fire inspector would provide. The AHJ should establish specific direction and
training for the first responder inspector that defines and outlines the basic items that
should be covered, such as through a checklist or itemized list of specific codes and
standards. See Annex I for an example of a checklist that could be used by a first
responder inspector.

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JPR Assessment Methodologies

Psychomotor • Evaluation of a manipulative skill in real time

Cognitive • Evaluation of knowledge/facts

Process • Evaluation of a mental activity to perform a cognitive skill in

real time that cannot be directly observed

Product • Evaluation of a cognitive skill that cannot be directly

observed; the application of knowledge to yield a product

Portfolio • Evaluation of documentation of the candidate’s experience,

training, and education

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NFPA Standards
Development Process Standards nfpa.org/process
Development
Process
Technical and nfpa.org/tc
Correlating nfpa.org/tcseek
Committees
Document Information nfpa.org/<doc#>
• Current & Prior Editions (e.g., nfpa.org/1010)
• Next Edition
• Technical Committee
• Technical Question
• Purchase/Access
Options

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ERRS Consolidation Project

• Turns >100 standards into ~50
• Creates a single source of information nfpa.org/errs
for each technical area
• Reduces conflicts between standards
• Reduces meeting costs for volunteers
• Provides opportunities for committees
to coordinate
• Arranges (almost) all ERRS standards
into 5 groups, revised every 5 years

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First editions issued in 2021

Group 1 Documents Public input closes Sept 6, 2024

Consolidated Documents Non‐consolidated Documents

NFPA 470 Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass 1072, 472, NFPA 475 Recommended Practice for Organizing,
Destruction (WMD) Standard for Responders 473 Managing, and Sustaining a Hazardous
Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction
NFPA 1140 Standard on Wildland Fire Protection 1051, 1141, Response Program
1143, 1144
NFPA 1000 Standard for Fire Service Professional
Qualifications Accreditation and Certification
NFPA 1225 Standard for Emergency Services Communications 1061, 1221 Systems
NFPA 1006 Standard for Technical Rescue Personnel
NFPA 1990 Standard for Protective Ensembles for Hazardous 1991, 1992, Professional Qualifications
Materials and CBRN Operations 1994,
NFPA 1033 Standard for Professional Qualifications for
*1986,
Fire Investigator
*1987
NFPA 1142 Standard on Water Supplies for Suburban and
NFPA 2500 Standard for Operations and Training for Technical 1670, 1858,
Rural Fire Fighting
Search and Rescue Incidents and Life Safety Rope 1983
and Equipment for Emergency Services NFPA 1145 Guide for the Use of Class A Foams in Fire
Fighting

*Not currently included in issued edition; Will be added in next revision cycle.
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NFPA 470 Pre-First Draft Work

Late Feb/Early Sept 6, 2024 October 2024 Q1 2025
March 2024

• Remote • PI closes • In-person • First Draft

meeting Pre-First meeting
• Assign task Draft
groups to meeting
each chapter • Review task
• Placeholder group work
chapters to
be written
• JPRs in
existing
chapters to
be improved

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First editions issued in 2022 (2024 edition)

Group 2 Documents Public input closes Sept 4, 2025

Consolidated Documents Non‐consolidated Documents

NFPA 440 Guide for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Operations 402, 424 NFPA 610 Guide for Emergency and Safety Operations at
and Airport/Community Emergency Planning Motorsports Venues
NFPA 1026 Standard for Incident Management Personnel
NFPA 460 Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting 403, 405, Professional Qualifications
Services at Airports 412 NFPA 1091 Standard for Traffic Incident Management
Personnel Professional Qualifications
NFPA 1030 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire 1031, 1035,
Prevention Program Positions 1037 NFPA 1891 Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance
of Hazardous Materials Clothing and Equipment
NFPA 1660 Standard Emergency, Continuity, and Crisis 1600, 1616,
Management: Preparedness, Response, and 1620
Recovery

NFPA 1900 Standard for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting 414, 1901,
Vehicles, Automotive Fire Apparatus, Wildland Fire 1906, 1917
Apparatus, and Automotive Ambulances

NFPA 1910 Standard for Marine Firefighting Vessels and the 1911, 1912,
Inspection, Maintenance, Testing, Refurbishing, 1925, 1071
and Retirement of In‐Service Emergency Vehicles
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Consent standards issued

Group 3 Documents *Received CAMs

Consolidated Documents Non‐consolidated Documents

NFPA 1010 Standard on Professional Qualifications for 1001, 1002, NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations
Firefighters 1003, 1005

NFPA 1550 Standard for Emergency Responder Health and 1500, 1521,
Safety 1561 NFPA 1081 Standard for Facility Fire Brigade Member
Professional Qualifications

NFPA 1960 Standard for Fire Hose Connections, Spray Nozzles, 1931, 1936, NFPA 2400 Standard for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Manufacturer's Design of Fire Department Ground 1961, 1963, (sUAS) Used for Public Safety Operations
Ladders, Fire Hose, and Powered Rescue Tools 1964
NFPA 3000 Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event
*NFPA 1970 Standard on Protective Ensembles for Structural and 1971, 1975, Response (ASHER) Program
Proximity Firefighting, Work Apparel and Open‐ 1981, 1982
Circuit Self‐Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)
for Emergency Services, and Personal Alert Safety
Systems (PASS)

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NFPA 1010
New Position: Support Person
Incident Support Preparedness &
Communications
Operations Maintenance
3.3.65* Support Person.
The person meeting the Initiate Response Pump Connection Refill SCBA

requirements defined in Chapter 5

that assists the fire department with TX/RX
Communications
Portable Fire
Extinguisher Use
Maintain Ladders,
Rope, and Tools
support operations in non-
hazardous atmospheres or Lighting
Clean & Inspect
Fire Hose &
protected work zones. Return It to
Service

Independent of Building Utilities

FF-I and FF-II

qualification Hoisting

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First Draft Reports posted

Group 4 Documents Public Comment closed Jan 4, 2024
Consolidated Documents

NFPA 1020 Standard for Fire & Emergency Services Instructor, Fire Officer, and Emergency Medical Services Officer 1021, 1041
Professional Qualifications
NFPA 1580 Standard for Emergency Responder Occupational Health and Wellness 1581, 1582,
1583, 1584

NFPA 1930 Standard on Fire and Emergency Service Use of Thermal Imagers, Two‐Way Portable RF Voice Communication 1932, 1937,
Devices, Ground Ladders, Rescue Tools, Fire Hose, and Fire Hose Appliances 1801, 1802,
1962

NFPA 1950 Standard on Personal Protective Equipment for Technical Rescue Incidents, Emergency Medical Operations, and 1951, 1977,
Wildland and Urban Interface Firefighting 1999
NFPA 1955 Standard on PPE for Surface Water Operations and Contaminated Water Operations 1952, 1953

First Draft Report will be posted on or before Mar 21, 2024

Public Comment closes May 30, 2024
Consolidated Documents
NFPA 1850 Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural and Proximity Firefighting and 1851, 1852
Open‐Circuit Self‐Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA)

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NFPA 1020
New Positions: EMS Officer I & II

Task group assigned

Stand-alone
Addresses an to make the new
certification chapters more
emerging need
allows flexibility comprehensive and
within the fire-
for fire complete for Second
based Draft
departments that
emergency
do not respond to • Incorporating
medical system Public Comment
medical calls

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Public Input closed Sept 6, 2023

Group 5 Documents First Draft Reports posted by Oct 25, 2024
Consolidated Documents
NFPA 455 Guides for Emergency Medical Services and Systems; Community Health Care Programs 450, 451
NFPA 1300 Standard on Community Risk Assessment and Community Risk Reduction Plan Development 1300, 1452
NFPA 1400 Standard for Fire Service Training 1402, 1403, 1404,
1407, 1408, 1410,
1451
NFPA 1750 Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency 1201, 1710, 1720,
Medical Operations; Special Operations to the Public by Career and Volunteer Fire Departments; 1730
Organization and Deployment of Fire Prevention Inspection and Code Enforcement, Plan Review,
Investigation, and Public Education Operations; Providing Fire and Emergency Services to the
Public
NFPA 1857 Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Technical Rescue 1855, 1877
Incidents; Wildland Fire Fighting Clothing and Equipment
NFPA 1985 Standard on Emergency Services Respiratory Protection 1984, 1989

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Public Input closed Sept 6, 2023

Group 5 Documents First Draft Reports posted by Oct 25, 2024

Non-consolidated Documents
NFPA 13E Recommended Practice for Fire Department Operations in Properties Protected by Sprinkler and Standpipe Systems

NFPA 901 Standard Classifications for Fire and Emergency Services Incident Reporting

NFPA 950 Standard for Data Development and Exchange for the Fire Service

NFPA 951 Guide to Building and Utilizing Digital Information

NFPA 1250 Recommended Practice in Fire and Emergency Service Organization Risk Management

NFPA 1401 Recommended Practice for Fire Service Training Reports and Records

NFPA 1405 Guide for Land-Based Fire Departments that Respond to Marine Vessel Fires

NFPA 1700 Guide for Structural Fire Fighting

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New Emergency Response Documents

Draft Documents
NFPA 1022 Standard for Fire and Emergency Services Analyst Professional Qualifications

NFPA 1321 Standard for Fire Investigation Units

NFPA 1585 Standard for Exposure and Contamination Control

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NFPA 1022, Standard for Fire and Emergency

Services Analyst Professional Qualifications
• Significant changes for Second What positions does
Draft to improve usability for NFPA 1022 define?
curriculum developers and
Data Analyst
individuals seeking certification
• Schedule for NITMAM/Tech GIS Analyst
Session Phase is TBD Business Analyst
• Anticipated issuance in 2024 or
Data & Analytics Manager
2025
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Non-Emergency Response Professional

Qualifications Documents
NFPA 1078, Standard for Electrical Inspector
Professional Qualifications
• 2024 edition issued 4/23/23
• Added new JPRs for inspection of communications systems
• Public input closes Jun 4, 2025

NFPA 1082, Standard for Facilities Fire and Life

Safety Director Professional Qualifications
• 2023 edition issued 3/20/22
• No changes to JPRs
• Public input closed Jan 4, 2024

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Effectiveness of Exposure Mitigation Strategies for Fire Investigators

•Informational webinar planned for March 2024
•Expected report completion ~May/June 2024
First Responder EV Response Guidance
•AFG grant project
•Incorporates ‘Stranded Energy within Lithium-ion Batteries’
•Expected report completion March 2025
Improved PPE Cleaning Best Practices and Exposure Assessment
•Webinar available (www.nfpa.org/webinars, > ’archived webinars’)
•Expected report completion March 2025
•Information: www.nfpa.org/PPEcleaning
Firefighter Cancer Cohort Study
•Supporting project, but not leading
•Information: www.ffccs.org

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Firefighting Foam: Fire Service Roadmap

• Expected report completion Sept 2024
• Information: www.nfpa.org/foamroadmap

Role of Training on Volunteer Firefighter Recruitment & Retention

• Partner w/ NVFC & NAFTD
• Project contractor recently selected
• Anticipated completion August 2025

TRAIN: Training Responders’ Awareness using Immersive Next-gen Technology

• Partner w/ NAFTD
• Phase 1 [COMPLETED] – Evaluates the applications of immersive learning (literature review, focus group, and
summit)
• Phase 2 [LAUNCHING] – Develop and validate an evaluation tool to assess immersive learning technology
• Information: www.nfpa.org/ffimmersivelearning

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nfpa.org/research

• Large Loss Fires in the United States (S. Badger; 01-Apr-2023)

• Home Structure Fires (S. Hall; 01-Apr-2023
• Fires and Burns Involving Home Medical Oxygen (S. Hall; 01-May-2023)
• Fatal Firefighter Injuries in the United States (R. Campbell and J. Petrillo; 15-Jun-
2023)
• Home Cooking Fires (01-Sep-2023)
• Structure Fires Started by Hot Work (T. McGee; 01-Sep-2023)
• Fires in Structures Under Construction (R. Campbell; 01-Oct-2023)
• Fire loss in the United States (S. Hall; 01-Nov-2023)

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NFPA.org Website

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NFPA LiNK®
• www.nfpa.org/link
• NFPA LiNK YouTube channel

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