Nor Cal Fire Prevention Officers Association

Weston Arvin, President

April 23, 2004

Minutes – Monthly - Membership Meeting

San Francisco, CA

Irish Cultural Center

President Arvin called the April 23, 2004 meeting to order at 0931 hours at the Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco.

Kate Dargan conducted the pledge of allegiance and Past President Steve Hart was appointed Sergeant of Arms

President Arvin introduced host Fire Marshal Tom Harvey. Captain Harvey introduced Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White who welcomed the group to San Francisco and praised Captain Harvey and Pat Stranahan for their efforts in bringing the meeting to San Francisco.

The organization recognized the visiting Fire Chiefs and Building Officials.

Self-introductions were made. President Arvin asked Immediate Past President and newly appointed Judge Advocate Mike Stewart to declared a quorum.

A motion was made to approve the February minutes by President Arvin. A motion was made by Gene Gantt to approve the minutes. Tonya Hoover 2^nd Motion carried

The 2004 Charles Gray Memorial Award was formally presented to Tonya Hoover by Past President Judge Advocate Mike Stewart.

A resolution was read by President Arvin recognizing the career of George Blind and congratulating him on an outstanding career in the field of Fire Prevention while a member of the Sunnyvale Fire Department and co-chair of the Fire Equipment and Devices Committee.

The NORCAL FPO's co-chairs were appointed by President Arvin to serve through the 2004-5 year. Theresa Johnson was appointed Operations Director for 2004-5.

SFM Report was reported by Leslie Haberek, Rodney Slaughter and Daniel Najerra (see attached Monthly Report California State Fire Marshal April 2004). Subjects covered in the report included;

• Review of NFPA 5000 and NFPA 1 timeline plan.
• Title 19, CCR regulatory activity to be conducted based on economic impact
• Tire Fire Curriculum and Regulations
• Wildland Interface Building Standards
• California All Incident Reporting System (CAIRS)
• Announcement of the upcoming Statutes and Regulations Courses for May 11-13 in El Dorado County and June 8-10 in Monrovia.
• Fireworks Disposal Operation in Los Angeles County
• Fire Retardant Regulations
• Building Materials Listings
• Fire Extinguisher Program
• California Energy Commission will be conducting the next meeting to hear revisions to the California Energy Code on May 12^th 2004 at the Department of Consumer Affairs (see attached flyer).
• Ray Snodgrass of CDF is the Interim State Fire
• Annual rule making cycle begins in August. Codes updated annually will continue until 10/07.
• An emergency action has taken place to hear issues regarding the bedridden patient/fire safety issues.
• The definition of annual code cycle is now 16-18 months.
• The status of the Care home legislation is not known as of this meeting date.
• James Parsegian is now the SFM coordinator responsible for the Fire Extinguisher Program.

Legislative Report

Kate Dargan and Gene Gantt provided an April 2004 Legislative Report to the Membership. See the attached report in the minutes for additional information.

PROGRAM

A program was presented by Russell P. Fleming, P.E., Executive Vice President of NFSA on end-of–line restraints and hangars and bracing for NFPA 13 fire sprinkler systems.

Adjournment for Subcommittee Meetings

Exchange of Ideas

Roger Benson; FM Global, Mr. Benson discussed a fire that occurred in 250,000 square foot fully sprinklered building equipped with a fire pump in Tennessee. The fire main reportedly came apart and the fire sprinkler system failed. FM Global is investigating why the system failed and will report the findings at a later date. The last date of the pump test was not available.

Rick Rodewald; Monterey Fire Department, Monterey has adopted a Zero-based sprinkler ordinance. Rick also reported a fire that occurred in Monterey that was the result of a candle fire that took the life of a 2-year old child.

Fort Hartsfield; Webmaster, The joint North/South Website is online. Fort is seeking new advertisers and sponsors for the website. Contact Fort Hartsfield if interested.

Darrell Harguth; Past President, A new fire extinguisher gauge is available that senses the readiness of the extinguisher. The gauge can also interface with fire alarm systems.

George Devendorf; San Bruno Fire Department, Reported problems with candle fires

Kent Miller; Stockton Fire Department, Announced that he is putting together a consortium of firefighting foam resources

Forrest Craig; Novato Fire Department, Announced 2-Wildland Fire Investigation Classes to be held June 1 and 2 in Solano County.

• The meeting was adjourned at 1330 hours.
• Respectfully submitted,

Bruce Lecair, Secretary