SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRE PREVENTION OFFICER’S
FIRE CODE/EQUIPMENT & DEVICES COMMITTEES
February 5, 2004

Click here for the matrix for the Review of State Fire Marshal Amendments to NFPA 1 and 5000

In Attendance:

Daniel Bak- MD Fire Safety
Janet Baylor- Anaheim Fire
Mike Benoit- San Diego Fire
Laura Blaul- OCFA
Tom Groseclose- Orange Fire
Steve Guarino - SFM
John Donelan - OSHPD
Mark Dossett - San Diego Fire
Gary Dunger - OSHPD
Christina Jamison - Ventura County Fire
Ken Kraus - LAFD
Diedre Locati - Corona Fire
Ricky Lewis - LA County Fire
Robert Nolan - Brea Fire
Tom Oakes - OCFA
Jim Pettigrew - Ontario Fire
Brit Rockafellow - San Diego Development Services
Kevin Scott- Kern County Fire
Vahid Toossi - OCFA
Susan Waidelich- Garden Grove Fire
David Zinnen - Long Beach Fire

1. Updates
   • CBSC – discussion of decision to establish November date for amendments to NFPA codes rather than July;SFM regs for bedridden clients in R-2s as well as the adult day care regs were pulled (save your amendment pages on the bedridden stuff as may use later).
   • State Agencies
     • SFM – new schedule distributed.
     • OSHPD – not much progress to date.
     • DSA – no report.
     • HCD – no report.
   • CalChiefs – they have authorized the FPOs to take lead on the code issue, including "negotiations" with NFPA on related policy issues. We will send them updates on progress.
   • CALBO – no new news. Christina and Laura attended the CalBO-CalChief Advisory meeting in December and gave a brief report.
   • NFPA - Penni and Laura met Mike Stewart and Wes Avrin (NorCal Pres and 1^st VP) in Sacto to meet with NFPA and discuss issues identified by the Committee and sent to CalChiefs and, ultimately, NFPA. Report on what was said…results remain pending.
2. FPO Role/Action Plan
   • State requests (through CalChiefs—we’ll draft letter for Board approval and CalChief signature)
     • Authorize (Cheryl) to meet with us (Buelton) and provide an overview of approach
     • Were the referenced standards also used in the assessment of level of safety
     • Matrix/cross-reference of addition of requirements to NFPA and location in T-24
     • Include Cheryl’s commentary with the package
     • Philosophy – analysis of assessment of equivalency
     • Do all change proposals have to go through a state agency?
   • Coordination
     • NorCal – work together!
     • CalBO – don’t duplicate efforts. Share our matrix and ask if they’d like to partner in the review process.
     • Cal Chiefs – use as a signature or big ticket items
   • Review work
     • Discussed approaches: occupancy review
     • provision by provision comparison to T-24 to NFPA 5000 and 1
     • plan review various occs or a big mixed occ (hotel with retail and parking garage, hazmats for pool, storage, etc.)
     • build a building using each code
     • Agreed to use Op Code Comparison categories
     • limit to mainly state stuff for now (we can work on local later in the process)
     • expand the "Fire Code – other" to include topics we care most about (ok, some our not just State topics)
     • Diedre reported that she is approximately 65% complete with a hazmat matrix: NFPA vs. UFC
   • See attached matrix for assignments>
     • Committees need to scrounge for additional resources
     • Start by identifying safety "holes" in NFPA 1 and 5000 when compared to T-24….when we get the State packages, we’ll be ready to see if their proposed amendment plugs the hole.
3. Other Issues
   • NFPA 1 Hearings end of the month - ROP with review by task groups and NFPA 1 Committee?
   • Karyn will attend and report - how many will the NFPA 1 Committee hear vs. forward to other NFPA Committees

   Respectfully submitted,

   Laura Blaul, OCFA

   Laurablauls@ocfa.org

   714-744-0485