Section news

NFPA Journal, May/Jun 2002

In this Issue

Keeping You Informed of Critical Issues in Your Industry

"Section News" made its debut in our last issue of NFPA Journal, and in this issue, we've packed the next few pages with the latest news and information affecting your industry. Read expanded versions of these articles on each section's web site, where you can also find out how joining a section can enhance your career. If you haven't yet enrolled in a section, please download an application from the web site www.nfpa.org/membersections. Section membership, free to all NFPA members who qualify, helps target your benefits to your particular interests. If you're an NFPA member interested in contributing to "Section News," please contact the Executive Secretary of the section for which you'd like to write.

Architects, Engineers, and Building Officials

WEB SITE: http://www.nfpa.org/aebo

SECTION CHAIR: John Kampmeyer, Triad Protection Engineering Corp., Springfield, Pennsylvania

WHAT WE Do: Help increase expertise in fire and life safety design practices and bring together partners in the structural field to discuss cooperative fire and life safety efforts.

WHO WE ARE: Architects, engineers, building officials, code administrators, and others interested in building design, construction, and code enforcement.

HOT ISSUES

AEBO seminars at NFPA's World Safety Conference

AEBO will sponsor several seminars at NFPA's World Safety Conference and Exposition(TM) in May. Among them is the two-part program, "Introducing NFPA 5000: The New Generation of Building Code," on May 22. This is an executive summary by several stakeholders in building design and construction intended to give building owners, design professionals, contractors, and code administrators a sense of the document and to highlight the issues and philosophies that went into its development.

The program moderator is Section Chair John Kampmeyer. Participants include Peter J. Willse, PE., of the Structures Technical Committee; Nancy McNabb, AIA, of NFPA's Building Code field office; Steve Anderson from the city of Gillette, Wyoming; Sal Di Cristina of Rutgers University; Jerry Mallory of Johnson County, Kansas; Tom Scholtens, C.B.O., of the Ada County Development Services; Steven Wydeveld of the Will County Land Use Department; Robert 0. Younger of the city of Colleyville, Texas; and Dave Martinez.

On May 20, NFPA's Allan Fraser will present "Code Provisions for Existing Buildings," which focuses on issues that arise when one proposes to work on an existing building and explores the challenges of creating codes for such buildings.

On May 22, NFPA Fire Modeling Specialist Doug Beller will address the "Theory and Concepts of Performance-Based Codes." He'll describe the development of performancebased codes and how they compare to prescriptive codes, and he'll discuss what's needed to implement a performance-based system. Beller chairs NFPA's PerformanceBased Support Team, helping NFPA's technical committees incorporate performance-based options into their documents.

HOW TO REACH US: ALLAN FRASER, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, 1-617-984-7411, AFRASER@NFPA.ORG

Aviation

WEB SITE: http://www. nfpa. org/aviaton

SECTION CHAIR: Joseph Scheffey, Hughes Associates, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland

WHAT WE DO: Offer members who design, operate, or protect aircraft, aircraft facilities, and airports a forum in which to discuss fire and life safety concepts.

WHO WE ARE: Aircraft and airport designers, pilots, air traffic controllers, airport security personnel, and others interested in aviation fire and life safety.

HOT ISSUES

Ground-Based Fuel Tank Inerting

On May 22, at NFPA's World Safety Conference and Exposition, William Cavage of the FAA will discuss ground-based fuel tank inerting of commercial transport airplanes and the research that went into developing ground-based fuel tank inerting methods and equipment, giving a background on the concept's evolution. He'll also speak about the potential impact on commercial transport operations.

NOW TO REACH US: MARK CONROY, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, 1-617-984-7410, MCONROY@NFPA.ORG

Building Fire Safety Systems

WEB SITE: http://www. nfpa. org/bfss

SECTION CHAIR: April Berkol, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., White Plains, New York

WHAT WE DO: Promote fire and life safety in buildings through fire safety systems and equipment, and provide a forum for education and training.

WHO WE ARE: Fire safety system designers, distributors, manufacturers, installers, inspectors, and maintenance personnel.

HOT ISSUES

BFSSS Nominations for 2002 WSCE

The Nominating Committee has submitted the following nominations, to be voted on at the 2002 World Safety Conference:

Officers:

Chair: Neil Krantz, Siemens Fire Safety

Vice-Chair: Raymond Grill, RJA Group, Inc.

Secretary: Roland Huggins, Automatic

Fire Sprinkler Association

Directors:

Thomas Hammerberg, Automatic Fire Alarm Association

Joe McElvaney, Jr., the city of Phoenix

Kevin Kelly, the National Fire Sprinkler Association

Nominating Committee:

Chair: April Berkol, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide