& Working Together to Promote Firefighter Safety & Wellness
Ken Willette Manager Public Fire Protection Division
What Do You Think NFPA Is?
Where did NFPA come from? Founded in Boston Ma. Original membership Original mission
Where is NFPA today? Quincy Ma. 300 employees 75,000 plus members, 12,000 plus fire service 16 sections including
When I Say, Do You Know the Standard? Fire Apparatus –1901 PPE –1971 Professional Qualifications –1001 Deployment and staffing –1710 Fire Investigation Haz Mat EMS Safety/Wellness
Fire Investigation 921 Haz Mat 472 EMS 450 Safety/Wellness 1500/1582/1583
How Did NFPA Do This? Standards Developing Organization ANSI Accredited Consensus process Open process Committees develop Standards Balanced membership
How Do We Work Together? Join a Technical Committee Submit Comments Attend Conferences Use Standards in Safety Committee Work Partner with Dept. Administration
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Thank You! Ken Willette