1. Science Advisory Committee: Your Think Tank Who are we? What are we doing for you? What are emerging issues important to SFMs? How can you better use our services? 1

2. Science Advisory Committee We are your direct science and technology resource We identify and evaluate scientific and technical issues important to NASFM We assist NASFM Board in taking positions and making decisions We volunteer time and expertise We are accessible to State Fire Marshals

3. SAC Members Gordon Damant, Damant & Associates Roy Deppa, US Consumer Product Safety Commission (ret.) Shannon Frattaroli, Johns Hopkins University Anthony Hamins, NIST David J. Icove, University of Tennessee Kal Kooner, Intertek Steve Spivak, University of Maryland (ret.)

4. SAC Working Priorities Include… Upholstered furniture fire resistance Building fire safety and security Effectiveness of smoke alarm technologies Fire resistance of clothing Human behavior and emergencies Health and environmental effects of fire and fire retardants Identification of emerging hazards … NASFM Board sets the agenda

5. Some Emerging Science and Technology Issues for SFMs Exploring Implications of the Innocence Project: Where Is the Fire Science? Investigating Firefighter Deaths and Injuries Updating SAC/NASFM Resource List on Fire Testing Lab Accreditation Implementing Burn Injury and Convicted Arsonist Reporting Laws 5

6. Some Emerging Science and Technology Issues for SFMs Loss Histories involving Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing Measuring the Impact of Residential Fire Sprinklers Revisiting Smoke Alarm Battery Life Issues 6

7. Rethinking SAC Deliverables Briefing papers Status reports Best practices Identification of emerging issues Presentation of cutting-edge research and technologies 7