1. & Working Together to Promote Firefighter Safety & Wellness

2. Ken Willette Manager Public Fire Protection Division

3. What Do You Think NFPA Is?

4. Where did NFPA come from?  Founded in Boston Ma.  Original membership  Original mission

5. Where is NFPA today?  Quincy Ma.  300 employees  75,000 plus members, 12,000 plus fire service  16 sections including

6. 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

7. Fire Investigation  921 Haz Mat  472 EMS  450 Safety/Wellness  1500/1582/1583

8. How Did NFPA Do This?  Standards Developing Organization  ANSI Accredited  Consensus process  Open process  Committees develop Standards  Balanced membership

9. How Do We Work Together?  Join a Technical Committee  Submit Comments  Attend Conferences  Use Standards in Safety Committee Work  Partner with Dept. Administration

10. NFPA.ORG

11. EVSAFETYTRAINING.ORG

12. FIRE SERVICE TODAY BLOG

13. Thank You! Ken Willette 617-984-7299 kwillette@nfpa.org