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During the November NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 Correlating Committee meetings in Boston, some committee members joked about the “magic” that happens back at NFPA Headquarters. Submittals were processed, Technical Committee (TC) meetings were organized, ballots prepared and documents were created.
It would be nice if all it took was magic, but in reality, it’s just the product of great teamwork. What did it take to complete the First Draft of NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000?
17: Number of TC meetings
614: Number of TC participants (TC members, alternates and Chairs)
6: Number of NFPA Technical Staff
547: Number of PIs submitted for NFPA 101
302: Number of PIs submitted for NFPA 5000
602: Number of FRs created for NFPA 101
523: Number of FRs created for NFPA 5000
The NFPA process starts with submissions from the public. They
signed into www.nfpa.org and submitted their “Public
Inputs (PIs)” on sections of the code they wished to change. Input was
submitted both online and on paper. Nancy Walker worked diligently to make sure
all of the PIs (800+) submitted were completed properly.
The First Draft meetings were held in May and August in Minneapolis and St. Louis respectively. PIs were reviewed and the committees generated “First Revisions (FR)” to make changes to the text.
The editorial team worked with the staff liaisons to review
all 1000+ changes and incorporate them into First Drafts. Special thanks go out to the
editorial team at NFPA for their great work.(Pictured: Lisa Haapaoja, Nancy Wirtes, and Jackie Bock)
Diane Matthews and Kelly Carey worked together to compile
ballots and to distribute them to TCs. They collected ballot submissions, calculated
ballot results, and posted all of the information online. Check out the ballot
results here: www.nfpa.org/101 or www.nfpa.org/5000.
The Correlating Committee met in Boston in November.Their ballots are currently out and are due at the end of the month.
The First Draft Report including a draft of the documents and the committee's changes will be posted at the end of February and will be open for Public Comments until May 13th. Then we will begin working our magic on the Second Draft.
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