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(SAF-BSF/BLD-BSF) NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 A2020 AGENDA NFPA Technical Committee on Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment (SAF-BSF/BLD-BSF) NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 A2020 Second Draft Meeting Thursday-Friday June 13-14, 2019 Thursday 8:00-5:00 pm Friday 8:00-12:00 pm Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Indianapolis, IN 1. Call to order. Call meeting to order by Chair R. Grill at 8:00 a.m. on June 13, 2019. 2. Introduction of committee members and guests. For a current committee roster, see page 02. 3. Approval of July 25, 2018 second draft meeting minutes. See page 06. 4. The process – staff PowerPoint presentation. See page 08. 5. Correlating Committee Notes for BSF. See page 26. 6. NFPA 101 Second Draft preparation. For Public Comments, see page 27. 7. NFPA 5000 Second Draft preparation. For Public Comments, see page 77. 8. Committee Input Review. For NFPA 101 First Draft Committee Inputs, see page 94. For NFPA 5000 First Draft Committee Inputs, see page 101. 9. Mass Notification Task Group. J. Quiter (Task Group Chair). 10. Energy Storage Systems Task Group. H. Hopper (Task Group Chair). 11. Other business. 12. Future meetings. 13. Adjournment. Page 1 of 104 Address List No Phone 05/22/2019 Tracy L. Vecchiarelli Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment SAF-BSF Safety to Life Raymond A. Grill SE 3/2/2010 Tracy L. Vecchiarelli 2/3/2016 Chair SAF-BSF Secretary (Staff-Nonvoting) SAF-BSF Arup National Fire Protection Association 1120 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 1110 One Batterymarch Park Washington, DC 20036 Quincy, MA 02169-7471 Jodi S Balido U 08/17/2018 Harry L. Bradley E 1/1/1991 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Dominion Energy Services Inc Maryland State Fire Marshals Office 701 E Cary Street, Ojrp 4th Floor 5 West Riding Drive Richmond, VA 23219 Bel-Air, MD 21014 Edison Electric Institute International Fire Marshals Association Kevin L. Brinkman M 08/17/2015 Pat D. Brock SE 1/1/1987 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF National Elevator Industry, Inc. Oklahoma State University 925 West Center Street Fire Protection & Safety Technology Eureka, IL 61530-9505 1424 West Liberty Avenue National Elevator Industry Inc. Stillwater, OK 74075 Alternate: Marc Mueller Alternate: Bryan Lawrence Hoskins Flora F. Chen E 10/20/2010 Stephen E. Dale I 08/09/2012 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Hayward Fire Department, California Cincinnati Insurance Company 777 B Street 6200 South Gilmore Road Hayward, CA 94541 Fairfield, OH 45014-5141 Alternate: Justin Yates Bryan Dempsey IM 12/08/2015 Paul M. Donga E 7/20/2000 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Vivint Boston Fire Department 212 Tricia Lane 115 Southampton Street Hutto, TX 78634-4479 Boston, MA 02118 Electronic Security Association Jeffrey M. Hugo M 7/26/2007 Claude O. Hutton E 08/09/2012 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office 1088 West Borton Road 1165 East Lee Highway Essexville, MI 48732-1541 Chilhowie, VA 24319 Alternate: Robert Upson Joseph M. Jardin C 1/1/1991 Principal SAF-BSF Fire Department City of New York 16 Dexter Court Hauppauge, NY 11788 NFPA Fire Service Section Alternate: Greg Gottlieb Page 2 of 104 1 Address List No Phone 05/22/2019 Tracy L. Vecchiarelli Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment SAF-BSF Safety to Life Michael Kellett E 7/26/2007 David A. Killian U 8/2/2010 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF State of Connecticut Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Office of the State Fire Marshal MAPO Building 450 Columbus Boulevard 1401 Flower Street Hartford, CT 06103 Glendale, CA 91201 Connecticut State Fire Marshal/Connecticut Fire Marshals Association Alternate: Ignatius Kapalczynski Richard L. Klinker SE 1/1/1981 Peter A. Larrimer U 4/1/1994 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Klinker & Associates, Inc. US Department of Veterans Affairs 2355 Davidsonville Road 1805 Constitution Boulevard Gambrills, MD 21054 Valencia, PA 16059 Alternate: Claudia Hagood Alternate: Peter Leszczak Daniel J. Lazarz SE 8/9/2011 Scott E. Panowitz M 03/05/2012 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF EYP Architecture & Engineering BFPE International 470 Atlantic Avenue, 7th Floor 7512 Connelley Drive Boston, MA 02210-2228 Hanover, MD 21076 Alternate: Kelly Finzel Fire Suppression Systems Association Ray F. Reed L 04/11/2018 Rodger Reiswig M 01/10/2008 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Highrise Fire Consultants Johnson Controls 3271 Katy Court East 3640 Haddington Court Midlothian, TX 76065 Apopka, FL 32712-5690 International Association of Fire Fighters Richard Jay Roberts M 10/20/2010 Kurt A. Ruchala SE 3/1/2011 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Honeywell Fire Safety JENSEN HUGHES 624 Hammer Lane 100 Quannapewitt Parkway, Suite 401 North Aurora, IL 60542-9155 Wakefield, MA 01880 National Electrical Manufacturers Association Alternate: Joseph J. Watson Alternate: Daniel P. Finnegan Lawrence J. Shudak RT 4/15/2004 Michael R. Szmanda IM 8/9/2011 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF UL LLC Certification & Training Corporation 333 Pfingsten Road M-R-J Security LLC Northbrook, IL 60062-2096 1641 Island Court Waconia, MN 55387 Page 3 of 104 2 Address List No Phone 05/22/2019 Tracy L. Vecchiarelli Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment SAF-BSF Safety to Life Todd W. Warner M 07/29/2013 Carl D. Wren E 10/6/2000 Principal SAF-BSF Principal SAF-BSF Brooks Equipment Company, Inc. City of Austin 112 Beechridge Court Development Services Department Chapel Hill, NC 27517 One Texas Center, Suite 700 Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association 505 Barton Springs Road Alternate: Roy C. Kimball Austin, TX 78704 David M. Wyatt U 3/2/2010 Kristian White M 08/11/2014 Principal SAF-BSF Voting Alternate SAF-BSF Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-Battelle Space Age Electronics, Inc. 2201 South Cleveland Street 58 Chocksett Road Kennewick, WA 99338 Sterling, MA 01564 Automatic Fire Alarm Association, Inc. Daniel P. Finnegan M 10/20/2010 Kelly Finzel SE 12/08/2015 Alternate SAF-BSF Alternate SAF-BSF Siemens Industry, Inc. H2M Architects + Engineers Building Technologies Division 538 Broad Hollow Road, 4th Floor Fire & Security Melville, NY 11747-3676 2953 Exeter Court Principal: Daniel J. Lazarz West Dundee, IL 60118-1724 National Electrical Manufacturers Association Principal: Richard Jay Roberts Greg Gottlieb C 4/1/1993 Claudia Hagood E 7/1/1993 Alternate SAF-BSF Alternate SAF-BSF Hauppauge Fire District Klinker and Associates, Inc. 855 Wheeler Road 2455 Symphony Lane Hauppauge, NY 11788 Gambrills, MD 21054 NFPA Fire Service Section Principal: Richard L. Klinker Principal: Joseph M. Jardin Bryan Lawrence Hoskins SE 10/29/2012 Ignatius Kapalczynski E 10/6/2000 Alternate SAF-BSF Alternate SAF-BSF Oklahoma State University Simsbury Fire District 499 Cordell South Deputy Fire Marshal Stillwater, OK 74078 139 Selden Hill Drive Principal: Pat D. Brock West Hartford, CT 06107 Connecticut State Fire Marshal/Connecticut Fire Marshals Association Principal: Michael Kellett Roy C. Kimball M 4/15/2004 Peter Leszczak U 11/2/2006 Alternate SAF-BSF Alternate SAF-BSF Brooks Equipment Company, Inc. US Department of Veterans Affairs 10926 David Taylor Drive, Suite 300 950 Campbell Avenue Charlotte, NC 28262 West Haven, CT 06516 Fire Equipment Manufacturers' Association Principal: Peter A. Larrimer Principal: Todd W. Warner Page 4 of 104 3 Address List No Phone 05/22/2019 Tracy L. Vecchiarelli Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment SAF-BSF Safety to Life Marc Mueller M 12/07/2018 Robert Upson M 10/28/2014 Alternate SAF-BSF Alternate SAF-BSF Thyssenkrupp Elevator National Fire Sprinkler Association 9280 Crestwyn Hills Drive 514 Progress Drive, Suite A Memphis, TN 38125 Linthicum Heights, MD 21090 National Elevator Industry Inc. Principal: Jeffrey M. Hugo Principal: Kevin L. Brinkman Joseph J. Watson SE 12/06/2017 Justin Yates I 08/03/2016 Alternate SAF-BSF Alternate SAF-BSF JENSEN HUGHES Cincinnati Insurance Company 117 Metro Center Boulevard, Suite 1002 8300 Sapphire Drive Warwick, RI 02886 Alexander, AR 72002-9288 Principal: Kurt A. Ruchala Principal: Stephen E. Dale Tracy L. Vecchiarelli 2/3/2016 Staff Liaison SAF-BSF National Fire Protection Association One Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 Page 5 of 104 4 MINUTES NFPA Technical Committee on Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 A2020 First Draft Meeting Wednesday-Thursday, July 25-26, 2018 Wednesday 8:00-5:00 pm Thursday 8:00-12:00 pm Minneapolis Marriott City Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota 1. Call to order. The meeting was called to order by Chair R. Grill at 8:00 a.m. on July 25, 2018 at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2. Attendance roll-call. Staff called the roll and recorded the members who responded as being present. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT NAME COMPANY Raymond Grill, Chair Arup Harry Bradley, Principal Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office Rep.: International Fire Marshal’s Association Kevin Brinkman, Principal National Elevator Industry, Inc. Stephen Dale, Principal Cincinnati Insurance Company Jeffrey Hugo, Principal National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. Michael Kellett, Principal Connecticut State Fire Marshal/Connecticut Fire Marshals Association Peter Larrimer, Principal US Department of Veterans Affairs Scott Panowitz, Principal BFPE International Rep.: Fire Suppression Systems Association Ray Reed, Principal Highrise Fire Consultants Rep.: International Association of Fire Fighters Rodger Reiswig, Principal Johnson Controls Richard Roberts, Principal Honeywell Fire Safety Rep.: National Electrical Manufacturers Association Kurt Ruchala, Principal JENSEN HUGHES Lawrence Shudak, Principal UL LLC Michael Szmanda, Principal Certification & Training Corporation Todd Warner, Principal Brooks Equipment Company Inc. Rep.: Fire Equipment Manufacturers’ Association Carl Wren, Principal City of Austin Daniel Finnegan, Alt. to R. Siemens Industry, Inc. Roberts Rep.: National Electrical Manufacturers Association Bryan Hoskins, Principal Oklahoma State University Robert Upson, Alt.
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