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AGENDA NFPA Technical Committee on Educational and Day-Care AGENDA NFPA Technical Committee on Educational and Day-Care Occupancies NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 First Draft Meeting Tuesday, August 25, 2015 InterContinental Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 1. Call to order. Call meeting to order by Chair Vic Dubrowski at 8:00 a.m. on August 25, 2015 at the InterContinental Milwaukee Hotel, Milwaukee, WI. 2. Introduction of committee members and guests. For a current committee roster, see page 03. 3. Approval of June 25, 2013 second draft meeting minutes. See page 06. 4. The process – staff PowerPoint presentation. See page 09. 5. Correlating committee minutes with direction for 2018 editions. See page 26. 6. Core chapters, first revisions of interest – staff review. 7. School security workshop. See page 00. 8. ICC classroom door locking. See page 33. 9. Final report of the Sandy Hook advisory commission. See page 36. 10. FPRF self-preservation of pre-school children report. See page 313. Subject retained on the agenda. 11. New school design – Sam Dannaway. Subject retained on the agenda. 12. CO detection reference section number error in 14.3.4.4.1 – corrected by Errata 101-15-5. 13. NFPA 101 First Draft preparation. For Public Input, see page 353. 14. NFPA 5000 First Draft preparation. For Public Input, see page 443. 15. Other business. 16. Future meetings. Page 1 of 469 17. Adjournment. Enclosures Page 2 of 469 Address List No Phone 07/14/2015 Ron Coté Educational and Day-Care Occupancies SAF-END Safety to Life Victor L. Dubrowski SE 1/17/1997 Ron Coté 1/17/1997 Chair SAF-END Secretary (Staff-Nonvoting) SAF-END Code Consultants, Inc. National Fire Protection Association 2043 Woodland Parkway 1 Batterymarch Park St. Louis, MO 63146-4235 Quincy, MA 02169-7471 Alternate: Richard M. DiMisa Mark J. Aaby SE 08/11/2014 Judy Biddle U 10/29/2012 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Koffel Associates, Inc. US Department of the Air Force 8815 Centre Park Drive, Suite 200 AFCEC Tyndall Columbia, MD 21045-2107 7326 Rodgers Drive Alternate: Clay P. Aler Panama City, FL 32404-4919 Samuel S. Dannaway SE 7/24/1997 Keith S. Frangiamore SE 10/4/2007 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END S. S. Dannaway Associates, Inc. Fire Safety Consultants, Inc. 501 Sumner Street, Suite 421 2420 Alft Lane, Suite 100 Honolulu, HI 96817-5304 Elgin, IL 60124 Max L. Gandy U 10/29/2012 Jeffrey L. Haidacher U 03/03/2014 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Fairfax County Public Schools Meetinghouse Facilities Department 8115 Gatehouse Road, Suite 3500 50 East North Temple Falls Church, VA 22042 AEC/DFS 12th Floor Salt Lake City, UT 84150-0012 Alternate: Christopher M. Jenkins Dominick G. Kasmauskas M 10/3/2002 Rosa Lazebnik SE 08/11/2014 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. Primera Engineers 1436 Altamont Avenue, Suite 147 100 South Wacker Drive Rotterdam, NY 12303 Suite 700 Alternate: Cynthia Giedraitis Chicago, IL 60606-4028 Alfred J. Longhitano SE 7/23/2008 Maria B. Marks M 03/05/2012 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Alfred J. Longhitano, P.E., LLC Siemens Industry, Inc. 26 Salem Road 4001 Spruell Drive Chappaqua, NY 10514 Kensington, MD 20895-1346 National Electrical Manufacturers Association Alternate: Richard Jay Roberts Richard E. Merck E 01/10/2008 Matthew J. Mertens E 3/1/2011 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service North Shore Fire Department 255 Rockville Pike, 2nd Floor 665 East Brown Deer Road Rockville, MD 20850 Bayside, WI 53217 International Fire Marshals Association 1 Page 3 of 469 Address List No Phone 07/14/2015 Ron Coté Educational and Day-Care Occupancies SAF-END Safety to Life Kurt A. Roeper M 7/26/2007 Michael L. Savage, Sr. E 10/4/2007 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END ASSA ABLOY City of Rio Rancho 110 Sargent Drive 3200 Civic Center Circle NE New Haven, CT 06511 Rio Rancho, NM 87144-4503 Steel Door Institute Alternate: Thomas R. Janicak Jeffrey Shirey E 03/07/2013 Michael L. Sinsigalli E 7/17/1998 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office West Hartford Fire Department 2880 Chance Court 95 Raymond Road Huntingtown, MD 20639 West Hartford, CT 06107 Alternate: Carmen A. Rao Catherine L. Stashak E 1/17/1991 Aleksy L. Szachnowicz U 7/24/1997 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal Anne Arundel County Public Schools James R. Thompson Center 2644 Riva Road 100 West Randolph Street, 4-600 Annapolis, MD 21401 Chicago, IL 60601 Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal Billy E. Upton SE 7/26/2007 Ann Marie A. Wolf C 03/05/2012 Principal SAF-END Principal SAF-END Ballou Justice Upton Architects Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. 2402 North Parham Road 3202 East Grant Road Richmond, VA 23229 Tucson, AZ 85716 Alternate: Daniel W. Uthe Clay P. Aler SE 10/28/2014 Richard M. DiMisa SE 3/4/2009 Alternate SAF-END Alternate SAF-END Koffel Associates, Inc. Code Consultants, Inc. 8815 Centre Park Drive, Suite 200 2043 Woodland Parkway, Suite 300 Columbia, MD 21045-2107 St. Louis, MO 63146-4235 Principal: Mark J. Aaby Principal: Victor L. Dubrowski Cynthia Giedraitis M 08/11/2014 Thomas R. Janicak M 10/23/2013 Alternate SAF-END Alternate SAF-END National Fire Sprinkler Association Ceco Door Products 2013 Oakwood Trail 801 Mark Lane College Station, TX 77845-5633 Hampshire, IL 60140 National Fire Sprinkler Association Steel Door Institute Principal: Dominick G. Kasmauskas Principal: Kurt A. Roeper 2 Page 4 of 469 Address List No Phone 07/14/2015 Ron Coté Educational and Day-Care Occupancies SAF-END Safety to Life Christopher M. Jenkins U 03/03/2014 Carmen A. Rao E 03/05/2012 Alternate SAF-END Alternate SAF-END Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wallingford Fire Prevention Bureau Church Office Building 75 Masonic Avenue 50 East North Temple Wallingford, CT 06810 Salt Lake City, UT 84150-9001 Principal: Michael L. Sinsigalli Principal: Max L. Gandy Richard Jay Roberts M 3/1/2011 Daniel W. Uthe C 10/29/2012 Alternate SAF-END Alternate SAF-END Honeywell Life Safety Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. 624 Hammer Lane 585 South Stephanie Loop North Aurora, IL 60542-9155 Tucson, AZ 85745 National Electrical Manufacturers Association Principal: Ann Marie A. Wolf Principal: Maria B. Marks Ron Coté 1/17/1997 Staff Liaison SAF-END National Fire Protection Association 1 Batterymarch Park Quincy, MA 02169-7471 3 Page 5 of 469 Minutes NFPA Technical Committee on Educational and Day-Care Occupancies NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 Second Draft Meeting June 25, 2013 DoubleTree Hotel San Diego, California 1. Call to Order. The meeting was called to order by Chair Alex Szachnowicz at 8:00 a.m. on, June 25, 2013 at the DoubleTree Hotel, San Diego, California. 2. Introduction of Committee Members and Guests. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT NAME COMPANY Aleksy Szachnowicz, Chair Anne Arundel County Public Schools Ron Coté, Nonvoting Secretary National Fire Protection Association Victor Dubrowski, Principal Code Consultants, Inc. Keith Frangiamore, Principal Fire Safety Consultants, Inc. Max Gandy Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Alt. to V. Martindale Dominick Kasmauskas, Principal National Fire Sprinkler Association, Inc. Alfred Longhitano, Principal Alfred Longhitano, P.E., LLC Maria Marks, Principal Siemens Industry, Inc. Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Association Vern Martindale, Principal Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Matthew Mertens, Principal North Shore Fire Department Rep. International Fire Marshals Association Richard Roberts Honeywell Life Safety Alt. to M. Marks Rep. National Electrical Manufacturers Kurt Roeper, Principal ASSA ABLOY Rep. Steel Door Institute Jeffrey Shirey, Principal Maryland State Fire Marshal’s Office Catherine Stashak, Principal Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal Billy Upton, Principal Ballou Justice Upton Architects Ann Marie Wolf, Principal Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc. BLD/SAF-END Second Draft Meeting Minutes Page 1 Page 6 of 469 GUESTS NAME COMPANY Dan Finnegan Siemens Industry, Inc. Tracy Vecchiarelli NFPA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ABSENT NAME COMPANY Steven Admire, Principal Communication Concepts Judy Biddle, Principal AFCESA Samuel Dannaway, Principal S. S. Dannaway Associates, Inc. Richard Merck, Principal Montgomery County Fire & Rescue Service Michael Savage, Principal Middle Department Inspection Agency, Inc. Michael Sinsigalli, Principal West Hartford Fire Department 3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes. The August 14, 2012 meeting minutes were approved as written and distributed. 4. The New Process. Staff used the PowerPoint slides included in the agenda to explain the Second Draft phase of the revision process. 5. Definitions Task Group. Cathy Stashak volunteered to represent the committee on the Correlating Committee task group that will draft the assignment of defined terms to the various technical committees. In future revision cycles each committee will have responsibility for handling changes to the defined terms assigned to it. 6. Hazardous Materials Task Group. Ann Marie Wolf volunteered to represent the committee on the Correlating Committee task group that will address hazardous materials within NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 before working with other NFPA committees. 7. School Lockdowns. Robert Solomon advised the committee of a broad NFPA project that is envisioned to address school lockdowns and then scale-up its scope to include similar issues for theaters and office buildings. The work product might take the form of safety tips for multiple hazards. The following committee members volunteered to assist in the effort: Max Grandy from a User perspective Cathy Stashak from an Enforcer perspective Richard Roberts from a Manufacturer perspective 8. LED in Multi-Level Day Care Buildings. Cathy Stashak presented on the subject of permitting additional levels of multi-level day-care occupancies to be considered part of the level of exit discharge.
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