Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 2 3 AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION OF 4 5 2019 NFPA TECHNICAL MEETING 6 7 8 THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ATKINSON-BAKER, INC. 20 (800) 288-3376 www.depo.com 21 22 TRANSCRIBED BY: MARY HARLOW FILE NO. AD067FA 23 24 25 1 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 A P P E A R A N C E S 2 3 DAWN MICHELLE BELLIS 4 SECRETARY OF THE STANDARDS COUNCIL 5 UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKERS 6 7 KERRY BELL PRESIDING OFFICER 8 9 LINDA FULLER STAFF COORDINATOR 10 RECORDING SECRETARY FOR THE STANDARDS COUNCIL 11 SUZANNE GALLAGHER 12 NFPA COUNSEL 13 MARK ODE 14 AWARD RECIPIENT 15 CATHERINE STASHAK 16 AWARD RECIPIENT 17 FREDERIC HARTWELL 18 AWARD RECIPIENT 19 HOWARD HOPPER 20 AWARD RECIPIENT 21 ROLAND HUGGINS 22 AWARD RECIPIENT 23 ALAN MANCHE 24 AWARD RECIPIENT 25 2 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 SUSAN MCLAUGHLIN AWARD RECIPIENT 2 3 JAMES MUNDY AWARD RECIPIENT 4 5 VINCENT SAPORITA AWARD RECIPIENT 6 7 FRED WALKER AWARD RECIPIENT 8 9 DAN O'CONNOR PRESIDING OFFICER 10 11 WILLIAM KOFFEL 12 MARK HOPKINS 13 14 GEORGE STANLEY 15 KEITH HATTLER (PHONETIC) 16 17 BOB CAPUTO 18 JAMES PETERKIN 19 20 TERRY VICTOR 21 DAVE DEGENAIS (PHONETIC) 22 23 TIM CROUSHORE 24 JONATHAN FLANNERY 25 3 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 TOP MYERS 2 JOHN MCDEVITT 3 4 MARCELO HIRSCHLER 5 WILLIAM FISKE 6 7 MARK RUNYON 8 JOHN CHOLAN (PHONETIC) 9 10 KENNETH BUSH PRESIDING OFFICER 11 12 JARROD ALSTON 13 ANTONINO MARINO 14 15 JAMES CONRAD 16 DAVE SHAPIRO 17 18 ANDREW ELLISON 19 TIM TOMLINSON 20 21 DAVE BURNS (PHONETIC) 22 ANDY OLIVER 23 24 JAY TORLEY (PHONETIC) 25 4 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 JIM REEDY (PHONETIC) 2 KAREN LETONEN (PHONETIC) 3 4 RICHARD HOFFMANN 5 TED LEMOFF 6 7 BRUCE SWIECICKI 8 JOHN PUSKAR 9 10 JAMES QUITER PRESIDING OFFICER 11 12 WILLIAM TILL 13 DAN FINNEGAN 14 15 HOWARD HOPPER 16 JAMES BIGGINS 17 18 JAMES HOUSTON 19 MIKE GURNEE (PHONETIC) 20 21 PAUL HAYES 22 MATT PACE (PHONETIC) 23 24 TIM MYERS 25 5 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 MICHAEL BUCKLEY 2 ROBERT DAVIDSON 3 4 DOUG BERKER (PHONETIC) 5 ANTHONY NATALE 6 7 ROBERT HARRIS 8 CHRIS CIONI 9 10 THOMAS BRIDER (PHONETIC) 11 CHRIS SEARLES 12 13 WILLIAM CANTOR 14 JUSTIN PERRY 15 16 JOHN ALLAGER (PHONETIC) 17 JACK LYONS 18 NICK WARNER 19 20 NED WEST 21 BEN DITCHA (PHONETIC) 22 23 EDDIE GEDRY (PHONETIC) 24 CURTIS ASHTON 25 6 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 RYAN MCMORROW 2 JOEL HAYES 3 4 MICHAEL JOHNSTON 5 DANIEL MIKAT 6 7 KENNETH BOYCE 8 JIM TARCHINSKI 9 10 JOHN KOVACHIC (PHONETIC) 11 SCOTT CLINE 12 13 HOWARD HERNDON 14 JULIAN BURNS 15 16 JIM DOLLARD 17 CHRIS HUNTER 18 19 BARRY RODGERS 20 MIKE STONE 21 22 ROBERT OSBORNE 23 LARRY AYER (PHONETIC) 24 25 DAVID HUMPHREY 7 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 THOMAS BISHOP 2 RICHARD HOLUB 3 4 BRIAN HOLLAND 5 THOMAS DOMITROVICH 6 7 SKIP GREGORY 8 KEITH LAUGHLIN (PHONETIC) 9 10 BILL NOLTEE (PHONETIC) 11 DAN BUUCK 12 13 MARK HILBERT 14 MARK GOODSON 15 16 JOHN MCHAMMISH (PHONETIC) 17 PALMER HICKMAN (PHONETIC) 18 19 KEITH WATERS 20 RANDY DOLLAR 21 22 BILL TIMMONS (PHONETIC) 23 LORI KELLY (PHONETIC) 24 25 BRETT LARSON 8 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 MIKE BENNETT 2 ANDY BARBER 3 4 JEFF TERRY (PHONETIC) 5 DALE BRADINSKI (PHONETIC) 6 7 RYAN MCCLARNEN (PHONETIC) 8 MARK ODIE (PHONETIC) 9 10 RANDY HUNTER 11 JOHN MCKENZIE 12 13 PAUL HARRAH (PHONETIC) 14 STEVE LUBSTER (PHONETIC) 15 16 ALAN MANCHE 17 BOB TORBIN 18 19 NATHAN PHILLIPS 20 CHRISTINE PORTER 21 22 MITCHELL GETHRIE (PHONETIC) 23 PAUL CABOT 24 25 RICHARD JONES 9 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 CRAIG ROAKS (PHONETIC) 2 JAMES GOLINVEAUX 3 PRESIDING OFFICER 4 PETER GRASER 5 6 KEITH LOFLAND 7 RODRIGO BURN (PHONETIC) 8 9 CHARLES MELLOW (PHONETIC) 10 PHIL SIMMONS (PHONETIC) 11 12 DALE CRAWFORD 13 GEORGE STRANIERO 14 15 JOE ANDRE 16 TOM WARREM (PHONETIC) 17 18 BOBBY GRAY 19 DAVID HUMPHREY 20 21 PAUL ABERNATHY 22 RICHARD GARBUCK (PHONETIC) 23 24 MIKE SMITH 25 10 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 DOUG MULVANEY 2 SCOTT SCHMIDT 3 4 JOEL GORGON (PHONETIC) 5 LINDA LITTLE 6 7 JIM ROGERS 8 JASON FISHER 9 10 LEO ZIEMAN (PHONETIC) 11 DYAN ALECUMEN (PHONETIC) 12 13 TOM MOORE 14 JIM WIESE 15 16 ERNIE GALLO (PHONETIC) 17 KURT SEELIGER 18 19 GEORGE ZIMMERMAN 20 STANLEY COPPIN (PHONETIC) 21 22 BILL MCCOY 23 24 25 11 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 AUDIO TRANSCRIPTION OF 2 2019 NFPA TECHNICAL MEETING 3 THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2019 4 PART 1 5 6 (MUSIC) 7 DAWN BELLIS: Good morning, ladies and 8 gentlemen, and welcome to the 2019 NFPA Technical 9 Meeting in San Antonio, Texas. Please take a moment 10 to familiarize yourself with the room, noting exits in 11 the unlikely event of the need to evacuate. Allow me 12 to remind you, being a safety organization, NFPA is 13 always concerned for your safety. Please look around 14 for the marked emergency exits. Keep in mind that the 15 nearest emergency exit may be behind you. In the 16 event of an emergency in the Convention Center, dial 17 9-1-1 from any phone, and notify the operator that you 18 are a guest or employee at the Henry B. Gonzalez 19 Convention Center, at 900 East Market Street. If 20 there's an emergency requiring evacuation, please 21 follow the direction provided by the voice 22 announcement from the fire alarm after the horns and 23 strobe lights go off. Evacuate following the exit 24 sign, NFPA staff, and the Convention Center Emergency 25 Management Team staff. In the event of a fire 12 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 incident, the fire alarm signal is a loud beeping 2 sound along with flashing strobe lights, followed by a 3 voice announcement. If you hear the alarm, please 4 quietly leave the room using the exit nearest you. 5 Again, be mindful, and remember that the nearest exit 6 may be behind you. 7 If you are a person with disabilities who has 8 not already made arrangements with NFPA staff for 9 emergency evacuation, please do so at the registration 10 desk at this time. More details regarding evacuation 11 may be found under the General Info tab on the mobile 12 app. 13 During the Technical Meeting, the use of 14 recording devices of any type is prohibited. The 15 regulations governing the development of NFPA 16 Standards, or the Regs, primarily govern the NFPA 17 Standards Development Process, including processing of 18 Certified Amending Motions at Technical Meetings. The 19 complete Regs are available on NFPA's website, within 20 the NFPA 2019 Standards Directory. 21 As a participant in the process, and attendee, 22 you should familiarize yourself with the Guide for the 23 Conduct of Participants in the NFPA Standards 24 Development Process prior to the start of 25 consideration of today's Certified Amending Motions. 13 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 Additionally of importance to be familiar with are the 2 NFPA Convention Rules. The Convention Rules establish 3 the process for today's session. Both documents are 4 included in the 2019 NFPA Standards Directory, 5 available on NFPA's website. 6 The Certified Amending Motion of today's 7 session will be taken in the published order of the 8 NFPA Technical Meeting Agenda. For viewing, please 9 see the NFPA website for the NFPA CNE (phonetic) 10 mobile app. The Agenda combines all Certified 11 Amending Motions from the fall of 2018, and annual 12 2019 Motions Committee Report, and identifies which 13 motions will be considered during the Technical 14 Meeting. Only Certified Amending Motions and 15 subsequent allowable follow-up motions, as determined 16 by the Presiding Officer, will be entertained at this 17 meeting. An authorized person must sign in, as per 18 Convention Rules, to indicate presence and intention 19 to pursue each Certified Amending Motion. By 20 obtaining your credentials at registration, you have 21 electronically signed in for these purposes. 22 Statements for the record, statements for which no 23 certified Amending Motions or allowable follow-up 24 motion is available, shall not be permitted. All 25 Certified Amending Motions were reviewed by the 14 Audio Transcription June 20, 2019 Atkinson-Baker, Inc. www.depo.com 1 Motions Committee for determination of certification, 2 following submission of Notices of Intent to Make a 3 Motion. 4 Quorum - for the NFPA Technical Meeting, a 5 Quorum is to be established prior to conducting 6 business in consideration of Certified Amending 7 Motions. Should the quorum be lost during 8 proceedings, the session will terminate without 9 further action by the Membership. Any Certified 10 Amending Motions not acted upon prior to the loss of 11 quorum shall be forwarded directly to the Standards 12 Council without recommendation of this meeting, for 13 action related to issuance, in accordance with Section 14 4.7 of the regulations.