Evidence-based recommendations for structural firefighting now available in NFPA 1700

摘要

In 2014, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) received a new standards project request from a retired Kansas City, Missouri fire chief asking for the development of a guide that filled the gap between the fire-science community and the fire service. The request, which was eventually endorsed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), National Institute for Safety and Health (NIOSH), UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute, the International Society of Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) and others, sought to ensure that the methods utilized by the fire service for fire control were based on science and not solely on past fire-service traditions or practices. A new 27-member Technical Committee on Fundamentals of Fire Control Within a Structure Utilizing Fire Dynamics was established with representatives from the fire service and insurance industry, as well as subject-matter textbook publishers, special experts and stakeholders actively engaged in fire-dynamics research. Committee members hail from the United States, Canada, Germany and Belgium.