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&. Working Together to Promote Firefighter Safety & Wellness. Ken Willette Manager Public Fire Protection Division. What Do You Think NFPA Is?. Where did NFPA come from?. Founded in Boston Ma. Original membership Original mission. Where is NFPA today?. Quincy Ma. 300 employees - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Working Together to Promote
Firefighter Safety &
Wellness
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Ken Willette
Manager
Public Fire Protection Division
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What Do You Think NFPA Is?
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Where did NFPA come from?
Founded in Boston Ma.Original membership
Original mission
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Where is NFPA today?
Quincy Ma. 300 employees 75,000 plus members, 12,000 plus fire service 16 sections including
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When I Say, Do You Know the Standard?
Fire Apparatus
–1901 PPE
–1971 Professional Qualifications
–1001 Deployment and staffing
–1710
• Fire Investigation Haz Mat EMS Safety/Wellness
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•Fire Investigation921
•Haz Mat472
•EMS450
•Safety/Wellness1500/1582/1583
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How Did NFPA Do This?
Standards Developing Organization
ANSI Accredited Consensus process Open process Committees develop Standards Balanced membership
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How Do We Work Together?
Join a Technical Committee
Submit Comments
Attend Conferences
Use Standards in Safety Committee Work
Partner with Dept. Administration
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