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CONFERENCE & EXPO 

June 10-13, 2013 • Chicago, IL 

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as of April 26, 2013 

All education sessions will be held at the McCormick Place 

Convention Center, except as noted. 

Sunday, June 9, 2013 

CLC 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hyatt McCormick Place CC22abc 

Committee Leadership Conference 

Track: Codes & Standards 

Maureen Brodoff, Amy Cronin and Michael Wixted, NFPA • 

James Pauley, Schneider Electric 

To create effective codes and standards that protect lives, NFPA relies 

on the democratic procedures of its codes and standards development 

process. The Committee Leadership Conference (CLC) will show NFPA 

technical committee officers and members how to carry out their duties 

and responsibilities. This session will be based on the new regulations, 

Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards. Please 

note that a more in-depth advanced review of the new process and 

associated software will be done at the Standards Forum on Tuesday 

June 11, 2013 at 1:30 pm. The CLC is open to anyone who wishes to 

attend. Advance registration is required. Please contact Codes 

and Standards Administration at 617-984-7248 or by email at 

stds_admin@nfpa.org. 

Pre/Post-Conference Seminars: June 8–10, 14 

Expo: June 10–12 

Education Sessions: June 10–12 

Association Technical Meeting: June 12–13 

Featured Presentation: page 10 

Sessions by Track: page 30 

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This schedule is subject to change. Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded 

for all sessions except those marked with an asterisk (*). See page 9 for details. 

Monday, June 10, 2013 

M01 7:30 – 11:00 AM Hyatt McCormick Place CC24abc 

CFPS Exam* 

Pre-exam activities begin at 7:30 am. The CFPS ® Exam begins promptly 

at 8:00 am. Pre-registration is required. Your application form must be 

processed and approved by Friday, May 10. Go to nfpa.org/cfps and 

select “how to become certified” for the CFPS examination requirements 

and the application form. 

M02 8:00 – 9:00 AM N426a 

Performance Requirements for Emergency 

Responder Interoperable Electronic Equipment 

Tracks: Research • Fire & Emergency Services 

Casey Grant, Fire Protection Research Foundation 

The fire service and other emergency first responders are currently 

benefiting from enhanced-existing and newly-developed electronic 

technologies for use with personal protective equipment (PPE) ensembles. 

Protective ensembles used by emergency first responders include or will 

soon include electronics such as communications, GPS and tracking, 

environmental sensing, physiological sensing, and other components 

now becoming practical solutions at emergency events. However, overall 

integration and coordination of these electronic-based technologies 

on a broad scale is lacking, and a standardized electronics integration 

platform/framework is needed. Integration of these components with 

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the emergency responder ensemble is required for managing weight, 

space, heat, and power requirements, as well as to create the least 

interference and burden to the equipment user. To address this situation, 

a Fire Protection Research Foundation study has developed performance 

requirements for the compatibility and interoperability of electronic 

equipment used by fire service and other emergency first responders. 

Sponsors: Fire Service SEction, Fire Protection Research 

Foundation 

M03 8:00 – 9:00 AM S505ab 

NFPA 99 2012 Risk Categories — What They 

Are and Examples of Their Use 

Tracks: Building & Life Safety • Codes & Standards 

Michael Crowley, Rolf Jensen & Associates 

The 2012 edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, introduced 

the concept of risk categories to the code. This session will review the 

categories, discuss their use, and demonstrate methods of evaluating the 

risk category. 

Sponsor: Health Care Section 

M04 8:00 – 9:00 AM N426c 

Emergency Power Standards for Health Care 

Under the 2012 Codes 

Tracks: Electrical • Codes & Standards 

David Stymiest, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. 

Given by the NFPA 110/111 Chairman, this session discusses changes 

to NFPA 110, Standard for Emergency and Standby Power Systems, and 

NFPA 111, Standard on Stored Electrical Energy Emergency and Standby 

Power Systems, that can affect both future accreditation activities and 

emergency power reliability. Major differences between the pre-2000 

editions currently referenced and the 2010 editions referenced by both 

NFPA 101 ® -2012 and NFPA 99-2012 will be highlighted. Clarifications 

and new information in the 2013 editions are also covered to assist 

health care facilities in complying with the 2012 Life Safety Code ® as 

well as newer building codes. 

Sponsors: Electrical Section, Health Care Section 

M05 8:00 – 9:00 AM S504abc 

Fire Detection Performance and Requirements 

in High Airflow Environments (Data Centers & 

Telecommunications) 

Tracks: Detection & Notification 

David Quirk, Verizon Wireless 

Current NFPA requirements for fire detection in high airflow environments 

do not properly address current available detection technology, the 

introduction of aisle containment systems, or the increasing air velocities 

and air change rates (current standards limited to 60 ACH) in electronic 

technology spaces such as data centers and telecommunication 

facilities. This session will cover current considerations, current NFPA 

requirements, industry research status, and status of work by a joint 

NFPA 75/NFPA 76 task group for detection in high airflow environments. 

M06 8:00 – 9:00 AM S403ab 

Large-Loss Fires and Their Connection with 

Fire Sprinkler Performance 

Tracks: Research • Fire Suppression 

Andrew Blum and Richard Long, Exponent 

Large-loss fires (losses greater than 10 million dollars) comprise only a 

small fraction of the number of fires that occur each year (on the order 

of 0.001%). However, in the last two decades, this small fraction of 

fires has resulted in a disproportionate amount of reported fire damage 

(5–20%), even with the presence of an automatic fire sprinkler system. 

This session examines large-loss fires in the United States and explores 

the connection between large-loss fires and unsatisfactory fire sprinkler 

performance. By better understanding how and why large-loss fires 

occur, the fire protection community can be better prepared to minimize 

future large-loss fires. 

M07 8:00 – 9:00 AM S401d 

HazCom 2012 Changes — What and When 

Tracks: Codes & Standards 

Maureen Ruskin, U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA 

The OSHA Hazard Communication regulation (sometimes known 

as the “worker right-to-know” law) provides workers with essential 

information on the physical, chemical, and health hazards associated 

with materials in their workplace. The information is presented through 

labeling, training, and the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS). Changes 

to this important regulation incorporate a globally accepted system for 

classifying hazardous chemicals and documenting those classifications 

through a system of labeling and reporting using an updated safety 

data sheet (SDS). This session reviews the changes and describes 

initiatives developed and implemented by OSHA to assist employers and 

employees with the transition to this new global system. 

Sponsor: Industrial Fire Protection Section 

M08 8:00 – 9:00 AM N427a 

Investigation of Electrical Receptacle Fires 

Tracks: Research 

Dan Gottuk, Hughes Associates, Inc. 

Although significant casualties and damage are attributed to electrical 

fires, there is still much uncertainty in clearly identifying forensic 

indicators of electrical components post-fire to be able to justify whether 

the component damage was a result of the fire (i.e., a fire victim) or 

whether it signifies a cause. An experimental study was conducted 

to assess the fire cause, damage, and forensic signatures of a wide 

range of electrical receptacles that both initiated electrical overheating 

fire events and were the victim of a fire exposure. The work provides a 

technical basis for assessing realistic electrical fire scenarios, improving 

fire scene interpretation, and evaluating the utility of forensic analysis 

techniques. The differences between arcing and melting in receptacle 

components and wiring are addressed. 

Sponsor: Fire Science and Technology Educators Section




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M09 8:00 – 9:00 AM S504d 

Designing Fire and Life Safety Education 

Programs on a Dime 

Tracks: Public Education 

Maria Bostian, Kannapolis Fire Department • Marsha Giesler, 

Downers Grove Fire Department • Dena Schumacher, Champaign Fire 

Department 

In an ever-changing environment, what does it take to keep fire and life 

safety education (F&LSE) moving forward Today’s fire and life safety 

education leaders operate in an ever-changing environment and are 

experiencing devastating staffing, training, and purchasing cutbacks. The 

challenges, however, add fuel to energized F&LSE leaders who choose to 

stand and offer messages proven to save lives. Is it really about money 

Is it truly about partnering What works This session will highlight 55 

years of experience to include down-to-earth ideas and lessons to keep 

programs fresh. Topics include partnerships, program evaluation, joining 

forces with operations personnel, and keeping creative juices flowing. 

Resources will be provided to participants, and ideas can be adapted to 

any size department and budget. 

Sponsors: Education Section, Fire Service SEction, 

International Fire Marshals Association 

M10 8:00 – 9:00 AM S401abc 

SR 99 Tunnel Fire and Life Safety Systems 

Overview 

Tracks: Fire Protection Engineering 

Patty Fordyce, HNTB Corporation 

The SR 99 (Alaskan Way) Tunnel is currently under construction. This 

design-build project is located in Seattle, Washington, and consists of a 

single bore tunnel that is 9,200 feet long. The roadways are stacked with 

an egress corridor and utility spaces to one side and a smoke extraction 

duct on the other side. Fire and life safety systems are critical to the safe 

passage of the driving public through the tunnel. These systems include 

tunnel ventilation, emergency communications, emergency egress, fire 

suppression, traffic control, power, and lighting. This session will discuss 

the various systems, criteria that were considered, problems that were 

identified, and how the problems were resolved. 

Sponsor: Society of Fire Protection Engineers 

M11 8:00 – 9:00 AM N427bc 

Smoke Alarm Response and Tenability in 

Residential Structures 

Tracks: Detection & Notification • Research 

Thomas Fabian, UL LLC 

The session will discuss smoke alarm response to ventilation-limited 

flashover fires, smoldering and flaming fires originating from upholstered 

furniture and bedding, and kitchen cooking fires in a traditional, singlestory 

ranch house and a contemporary, two-story, open floor plan house. 

Commercially available UL 217 compliant smoke alarms (conventional 

ionization and photoelectric, ionization-photoelectric, ionization-carbon 

monoxide, photoelectric-carbon monoxide, and advanced algorithm 

ionization) were spaced throughout houses following NFPA 72 ® , National 

Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, guidelines. Smoke obscuration, gas 

concentrations, and temperatures along the path of occupant egress 

were characterized to assess occupant tenability. Required Safe Egress 

Times (RSETs) for occupants located in and remote from the room of fire 

origin were compared to Available Safe Egress Times (ASETs) calculated 

for the various alarm activation times in the different fire scenarios. 

Sponsors: International Fire Marshals Association 

M12 8:00 – 9:00 AM S404d 

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion — 

An Overview 

Track: Fire Suppression 

Tim O’Leary and Matthew Francis, Huguenot Laboratories 

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC) has been a recognized 

problem for decades. This session will provide an overview of the 

subject. The potential sources of MIC will be identified, and the reasons 

why it seems to be an escalating problem in the fire protection industry 

today will be discussed. A sample water test report analysis will provide 

an understanding of how mineral content is used to evaluate system 

corrosion processes. The effects of MIC, both financial and its impact 

on suppression systems’ performance, will be explored. Samples of 

both pipe and water will be circulated to bring home the seriousness of 

the problem. Photographs of external conditions will be used to show 

how they can reveal internal problems prompting further investigation. 

Methods of mitigating and controlling MIC will also be explored. 


M13 8:00 – 9:00 AM S405b 

Selection and Development of a Greenfield 

Manufacturing Site 


Henry Budesky and Joan Paquet, Ford Motor Company 

There are many factors to be considered in the selection of a large 

manufacturing site. Some of these factors include community 

infrastructure and natural hazards such as earthquake, flood, and wind 

storm. Once the site is selected, agreement must be reached on code 

compliance with local officials. Once construction starts, the health 

and safety of the construction team is an important factor in assuring a 

successful project. 

Sponsors: Industrial Fire Protection Section 

M14 8:00 – 9:00 AM S503ab 

Case Study: One Approach to Combustible 

Dust Explosion Protection Using ATEX and 

NFPA 

Tracks: Loss Control/Prevention • Codes & Standards 

Johannes Lottermann, REMBE Inc. 

A case study will be presented that illustrates the proper approach to 

combustible dust explosion protection of an enclosure/process in a 

manufacturing facility. Much of the venting and isolation equipment used 

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for comdust protection in the U.S. is ATEX approved. Yet, NFPA standards 

are used to determine what equipment is required. This session will 

highlight one approach to protection and will discuss both ATEX and 

NFPA standards. The similarities and differences as well as the value of 

ATEX approval will be explained. The session will also explain the need 

for following NFPA standards. At the end of this session, attendees will 

have a much better understanding of the value of ATEX approval and the 

necessity of following the NFPA standards. 

M15 8:00 – 9:00 AM N426b 

Wildfire in the Built Environment: A Case 

Study of the Waldo Canyon Wildfire in 

Colorado Springs 

Track: Fire & Emergency Services 

Brett Lacey and Christina Randall, Colorado Spring Fire Department 

This session focuses on lessons learned from the Waldo Canyon fire and 

its impact on the Colorado Springs community. The session looks not 

only at wildfire conditions but the building features and social aspects 

that contributed to losses and success stories. 

M16 8:00 – 9:00 AM S405a 

Firefighting Tactics for Combustible Metal 

Roof Decks 


Peter McBride, Ottawa Fire Services • Cameron McCartney, National 

Research Council Canada 

Commercial roofs with combustible components, such as foam 

insulation, can lead to complex fires that are challenging to control while 

keeping firefighters safe. Various tactics have been developed for fighting 

fires in combustible metal roof decks (CMRDs), including trenching, deck 

washing, and thermal decoupling. This session presents the results of 

full-scale experiments where these tactics were applied to three types of 

CMRDs during controlled fires. Temperature measurements throughout 

the roofs and visual observations were used to determine the relative 

benefits and challenges of each tactic, including deployment speed, 

required crew size, and effectiveness in preventing fire and smoke 

spread through roofs. 

Sponsors: Research Section 

M17 8:00 – 9:00 AM S402ab 

Protection for Storage Occupancies 101 


Russell Leavitt, Telgian Corporation 

The protection of storage occupancies is one of the most challenging fire 

sprinkler design scenarios to understand and master. Using the 2013 

edition of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, 

this session focuses on the three principles for determining the proper 

design criteria for protecting storage occupancies: What is stored How 

is it stored How high is it stored Attendees will come away knowing 

how to use NFPA 13 with storage occupancies. 

M18 8:00 – 9:00 AM S404abc 

The Benefits of Your Community Adopting the 

Most Current NEC 


Alan Manche, Schneider Electric • Jeffrey Sargent, NFPA 

Safety codes and standards are vital to the safety of our communities. 

They are critical in driving the country’s infrastructure, safety, new 

construction, and even modifications to current infrastructure where 

modernization is taking place. The demands for these codes to address 

alternative fuels, more efficient construction techniques, “smart” 

infrastructure, enhancements in safety technology, and operational 

efficiency across the infrastructure, including homes, commercial 

buildings, and industrial operations, continues to be apparent across 

numerous codes and standards. The formation of the Coalition for 

Current Safety Codes sets the stage for communicating, educating, and 

advocating the importance for communities to adopt and enforce the 

most current safety codes and standards. This session will focus on the 

adoption of the National Electrical Code ® , but the discussion is germane 

to the adoption other many other codes and standards. 

M20 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426a 

Fire and Smoke Barrier Continuity and 

Firestopping 


William Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc. • William McHugh, Firestop 

Contractors International Association 

Firestopping of penetrations and joints has been in codes for over 

30 years. To build quality of installations, the Firestop Contractors 

International Association has developed a “DIIM” Strategy for installed 

firestop systems. Learn what standards are used for qualifying installing 

contractor and inspection agency firms, individuals, plus standards used 

for inspection. Learn what the code says about the building owner and 

manager’s maintenance responsibilities. 

M21 9:30 – 10:30 AM S503ab 

Effect of High Discharge Pressure on 

Sprinkler Performance 

Tracks: Research • Fire Protection Engineering 

Weston Baker and Bennie Vincent, FM Global 

This session will review a study that investigated the fire suppression 

performance of quick-response, large K-factor sprinklers for very highchallenge 

fires. Of specific interest is the performance of these sprinklers 

at system discharge pressures of 100 psig to 150 psig (6.9 bar to 10 bar). 


M22 9:30 – 10:30 AM S401d 

NFPA 1033: Practical Application and Updates 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Codes & Standards 

George Wendt, Travelers Insurance Company 

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as well as provide information as to how the document can be used as a 

means to improve the quality of a fire investigator’s work. 

Sponsor: Fire Science and Technology Educators Section 

M23 9:30 – 10:30 AM S401abc 

Health Care Hot Topics and AHJ 

Interpretations 


David Hood, Russell Phillips & Associates, LLC • James Merrill, CMS • 

George Mills, The Joint Commission 

This session will review current hot topics of concern to the health care 

industry. Key authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) will discuss code 

interpretations, commonly cited code deficiencies, and plans for future 

code adoptions. There will also be a question and answer session where 

AHJs can share their insight and viewpoints. 


M24 9:30 – 10:30 AM S404d 

Preventing the Unthinkable: Prevention 

and Public Education for the Special Needs 

Population 

Track: Public Education 

Thomas Dickey, Battlefield Fire Protection District 

The rise of special needs populations has brought a new challenge to 

the fire service public educator. Most organizations operate on limited 

budgets and staffing and with little knowledge of specific requirements. 

This session will address the various assistance devices that can be used 

to help disabled and special needs populations in an emergency. Various 

sources of funding and ways to acquire assistance for individuals with 

special needs will also be discussed. Finally, the session will address 

ways to deliver fire and life safety education to special needs populations 

in a manner that will be understood. 

M25 9:30 – 10:30 AM S405a 

Bridging the Gap between Fire Suppression 

and Prevention 


Tim Annis, Davis Fire Department 

This session discusses a variety of topics regarding the good, the bad, 

and the ugly of the relations between suppression, prevention, code 

compliance, and fireground operations. The session will attempt to bridge 

the gap, bringing together the fire department divisions in a cohesive, 

cooperative, and efficient model to further our mission in the fire service, 

to preserve life, property, and the environment. You will hear perspectives 

on how code directly relates to fireground operations and how a 

commitment to fire prevention and a good understanding of operations 

is essential for all stakeholders. We will explore the concepts of firehouse 

culture and motivational factors as they relate to fire prevention. We 

will also discuss some of the realities and design options to overcome 

roadblocks in bringing together all facets of the fire service to effectively 

specify minimum life safety code requirements. 

Sponsor: International Fire Marshals Association 

M26 9:30 – 10:30 AM S504d 

TVO Kids Push the Button Campaign 

Tracks: Public Education • Fire & Emergency Services 

Samantha Hoffmann, Barrie Fire & Emergency Service • Marney 

Malabar, TVO Kids 

Increasingly, it is evident that the fire service, schools, families, and 

communities should work closely with each other to meet their mutual 

goals. This session will show participants about a successful partnership 

between TVO Kids (a public broadcasting company) and the fire service 

in the province of Ontario. This session will review the partnership, the 

media coverage, training videos, and social media strategy used to 

educate and keep the children in the province of Ontario safe from fire. 

M27 9:30 – 10:30 AM S404abc 

Applying NFPA 25: Design Evaluation vs. ITM 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Codes & Standards 

Matt Klaus, NFPA 

One of the most misunderstood issues in applying NFPA 25, Standard 

for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire 

Protection Systems, is understanding what a design evaluation is versus 

what an ITM task is. It is important for all players in the ITM process to 

understand where the line between NFPA 25 and NFPA 13, Standard 

for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, is drawn. This session will 

walk through the requirements and provide examples of both design 

evaluation issues and ITM issues found in the field. 

Sponsor: Building Fire Safety Systems Section 

M28 9:30 – 10:30 AM S402ab 

Interfacing Elevator Controls with Fire Alarm 

and Sprinkler Systems 


Sagiv Weiss-Ishai, San Francisco Fire Department 

New elevator technologies are rapidly developing and changing. 

Elevators, especially in high-rise buildings, can be an extremely useful 

tool for firefighters to fight fires and rescue occupants. Among the new 

elevator types are the fire service, occupant egress, machine roomless, 

and destination dispatch elevators. Building and fire codes such 

as IBC/IFC and NFPA standards are constantly evolving to keep up with 

the elevator technology changes and to address the firefighters’ use of 

elevators during emergencies. The intent of this session is to address 

specific IBC, NFPA 13, NFPA 72 ® , and ASME A17.1 code requirements 

related to fire emergency operation in different types of elevators. 


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M29 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426b 

Parameters for Indirect Viewing of Visual 

Signals Used in Emergency Notification 

Tracks: Research • Detection & Notification 

John Bullough, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

Recent research performed for the Fire Protection Research Foundation 

at the Lighting Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

suggested that effective intensity, the current metric used to characterize 

the photometric performance of visual signals, may not be predictive 

of visual detection of signal lights when these are viewed indirectly or 

in the far-peripheral field of view. Based on previous studies by others, 

RPI suggested that a flashing light should increase the illuminance on 

the opposite wall by at least 7% in order for this increase to be detected 

reliably. This estimate has not been validated. In the recent Foundation 

study, RPI also conjectured that colored light (e.g., red) might be used 

for indirect visual signaling and that an even smaller increase in vertical 

illuminance from colored light might be sufficient to be detected reliably. 

Accordingly, the Foundation and RPI LRC are undertaking a project with 

the primary goal of identifying whether the 7% increase in light level can 

be reliably detected by observers with normal vision. A secondary goal is 

to explore the impacts of colored light. 

Sponsors: Building Fire Safety Systems Section, 

Fire Protection Research Foundation 

M30 9:30 – 10:30 AM S403ab 

Assessment of Total Evacuation Systems for 

Tall Buildings 

Tracks: Research • Building & Life Safety 

Enrico Ronchi, Lund University 

Building evacuation strategies are a critical element in high-rise 

building fire safety. Research to date has focused on elevators and exit 

stairs; however there is a need to apply this research to relocation and 

evacuation systems which may include combinations of these two exit 

strategies as well as new egress components such as sky bridges for 

tall buildings. The Fire Protection Research Foundation has undertaken 

a project with Lund University to study possible improvements to life 

safety of tall buildings through an investigation of occupant relocation 

and evacuation strategies involving the use of exit stairs, elevators, sky 

bridges, and combinations thereof. 

Sponsors: Fire Protection Research Foundation, 

Fire Science and Technology Educators Section 

M31 9:30 – 10:30 AM S505ab 

Performance of Smoke Detectors and 

Sprinklers in Commercial Occupancies 


Jim Milke, University of Maryland 

This session will explore the relative role of smoke detectors and 

sprinklers in commercial, industrial, and educational occupancies. The 

session will review results from published research reports to identify 

statistical information that provides insight on the cause of single and 

multiple deaths from fire for commercial and industrial properties. 

In addition, the research involved a collaboration with the Center for 

Campus Fire Safety (CCFS) to analyze data collected in their Campus 

Fire Data Reporting System (CFDRS), including fire incidents in on- and 

off-campus housing. The analysis will provide detailed insights into the 

causes for the fatal and non-fatal casualties. 


Fire Science and Technology Educators Section, 

Society of Fire Protection Engineers 

M32 9:30 – 10:30 AM S405b 

Management of Time-Sensitive Reactive and 

Unstable Chemicals 

Track: Loss Control/Prevention 

Andrew Minister, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratories 

Time-sensitive reactive and unstable chemicals have the special ability 

to become significantly more hazardous just from storage — safety 

data sheets do not tell the full story of the hazardous aspects. Based on 

the requirements in Chapter 9 of NFPA 45, Standard on Fire Protection 

for Laboratories Using Chemicals, this session will show participants 

how to recognize and manage the risks for four groups of reactive or 

unstable chemicals that can become hazardous during storage. This 

session will help participants understand the significance of the materials 

by showing lessons learned from chemical events that have occurred 

due to improper storage and management. Learn how these chemicals 

change over time and how to store and manage them safely to prevent 

an emergency situation. 


M33 9:30 – 10:30 AM N427a 

Bushfire and Community Safety in Australia 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Research 

Rob Llewellyn, International Fire Protection Pty Ltd 

The Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) position on bushfires 

and community safety was revised in 2010 following the disastrous 

2009 bushfires. The position is again being revised to be published 

in November 2012. The AFAC position promotes the safety of people 

and their property when threatened by bushfire. The position is based 

on extensive experience and substantial research, particularly the 

reactions of human beings when they are preparing for or threatened 

by fire, leading to many insights into what people will do in response to 

perceived risk and how they respond when threatened by bushfire. This 

session will review the research carried out since the 2009 bushfires and 

present the 2012 AFAC position. 

Sponsor: Fire Science and Technology Educators Section








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M34 9:30 – 10:30 AM N427bc 

Changes to NFPA 70E–2015, Standard for 

Electrical Safety in the Workplace 


David Dini, UL • Paul Dobrowsky, Innovative Tech Services 

The session includes first revisions acted on by the technical committee. 

The information will be applicable to everyone having a basic 

understanding of electrical safety and NFPA 70E ® , Standard for Electrical 

Safety in the Workplace ® . 

Sponsor: Electrical Section 

M38 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S503ab 

Evaluation of Water Additives for Fire Control 

and Vapor Mitigation 

Track: Research 

Joe Scheffey, Hughes Associates, Inc. 

Various water additives are available in today’s marketplace that claim 

to provide advantageous performance characteristics for fire control 

and vapor mitigation. Of particular interest are additives that report to 

provide superior fire suppression capabilities through emulsification 

or encapsulation. However, a scientific assessment of these various 

additives is lacking, and the fire protection community would benefit from 

an evaluation of the various available water additives for fire control and 

vapor mitigation. To address this situation, a Fire Protection Research 

Foundation study was established to provide a comprehensive evaluation 

of water additives used for fire control and vapor mitigation, with the 

intent to clarify the fire protection benefit of using water with additives for 

fire suppression versus water without additives. 

Sponsors: Industrial Fire Protection Section, Fire 

Protection Research Foundation 

M39 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S404abc 

Flammability Characterization of Lithium Ion 

Batteries for Storage Protection 


Kathleen Almand, Fire Protection Research Foundation • Benjamin 

Ditch, FM Global • Richard Long, Exponent Inc. 

This session reviews a research and testing program designed to 

characterize the hazard of small format lithium ion batteries in storage to 

develop sprinkler protection criteria. 

Sponsor: Fire Protection Research Foundation 

M40 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S504abc 

Investigating Fires and Explosions: How 

Courts Are Utilizing NFPA 921 to Judge the 

Conduct of Investigators, Engineers, and 

Insurance Companies 


Glennon Fogarty, Husch Blackwell LLP 

This session will present a roadmap to courts’ use of NFPA 921, Guide for 

Fire and Explosion Investigations. The methods utilized by investigators, 

insurance companies, engineers, and other professionals to identify, 

collect, preserve, and test artifacts are routinely at issue. Over 50 court 

decisions since January 2010 have cited NFPA 921. The implications 

of failing to properly preserve evidence are significant, as such conduct 

may result in the exclusion of crucial evidence, an “adverse inference” 

ruling against the party engaging in spoliation, or even subject a party to 

tort liability. This PowerPoint presentation and lecture will discuss real-life 

applications of NFPA 921, including key court rulings regarding allegations 

that investigators, insurance companies, attorneys, or others have failed to 

properly preserve evidence or otherwise comply with NFPA 921. 

Sponsors: Fire Science and Technology Educators Section 

M41 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N426a 

Process Safety and OSHA, Seven Keys to 

Surviving a Chem NEP Audit 


John Newqusit, OSHA 

This session will discuss what a company will need to know to prepare 

for an OSHA Chem NEP audit and inspection. Best practices from the 

speaker’s 30 years of OSHA experience will help any company address 

common deficiencies and implement best practices. 

M42 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S405b 

Community Risk Reduction — A Positive 

Experience in the U.S. 


Frank Blackley, Wilmington North Carolina Fire Department • Jim 

Crawford, Vision 20/20 • Derrick Sawyer, Philadelphia Fire Dept. 

Community Risk Reduction (CRR) principles are being used in numerous 

U.S. fire departments with results showing that a highly successful 

concept for reducing fire losses in other countries is also working here. 

CRR is about identifying community risks by station response area, and 

creating both emergency response and prevention strategies designed to 

mitigate those risks. A number of these programs have been supported by 

the Institution of Fire Engineers (U.S. Branch), a Vision 20/20 project with 

Assistance to Firefighter Grant funding. Panelists in this session will show 

experiences using the CRR approach from their fire departments and offer 

recommendations for making it work in yours, along with a focus on the 

available CRR tools on the Vision 20/20 website, www.strategicfire.org. 

Sponsors: Education Section, Fire Science and 

Technology Educators Section, Fire Service SEction, 


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M43 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S401abc 

The Ripple Effects of the Adoption of the 2012 

Life Safety Code on the Health Care Industry 


Tom Gardner, The Protection Engineering Group 

The health care industry is preparing for the eventual adoption of the 

2012 Life Safety Code ® by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 

Services, The Joint Commission, and others. This process includes 

the inherent adoption of numerous other codes and standards that 

are referenced by the Life Safety Code. This session will highlight the 

changes in referenced codes and standards that will directly affect health 

care facilities. There will be specific focus on NFPA 13, Standard for the 

Installation of Sprinkler Systems; NFPA 25, Standard for the Inspection, 

Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems; and 

NFPA 72 ® , National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. 


M44 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S401d 

Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Electrical Products 

Tracks: Electrical • Public Education 

Brett Brenner, Electrical Safety Foundation International 

Electrical product counterfeiting is a serious and growing problem. 

Consumer electronics/electrical devices were the top counterfeit 

commodity seized in the U.S. in 2011, surpassing even footwear. Unlike 

illegitimate sneakers, counterfeit electrical products put the safety 

of our families and communities at risk. These inferior products can 

unknowingly be used in manufacturing, military, critical infrastructure, 

and consumer product applications. Yet, less than one-third of Americans 

even realize that electrical products, like extension cords and holiday 

lights, are counterfeited. The Electrical Safety Foundation International 

(ESFI), the premier nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to 

electrical safety, leads the electrical industry’s effort to raise awareness 

of the dangers posed by counterfeit electrical products. ESFI also 

provides free tools to help community safety organizations in their 

electrical safety awareness efforts. 

Sponsors: Electrical Section, Education Section 

M45 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N426c 

High-Rise Evacuation for People with 

Special Needs 


Quentin Maver, Charlotte Fire Department • Mike Tobin, Charlotte- 

Mecklenburg Emergency Management Office 

This session will feature lessons learned from a full-scale evacuation of a 

12-story high-rise for persons with special needs. 

Sponsor: Architects, Engineers, & Building Officials 

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M46 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S403ab 

NFPA 13 Sprinkler Omission Rules Explained 


Matt Klaus, NFPA 

One of the foundations of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of 

Sprinkler Systems, is that all spaces must be sprinklered unless a 

specific allowance for an omission of sprinklers is made. The rules for 

omitting sprinklers are often misapplied, leading to insufficient sprinkler 

coverage in buildings. This session walks through the sprinkler omission 

requirements in Chapter 8 of NFPA 13 and looks at each of these 

requirements individually. 

Sponsors: Architects, Engineers, & Building Officials 

Section, Industrial Fire Protection Section 

M47 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N427bc 

Fundamentals of PPE Design and Use for 

Arc Flash and Flash Fire Hazards per 

NFPA 70E and NFPA 2112 


Jeff Martin, National Safety Apparel, Inc. 

As U.S. natural gas and oil production increase with the use of hydraulic 

fracturing and other recent technologies, flash fire hazards are 

becoming more of a concern for American workers. In order to protect 

against these hazards, flash fire protective apparel must be worn. 

NFPA 2112, Standard on Flame-Resistant Garments for Protection of 

Industrial Personnel Against Flash Fire, and NFPA 2113, Standard on 

Selection, Care, Use, and Maintenance of Flame-Resistant Garments 

for Protection of Industrial Personnel Against Flash Fire, help guide 

both the manufacturers and end users on the design and use of flash 

fire PPE. Since 1979, NFPA 70E ® , Standard for Electrical Safety in the 

Workplace ® , has been utilized to help protect workers from exposure to 

arc flash hazards. Many of the fabrics designed for arc flash protective 

apparel also have flash fire protective properties. As a result, dual-hazard 

protective garments are becoming increasingly popular on the market. 

As these dual-hazard protective garments become more recognized and 

used across industries, it is important for the garment manufacturer and 

end user to be aware of the fundamentals of NFPA 70E, NFPA 2112, 

and NFPA 2113. This session will cover the fundamentals of the design 

and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) for the use in both arc 

flash and flash fire hazard situations and address some of the common 

misconceptions. 

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M48 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S405a 

Overview and Update on NFPA 1730 — Fire 

Prevention Organization and Deployment 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Public Education 

James Dawson, Chesterfield Fire and EMS • Ronald Farr, UL 

This session will provide an update on NFPA 1730, Standard on 

Organization and Deployment of Code Enforcement, Plan Review, Fire 

Investigation, and Public Education Operations to the Public. 

M49 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S404d 

Overview of Fire Protection and Life Safety 

Construction Quality Control 

Tracks: Fire Protection Engineering • Building & Life Safety 

M. Steven Welsh, Koffel Associates, Inc. 

This session will provide an overview of fire protection and life safety 

construction quality control (QC), which involves the active on-site 

monitoring of construction activities. QC is intended to provoke a desired 

result through the execution of the contract documents, by specifically 

monitoring, and documenting the contractor’s performance from before 

the start of their work through completion. The main objective of this 

presentation is to discuss methodology for completing QC. Full QC 

is not often performed by fire protection engineers, but is becoming 

more common, especially on government jobs. This session will provide 

practical discussion with pictures and real life examples. 


M50 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S505ab 

Mass Notification System Maintenance — 

A College Perspective 

Tracks: Detection & Notification • Emergency 

Preparedness/Business Continuity 

Angelo Miranda and David Sylvester, Seneca College of Applied Arts 

and Technology 

Mass notification systems (MNS) have the capability to provide real-time 

information and instructions to people during emergency situations 

for the protection of life. In order for MNS to operate as intended, it is 

critical that a proper maintenance program be implemented to ensure 

the performance of the system during an emergency incident. Right at 

the beginning of the project, Seneca College’s facilities management 

team provided direction regarding the maintainability and serviceability 

requirements for their MNS solution. This presentation addresses the 

ongoing maintenance challenges and lessons learned at Seneca College 

in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Seneca College implemented their mass 

notification system in 2010 at four campuses located across the greater 

Toronto area. These campus locations serve a student population of 

approximately 100,000 students. 



M51 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N427a 

Industrial Firefighting Training — 

An Australian Perspective 


Andrew Tegart, Deanmac Emergency Services/ERGT Australia 

Today’s industrial fire teams protect all types of major hazard facilities, 

remote resources projects, and critical infrastructure. This session 

will compare the suitability of NFPA 1081, Standard for Industrial Fire 

Brigade Member Professional Qualifications; NFPA 600, Standard on 

Industrial Fire Brigades; and NFPA 1403, Standard on Live Fire Training 

Evolutions to the Australian experience and training competencies. 

Sponsors: Fire Science and Technology Educators 

Section, Industrial Fire Protection Section 

M52 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N426b 

Moving Beyond RACE: The Next Step in Health 

Care Fire Safety 

Tracks: Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity 

Susan McLaughlin and Steve Spaanbroek, MSL Healthcare Consulting 

For many years, hospitals have been teaching RACE (Rescue, Alarm, 

Contain, and Extinguish/Evacuate) for staff fire response. But that may 

not be enough to mount an effective fire response. This session will 

discuss staff understanding of what their actions need to be as they 

move through the RACE acronym. The session will also explore the 

appropriate fire response in a mixed occupancy building. 


General Session 1:00 – 3:00 PM Arie Crown Theatre 

Keynote Address 

Team of Rivals: The 

Leadership Lessons from 

Abraham Lincoln 

Doris Kearns Goodwin 

Doris Kearns Goodwin, world-renowned 

historian and author of the best-selling 

book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, 

will share lessons in leadership, building and maintaining 

teams in the midst of trying circumstances, and overcoming 

obstacles on the path toward your goal. She will also share 

her experience with the feature film Lincoln which opened 

to rave reviews and received 7 Golden Globe and 12 Oscar 

nominations. Please join us for inspiration and historical 

insights that transcend time! 

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FP 8:00 – 9:00 AM S100 Ballroom 

Featured Presentation 

The Pentagon, Fire and Life 

Safety — Ten Years Later 

Tracks: Building & Life Safety • 

Emergency Preparedness/Business 

Continuity 

William J. Fries III, Fire Marshal and 

Supervising Fire Protection Engineer, 

U.S. Department of Defense 

and Ariam C. Kloehn, Deputy Fire Marshal and Fire Protection 

Engineer, U.S. Department of Defense 

Fire protection and life safety features have significantly changed 

at the Pentagon during the ten plus years since the 9/11 terrorist 

attack on the building and its occupants. This session will discuss 

the changes made to enhance passive and active protection and life 

safety systems for the world’s largest office building. A project of this 

magnitude has many partners, unique problems, and “politics”. Case 

study examples of such will be shared, as well as the application and 

use of international building codes, NFPA standards, DoD Uniform 

Facilities Criteria, and code “plus” additions to reach solutions. 

T02 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426c 

Emergency Responder Research to Practice 


Mustafa Abbasi, University of Texas–Austin; Jeff Burgess, University 

of Arizona–Tucson; Casey Grant, Fire Protection Research Foundation; 

Joseph Scheffey, Hughes Associates Inc.; Kenneth Willette, NFPA 

In the last decade there has been a multitude of research projects 

addressing important issues relating to emergency responders. This 

session will provide an overview of selected pertinent projects to enable 

an interactive discussion with participants to clarify future research needs. 

The focus will be on research work that is being administered through 

the Fire Protection Research Foundation, NFPA’s research affiliate. A brief 

overview will be provided of the most applicable emergency responder 

related research, and three case study projects will be reviewed in further 

details to exemplify the work being done. The three case study projects 

are: (1) International Comparison of SOPs/SOGs; (2) Fire Hose Friction 

Loss Coefficients; and (3) Next Generation of PASS.  

Sponsors: Fire service section, fire Protection Research 

Foundation 

T03 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426a 

Cracking the Code: Code Basics for Non-Code 

People 

Tracks: Codes & Standards • Public Education 

Scott Adams, Park City Fire District • A. Lynn Schofield, Provo Fire & 

Rescue 





Greek, gibberish, Klingon — it’s all code to me. This session will explore 

the code and how it applies to everyday people. The session, designed 

for public educators, firefighters, and other interested people, will explore 

how codes are developed and how they impact our everyday lives. The 

session will demonstrate how participants can use the code to improve 

their fire and life safety programs. 


Section, Education Section, Fire service section, 


T04 9:30 – 10:30 AM S504abc 

Identifying Hidden Hazards That Can Lead to 

Pressure Explosions 


Jeffrey Foisel and James Haiser, Dow Corning 

Unexpected and/or unaccounted-for pressure sources can lead 

to serious overpressure events (explosions) in both laboratory and 

manufacturing environments. This session will cover the basic physics 

and chemistries associated with pressure generation, and the types of 

hazards created when excessive pressure builds in various containers 

and systems. The session will review common sources of pressure and 

provide a set of simple examples to demonstrate how pressure can 

be estimated and calculated, in addition to typical impact of excessive 

pressure on various systems, highlighted with a case study. The technical 

content presented will remain basic but will demonstrate how chemical 

reactions and temperature can change the pressure of a system, often in 

unexpected ways. 

T06 9:30 – 10:30 AM S504d 

Residential Cooking Safety Report and 

Recommendations 


Howard Hopper, UL 

This session summarizes the work done by an IAFC Fire and Life Safety 

Section task force to evaluate hazards associated with residential 

cooking safety. 

Sponsors: Education Section, International Fire 

Marshals Association 

T07 9:30 – 10:30 AM S503ab 

International Approaches to Performance- 

Based Design of the SFPE Case Study 


Lennon Peake, Koffel Associates, Inc. 

This session will involve detailing the performance-based option 

contained in Chapter 5 of NFPA 101 ® , Life Safety Code ® , and will 

summarize design approaches taken by each country that participated 

in the fire protection and life safety design case study for the 9th SFPE 

International Conference on Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety 

Design Methods. The case study was prepared by Koffel Associates 

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codes and standards. Additional case studies using the same schematic 

design were presented by teams from other countries during the 

conference. The session will inform attendees of the potential benefits 

that performance-based design options potentially provide, both in cost 

savings and additional safety to building occupants, and also common 

design approaches from around the world. 

T08 9:30 – 10:30 AM N427a 

Accessibility and ADA: 2010 ADA Standards 

for Accessible Design 


Peter Berg and Jessica Madrigal, Great Lakes ADA Center 

The U.S. Department of Justice requires all newly constructed and 

altered buildings to comply with the new 2010 Americans with 

Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design. Intended for 

design and construction professionals, code officials, and facility 

managers, this session is a step-by-step tutorial on what’s been added, 

removed, revised, and reorganized in the new 2010 ADA Standards. 

Topics covered will include important provisions such as “safe harbor” 

allowances; new information about conventions and tolerances; 

application and scoping provisions, including new general exceptions; 

and the new format of the standards. Participants will learn about new 

or revised requirements related to general site and building elements, 

accessible routes, plumbing elements, and communication features such 

as emergency alarm systems and signage. 

T09 9:30 – 10:30 AM S401d 

The Risk of Methicillin-Resistant 

Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Exposure, 

Colonization and Infection in EMS Personnel 

and the Patients they Treat 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Research 

Thomas Walsh, Weill Medical College of Cornell University 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a 

significant problem in health care and community settings. Infection 

with this “superbug” results in significant morbidity and mortality rates 

and is recognized as a major public health threat. This session presents 

the risks of exposure, colonization, and infection to EMS personnel and 

strategies for reducing those risks. 

T10 9:30 – 10:30 AM S405a 

Testing and Reclassification of Aerosol 

Cooking Oil Sprays 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Loss Control/Prevention 

Matthew Daelhousen, Yogish Gopala, John LeBlanc, and Jeffrey 

Newman, FM Global 

This session will cover the results of a study to assess the hazard level 

of aerosol cooking oil sprays and determine adequate protection for 

them. Prior to 2012, cooking oil cans were classified as Level 1 aerosols 

based on the chemical heat of combustion of ingredients. With a flash 

point of about 500°F, cooking oil was not included in the calculations 

for the chemical heat of combustion. However, it was observed that 

this commodity was more hazardous than Level 1 aerosols and was 

reclassified as a Level 3 aerosol in 2012. Consequently, it now needs 

segregation from other items in warehouse occupancies in addition to 

automatic sprinklers. This session explores the possibilities of avoiding 

segregation and protecting this commodity with ceiling-only sprinklers. 

T11 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426b 

A Risk-Based Decision Support Tool to 

Assist Fire Departments in Managing 

Unwanted Alarms 


Marty Ahrens and John Hall, Jr., NFPA 

From 1980 to 2009, the number of fire department emergency 

responses more than doubled, from 10.8 million to 26.5 million. This 

was primarily driven by the more than tripling of medical aid calls, from 

5.0 million in 1980 to 17.1 million in 2009. Fire department budgets 

have not kept pace with this rising volume of workload, and particularly 

in recent years, there has been increased concern about the cost of 

unnecessary responses. From 1980 to 2009, the number of emergency 

responses to fires fell by more than half, from 3.0 million to 1.3 million, 

and the number of emergency responses for fires or mutual aid fell by 

about one-fifth, from 3.3 million to 2.6 million. However, emergency 

responses to false alarms during this same time period more than 

doubled, from 0.9 million to 2.2 million. The false alarm problem has 

changed over the past third of a century from a problem of malicious 

false alarms to a problem of non-fire activations of automatic detection 

and alarm systems. To try to address this issue, the Fire Protection 

Research Foundation and NFPA have undertaken a research project 

focusing on developing a risk management tool for local fire departments 

to aid development of informed strategies to address the unwanted 

alarm issue in commercial buildings. 

Sponsors: Building Fire Safety Systems Section, Fire 

Protection Research Foundation 

T12 9:30 – 10:30 AM S505ab 

Combustible Metal Fire and Explosion Case 

Studies 

Tracks: Research • Loss Control/Prevention 

Elizabeth Buc, Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC 

This session will describe a recent Fire Protection Research Foundation 

project related to combustible metal fires and explosions. This study 

involved researching fires and explosions involving combustible metals 

and categorizing them to provide information to the Combustible Metals 

and Metal Dusts Technical Committee on the hazards associated with 

these fires, which can be used to support combustibility hazards and 

evaluations. 


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T13 9:30 – 10:30 AM S403ab 

Sprinkler Technology Storage 

Tracks: Fire Protection Engineering • Codes & Standards 

James Golinveaux, Tyco Fire Protection Products 

This session will discuss the challenges and solutions to various unique 

storage scenarios, as well as the codes and standards which dictate 

protection schemes. This session will also focus on recent updates to 

current codes and how these changes will affect your business, and 

specifically, on comparing the process of storage design between the 

2010 edition of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler 

Systems, and the 2011 edition of FM 8-9. 


T14 9:30 – 10:30 AM S402ab 

Hospital High-Rise Fire and Incident 

Management Scenario 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Building & Life Safety 

Kevin McGovern, St. Vincent Hospital 

High-rise firefighting is one of the most complex areas challenging the 

fire service to date. In a hospital setting with nonambulatory patients 

and family members wanting to stay with and help their loved ones, this 

situation becomes more complex and demanding on hospital staff and 

responding fire companies. Joint training scenarios with first-responding 

staff and responding fire companies provides many opportunities. Some 

of those opportunities include reinforcing known policies and procedures, 

discovering unknown deficiencies, providing an opportunity to test the 

entire system together, and developing better working relationships. 


T15 9:30 – 10:30 AM S404abc 

Using Live Side-by-Side Burns to Enhance 

Controlled Training Fires to Educate and 

Advocate for Greater Safety 

Tracks: Public Education • Fire Suppression 

Tom Lia, Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board 

Controlled burns offer valuable firefighter training and public awareness. 

They effectively teach the public home fire dangers and the need for 

smoke alarms, escape planning and fire sprinkler systems. A proven 

alternative to costly structure burns and fire sprinkler trailers are sideby-side 

flashover/sprinkler units, equipped with identical furniture and 

smoke alarms. One has a residential fire sprinkler. These dramatic 

displays cost about $900 to build and can be rehabbed and re-used. 

This presentation shares tips for building/presenting side-by-side demos 

that improve local public awareness and education, support firefighter 

training, and increase local home fire sprinkler advocacy/code adoption. 

Real-life examples will maximize educational value, local participation 

and overall success. Presenter has personally assisted more than 300 

such demonstrations. 





T16 9:30 – 10:30 AM S405b 

Electrical Transformer Fire Detection and 

Suppression 

Tracks: Detection & Notification • Fire Suppression 

Kevin Mowle, Bruce Power 

At most power utilities, the frequency of transformer fires is increasing 

due to age and fatigue. This session will give an example of a recently 

upgraded installation utilizing linear heat detection, deluge fire 

suppression, and a water curtain fire barrier. 

T17 9:30 – 10:30 AM S404d 

Responders/Workers at Risk During Disaster 

Recovery and Cleanup 

Tracks: Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity • 

Loss Control/Prevention 

SeaRay Beltran, County of Maui 

Assuring the safety and health of workers in the aftermath of any 

disaster requires planning and consideration of several issues. These 

operations can be very hazardous to workers. Depending on the type 

of disaster, these salvage cleanup and recovery operations can involve 

many exposures to workers, including hazardous chemicals, fuel and oil 

spill hazards, heat stress, electrical hazards, and structural safety just 

to name a few. A major recovery operation will require more than the 

capabilities of internal staff. It will likely require working with contractors 

and salvage specialists. 


T18 9:30 – 10:30 AM S401abc 

2013 National Fire Alarm and Signaling 

Code — Changes 

Tracks: Detection & Notification • Codes & Standards 

Warren Olsen, FSCI 

This session presents some of the significant changes made to the 

National Fire Alarm Code to produce the 2013 edition. The presentation 

explains the changes and the reasons they were made. In addition, 

examples show the impact of the code changes. Some of the changes 

include the following: new Chapter 7, Documentation; personnel 

qualifications; reorganization of inspection, testing, and maintenance 

requirements; emergency control function interfaces; limitations on the 

number of addressable devices on signaling line circuits; opt-in alarm 

verification for signals sent to a supervising station; and allowable 

transmission methods. 


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T22 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM N427a 

The Basics Every First Responder Needs to 

Know About the Disability Community 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Emergency 


Allan Fraser, NFPA • Stacy Everson, SEEDS Educational Services, Inc. 

• Jack Hudgens, Freidman Place • Chris Littlewood, St. Petersburg 

College • Kate McCarthy-Barnett, FEMA • Kathryn Turner, MediPal Inc. 

This interactive session will feature five experienced panelists who will 

discuss the primary needs of people with disabilities in each of the five 

main categories of disabilities which include mobility, vision, hearing, 

speech and cognitive disabilities. Their perspective will be geared towards 

an audience of fire service, first responders and emergency managers 

about what people with disabilities may need from them in the event of an 

emergency and how first responders can include the disability community 

in their planning and training. Questions will be encouraged. 

Sponsor: Architects, Engineers, & Building Officials Section 

T23 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM N426a 

Understanding the U.S. Firefighter Fatality 

Problem in 2012 

Track: Research • Fire & Emergency Services 

Thomas Hales, NIOSH, CDC • Rita Fahy and Kenneth Willette, NFPA 

The results of NFPA’s 2012 firefighter fatality study will be presented, 

along with two or three multi-year analyses of specific aspects of the 

firefighter fatality problem, including a look at NIOSH’s investigation 

of deaths related to medical issues. NFPA standards that address 

issues raised in the fatality study and NIOSH investigations will also be 

discussed, particularly as related to strategies for local departments to 

use to minimize chances of such events occurring. 

Sponsors: Fire Service Section, Research Section 

T24 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S405b 

Industrial/Ammonia Refrigeration — 

Inspection and Emergency Response 

Considerations 

Tracks: Loss Control/Prevention • Fire & Emergency Services 

Jeffrey Shapiro, International Code Consultants 

Occupancies with cold storage and refrigerated food processing can 

be found in most jurisdictions, and they are essential to the delivery of 

perishable food products. This program provides a basis for effective 

pre-planning, inspection, and emergency response for these facilities, 

including instruction on how refrigeration systems work and on chemical 

refrigerants that these systems use, typically ammonia. Armed with 

knowledge of how industrial refrigeration systems operate, facility 

operators, inspectors, and emergency responders will be better prepared 

to prevent and manage incidents to ensure public and emergency 

responder safety. 

Sponsors: Industrial Fire Protection Section, 


T25 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S401abc 

2014 NEC Changes 


Michael Johnston, National Electrical Contractors Association • 

Keith Lofland, IAEI 

This extensive and popular session analyzes the major changes to the 

National Electrical Code ® (NEC ® ). IAEI members of the nineteen NEC 

code-making panels contributed to the development of the authoritative 

text, which covers more than 325 of the most significant changes 

and includes interpretations by the group that enforces the NEC. The 

PowerPoint presentation is loaded with illustrations, photos, and text that 

clearly identify and explain the changes and their impact to the electrical 

industry. 

T26 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S402ab 

NFPA 101 for Health Care — 2000 to 2012 

Update and Review 


James Lathrop, Koffel Associates, Inc. 

This session will provide an overall review of NFPA 101 ® , Life Safety 

Code ® , as it applies to health care occupancies. It will provide an 

overview of the changes most relevant to health care occupancies 

that have occurred between the 2000 and 2012 editions of the code. 

Upcoming potential significant changes for 2015 will also be highlighted. 


T27 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S505ab 

Code Application for Downtown Revitalization 

Projects 

Tracks: Codes & Standards • Building & Life Safety 

Joseph Versteeg, Versteeg Associates 

In the quest to return to the heritage of our downtowns, where vibrant 

retail, commercial, dining, and living spaces once existed, our urban 

buildings are the focus of significant revitalization efforts. Through the 

use of a systematic approach, compliance with the requirements of the 

Life Safety Code ® and applicable building codes governing rehabilitation 

work and occupancy changes can be achieved in a sympathetic and 

reasonable manner. This session provides an overview of the requirements 

and specific case studies, which will benefit designers, code officials, 

contractors, and developers who need to understand code requirements 

associated with existing occupancies, renovations or alterations to those 

existing occupancies, as well as conversions to new occupancies. 


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T28 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S403ab 

NFPA 25, 2014 Edition: What Is New and 

Different 


William Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc. 

The 2014 edition of NFPA 25, Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and 

Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, will be considered 

during the association’s Technical Committee Report Session. This 

session will identify the major changes and arguments both pro and con 

for controversial issues that will be discussed. 


T29 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S405a 

Smoke Alarm Codes, Standards, and Listings: 

An Update from UL 

Track: Public Education • Research 

Ronald Farr, UL 

As part of Underwriters Laboratories’ ongoing work under the U.S. 

Department of Homeland Security Assistance to Firefighter Grant 

Program, UL conducted a series of full-scale residential fire and smoke 

experiments at UL’s fire research and test center in Northbrook, Illinois, 

during the first part of 2012. A part of these tests focused on smoke 

alarm responses in flaming and smoldering fire situations. Issues 

addressed were smoke alarm placement, responsiveness based on 

the type of alarm and where they were located within the home, as 

well as audibility of the alarms throughout the homes. This program 

will provide an overview of ionization and photoelectric smoke alarms, 

how smoke alarms obtain a listing based on UL 217 criteria, basic code 

requirements, correct placement, and how to prevent unwanted/nuisance 

alarms. 


Education Section, Fire service section 

T30 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S504d 

Models in Fire Prevention: Effective 

Community Risk Reduction 


Michael McLeieer, Merrimac Fire Department 

Using the successes of the Merrimac (Massachusetts) Fire Department, 

this session will focus on model evaluation measures and model fire 

prevention/public education programs for Community Risk Reduction. 

Participants will understand how Merrimac Fire was able to identify 

fire and life safety risks, prioritize them, focus energy on mitigation and 

prevention, including the importance of balancing emergency responses 

with proactive focused prevention efforts, and how the department 

became more of a community player to reach everyone throughout 

its primary response area. An emphasis was placed on marketing 

strategies, building rapport, and leveraging community resources, 

including alternative funding sources to execute the Community Risk 

Reduction plan, leading to a safer community. 

T31 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM N426c 

Disaster Sheltering for General Population 

and First Responders 


Fire & Emergency Services 

Eric Jones, Brandon Murray and Jim Reidy, San Antonio Fire Department 

This session, which focuses on disaster-related sheltering for evacuees 

and responders, will be presented by San Antonio Fire Department 

personnel who have operated all aspects of evacuee and responder 

shelters, starting with Hurricane Katrina and involving Rita, Dean, 

Dolly, Edouard, Gustav, Ike, and Alex. The session will look at facilities, 

resources, personnel, and operations from pre-incident planning to 

demobilization. Topics to be discussed will include shelter manager, 

shelter assistant manager, shelter worker, FNSS, and pet shelters 

along with relationships and interaction with involved agencies and 

organizations. Based on actual hands-on experience, best practices, 

and lessons learned from events involving multiple operations running 

simultaneously with populations from 200 to 8,000 at one mega shelter, 

this session will increase the capability for cities and communities to be 

self-sufficient in the area of disaster sheltering. 

Sponsor: Fire service section 

T32 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S404d 

Diamonds Are Forever! Using NFPA 704 in a 

Globally Harmonized World 

Tracks: Codes & Standards • Fire & Emergency Services 

Ronald Keefer, Menlo Park Fire Protection District • David Phelan, 

Bergenfield Fire Department • Guy Colonna and Nancy Pearce, NFPA 

• Maureen Ruskin, OSHA • James Vigerust, Shaw Group 

NFPA 704, Standard System for the Identification of the Hazards of 

Materials for Emergency Response, has been providing emergency 

responders with a simple, readily recognizable system of marking 

chemicals since it was officially adopted in 1961. The NFPA 704 system 

is used both nationally and internationally. The implementation of the 

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals 

(GHS) worldwide and the more recent adoption of GHS by OSHA have 

caused concern among emergency responders about the future of NFPA 

704. This session is a panel discussion designed to present an overview 

of changes to OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), 

to point out the differences between the GHS and NFPA 704 labeling 

systems, and to discuss the potential impact on emergency responders. 


T33 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM N426b 

The Myths and Mysteries of NFPA 921 and 

NFPA 1033 


Patrick Kennedy, John A. Kennedy and Associates 

Though they are used extensively by the professional fire investigation 

community, misunderstandings about the nature and content of NFPA 

921, Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations, and its sister document








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NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator, 

abound in the fire investigation industry. These “myths and mysteries” 

tend to depreciate the value of the documents, especially among 

those who need their guidance the most. This is caused by failures to 

understand and appreciate the nature of the NFPA consensus code 

promulgation system, the history of the fire investigation profession, the 

nature and history of NFPA 921 and NFPA 1033 themselves, and even 

the semantics of the documents. This session is designed to expose 

and explain what many see as the “myths and mysteries” and perceived 

shortcomings of these seminal documents. 


T34 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S504abc 

What Fire Protection Engineers Should Know 

About Fire Fighting 

Tracks: Fire Protection Engineering • Fire Suppression 

Cindy Gier, CMG Fire Protection Engineering Inc. • Chuck Thacker, 

Grandview Fire Department 

The NFPA standards are very detailed regarding firefighting and fire 

protection requirements. Firefighters and fire protection engineers are 

on the same side. But do they really communicate The fire protection 

engineer provides tools for the firefighter to use. However, are they the 

right tools 


T35 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM S503ab 

The Intersection of Fire Safety and 

Sustainable Building Design 

Tracks: Green • Research 

Louis Gritzo, FM Global • Amanda Kimball, Fire Protection Research 

Foundation • Brian Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute • 

Daniel O’Connor, Aon Fire Protection Engineering • Tracy Vecchiarelli, 

NFPA 

This session will be a panel presentation and discussion on the 

challenges and opportunities for fire safety design in sustainable 

buildings. The outcomes of a research effort undertaken by the Fire 

Protection Research Foundation that involved the documentation of 

a set of green building design elements that increase safety hazards 

as well as best practices for hazard risk mitigation will be discussed. 

This session will explore how fire protection research and other critical 

thinking activities are contributing to sustainability goals. Research 

in the areas of fire detection, fire suppression, HVLS fan technology, 

building design and others will be presented, demonstrating that fire 

safety features and systems applications can be resolved to provide for 

more efficient, sustainable design. “Green” certifications have been a 

hot topic in the past few years. Building owners and designers looking to 

meet these “green” certifications have made changes to building design, 

technology, and materials. How do these changes relate to fire safety 

This discussion will provide an overview of green certifications and how 

they are being addressed by codes and standards. (1 GBCI CE hour) 


Section, Fire Science and Technology Educators Section, 


T36 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM N427bc 

Residential Sprinkler Update 

(NFPA 13/13R/13D) 


Bob Caputo, Fire & Life Safety America • Matt Klaus, NFPA 

This session will discuss the changes to the 2013 editions of NFPA 

13/13R/13D related to residential fire sprinkler systems design and 

installation requirements. 

T38 1:30 – 5:30 PM S401abc 

NFPA Standards Forum* 


Amy Cronin, Christian Dubay and Maureen Brodoff, NFPA • 

James Pauley, Schneider Electric 

NFPA has streamlined and simplified the codes and standards process. 

Similar to last year, at this session technical committee members and 

interested parties will be able to hear about the latest changes to the 

“Regulations Governing the Development of NFPA Standards” and the 

associated software under development. Attendees will have a chance to 

see the electronic submission system available on NFPA’s website. This 

system allows the public to electronically submit Public Input (formerly 

Proposals) and Public Comments (formerly Comments) directly to the 

document, and after the closing dates, virtually render a “publication 

ready” document. Technical Committee members will learn the ease the 

system’s functionality that will ultimately simplify committee meetings. 

T40 2:45 – 3:45 PM S503ab 

Best Practices for Emergency Response to 

Incidents involving Electric Vehicle Battery 

Hazards 


Richard Long, Exponent 

In 2009, NFPA began a partnership with emergency responders, 

government regulators, and the automotive industry to develop and 

implement a comprehensive training program for emergency response 

to electric vehicle (EV) incidents. Currently, this program provides safety 

training to emergency responders in order to prepare them for their role 

in safely handling incidents involving EVs. It has a lack of data to draw on 

to address the potential hazards associated with damaged EV batteries. 

In particular, there is very limited, publicly available, validated information 

regarding response to fires involving electric vehicles and the towing, 

dismantling, and disposal associated with damaged battery incidents. 

This research project provides the technical basis for training guidance 

for first responder emergency response procedures for EV battery 

incidents. 


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T41 2:45 – 3:45 PM S401d 

Evaluating Fire Protection for Automatic 

Storage and Retrieval Systems 


Benjamin Ditch and Weston Baker, FM Global 

Automatic storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) for mini-load storage 

are becoming an increasingly popular alternative to standard rack 

systems due to their efficiency and reduced personnel requirements. 

However, there is currently minimal understanding of their protection 

needs. A series of fire tests was conducted at the FM Global Research 

campus to investigate whether or not commodity stored in AS/RS racks 

can be adequately protected using the existing guidelines for standard 

rack structures. The test program included multiple storage media 

typical for AS/RS (e.g., plastic containers, plastic trays, corrugated board 

cartons) and the array was a double-row push back design with a height 

of 25 ft. 

T42 2:45 – 3:45 PM N427bc 

Flame Detection For Silane and Other 

Pyrophoric Non-Hydrocarbon Fires 


Jonathan Eisenberg and Ernesto Vega Janica, Rolf Jensen & 

Associates 

Our research is based on technical provisions of NFPA 318, Standard 

for the Protection of Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities, and ANSI/CGA 

standards as approved methods for the protection of semiconductor 

fabrication facilities for bulk silane storage and handling. In this session, 

a real case scenario is examined under Code regulations and possible 

detection system layouts are analyzed. Our lessons learned are also 

discussed. 


T43 2:45 – 3:45 PM N427a 

The Critical Role of Prevention in Reducing 

Youth Firesetting in a Community 


Dean Hunt, Layton City Fire Department • Angela Prawzick, Regina 

Fire & Protective Services • Paul Schwartzman, Fairport Counseling 

Services & Finger Lakes Regional Burn Association 

The role of prevention education in schools plays a critical role in 

reducing the incidents of youth-set fires in a community. Although early 

identification and early intervention are key in addressing the youth 

firesetting problem in any community, the role of effective fire safety 

education in schools has been noted to have a significant impact in 

mitigating this problem behavior. This session will focus on the ageappropriate 

messages and methods used to successfully achieve this 

goal, demonstrating the practical application and outcome in various 

communities in the U.S. and Canada. 

Sponsor: Education Section 





T44 2:45 – 3:45 PM S404d 

Road Tunnel Fire Safety — Compatibility of 

Fixed Suppression and Evacuation 


Peter Johnson, Arup 

Fixed fire suppression systems in road tunnels and even some rail 

tunnels are becoming more common. A key question being asked 

is whether to operate such systems automatically or manually, and 

particularly, whether that should occur in the evacuation period. This 

session will discuss the pros and cons of suppression operation during 

occupant egress and provide practical advice to tunnel designers and 

emergency services. 

T45 2:45 – 3:45 PM S404abc 

Antifreeze Solutions in Sprinkler Systems 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Research 

Steven Wolin, Code Consultants, Inc 

The Standards Council recently issued four new tentative interim 

amendments on the use of antifreeze solutions in sprinkler systems. This 

session will provide information on the new requirements for the use of 

antifreeze solutions. In addition, the results of Fire Protection Research 

Foundation projects on antifreeze solutions in sprinkler systems that 

supported the code change process will be summarized. 



T46 2:45 – 3:45 PM S403ab 

Case Study: Staying In Business — Holding 

Back a Flood for 111 Days 

Track: Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity 

Tom Lentz, Aon 

In 2011 the Missouri river flooded from Bismarck, North Dakota, to 

Jefferson, Missouri. Businesses along this path had to endure 111 days 

of flood potential with minimal assistance from stretched-out local and 

federal authorities. This session will provide a case study of what one 

business did to minimize exposure and reduce business impact. 


T47 2:45 – 3:45 PM S504abc 

NFPA 79 — Significant Changes for 2015 

Track: Electrical 

Mark Hilbert, MRH Electrical Inspections & Training 

NFPA 79, Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery, provides prescriptive 

requirements for electrical equipment installed as part of an industrial 

machine. This session will cover the proposed changes as seen in the first 

draft of the 2015 edition and the comments submitted for the final draft. 


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T48 2:45 – 3:45 PM S405b 

Photovoltaic Panel All Hazard Assessment 

Track: Green 

Frederick Mowrer, California Polytechnic State University 

Photovoltaic panels (PV) are proliferating across the country as an 

alternative energy source. The installation of these panels on a roof may 

create a number of new fire and structural hazards. There have been a 

number of recent studies evaluating these hazards and recommending 

mitigating installation strategies. Accordingly, the Fire Protection 

Research Foundation carried out a project that involved the review of 

best practices for installation and an all-hazard assessment of PV panels 

installed on roofs. 


Cancelled 

T49 2:45 – 3:45 PM S402ab 

Risk Identification and Mitigation in EMS 

Systems 


Kendall Holland, NFPA 

While there are many NFPA fire service standards that require 

recognition, development, and use of a risk management plan, one has 

to be able to apply those to EMS systems that might not provide any fire 

suppression activities. This session will provide the attendees and end 

users of these standards with a fundamental understanding of how to 

apply these fire service standards to EMS systems using many of the 

existing standards. This session will also point out the many different 

EMS standards that NFPA has developed and how to use them in 

identifying and mitigating risk in their communities. 

T50 2:45 – 3:45 PM N426a 

Firefighter Health Hazards in the New Fire 

Environment 


C. Stuart Baxter, University of Cincinnati Medical Center 

The use of synthetic residential building materials makes today’s 

fires more dangerous than ever. This suggests the high importance 

of monitoring exposure to the chemicals that have been identified as 

specific combustion products of these materials, and understanding the 

different kinds of toxicity, both short and long term, linked to exposure 

to them at the modern fire site. Cancer, heart disease, and reproductive 

outcomes have been proposed as potential results of exposure to these 

agents, and the role of them in firefighter disease profiles reported will 

be assessed. Procedures for protecting firefighters from them will also be 

discussed. 


T51 2:45 – 3:45 PM S505ab 

Design Flexibility in Managing Dust Explosion 

Hazards 


John Cholin, J.M. Cholin Consultants, Inc. • Bill Stevenson, 

CV Technology Inc. 

While the NFPA dust standards are good at prescribing an approach 

to managing dust explosion hazards there are many times when the 

realities on the ground, at the site, make it very difficult if not impossible 

to use a simple, straight-forward prescriptive approach. The presenters 

use actual case studies to show how one can make use of practical 

options and performance-equivalent alternative designs to achieve the 

objectives of the standards where the prescriptive approach is not an 

option. 

T52 2:45 – 3:45 PM S504d 

Using Social Media to Expand Your Safety 

Message Outreach 


Lauren Backstrom and Michael Hazell, NFPA 

Each year, social media grows in popularity across the world. Knowing 

how to utilize social platforms to spread safety messages and educate 

the public will aid in the success of any campaign. Social interaction can 

be applied to any brand’s online presence to help generate a deeper 

connection with the customer. This session will highlight current trends 

in social media, tips and strategies for moving beyond a basic social 

presence, how to connect with your audience and what can be learned 

from the interactions, as well as several examples of successful social 

media campaigns or programs. 

T53 2:45 – 3:45 PM N426c 

From Collaboration to Completion: 

Building Information Modeling (BIM) for 

Fire Protection Engineers 

Track: Fire Protection Engineering 

Mark Fessenden, Tyco Fire Protection Products 

BIM technology is a dynamic and powerful tool for use in all phases of 

the facilities industry, and interest and acceptance of this technology is 

growing worldwide. Since the use of BIM is relatively new in the field 

of fire protection engineering, this session will discuss the challenge 

of implementation of BIM in the fire protection industry. In this session, 

representatives from various user groups will discuss how BIM is 

currently implemented in the fire protection community and how its 

use needs to evolve. The representatives will include a fire protection 

engineer, a fire protection contractor, a manufacturer, and an end user. 

The panel will highlight the benefits and difficulties of implementing BIM 

in current fire protection design. 

Sponsor: Industrial Fire Protection Section, Society of 


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T54 2:45 – 3:45 PM N426b 

Justification of a Natural Ventilation Smoke 

Control Design for a Complex Atrium 

Track: Building & Life Safety 

Stephen Hill and Steven Whitman, Rolf Jensen and Associates 

This session details the development of a performance-based natural 

ventilation smoke control strategy for the Conference Center at King 

Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Egress and fire 

modeling analyses were used to assist the design team in the validation 

of the smoke control system design, which employed natural ventilation 

and mechanically forced make-up air in lieu of mechanical exhaust. The 

design approach corresponds to that permitted by NFPA 92, Standard 

for Smoke Control Systems, for gravity smoke venting to slow the rate of 

smoke layer descent for a period that allows occupants to egress from 

the space. The session will focus on all steps of the performance-based 

process, from pre-design to submittal of the final recommendations. 

T55 2:45 – 3:45 PM S405a 

Residential Fire Dynamics 


Steve Kerber, UL LLC 

The residential fire environment has changed over the past 50 years. 

Components such as home size, floor plan, construction practices, 

contents, and construction materials have a systematic impact on fire 

dynamics. This session will explore these changes and provide full-scale 

experimental data from house fire experiments conducted at UL. The 

focus will be on how long occupants have to escape and why more than 

80% of fatal fires continue to occur in one- or two-family homes. 

Sponsor: Research Section, Society of Fire Protection 

Engineers 

T58 4:15 – 5:15 PM S505ab 

Risk Management in the Fire Service 


Orlando Hernandez, NFPA • Dean Larson, Larson Performance 

Consulting, LLC 

Implementing the recommended practices for risk management from 

NFPA 1250, Recommended Practice in Fire and Emergency Services 

Organization Risk Management, and ISO 31000 has produced lessons 

learned that suggest potential changes may be needed. 






T59 4:15 – 5:15 PM N426c 

Electrical Safety — A Shared Responsibility 


Michael Johnston, NECA 

This session provides a detailed look at the responsibilities of employers 

and employees when dealing with safety on construction sites and in 

workplaces in general. The session provides emphasis on recognizing 

and avoiding hazards and how to effectively implement safe work 

practices in the field. Use of appropriate personal protective equipment 

(PPE) will be covered. 


T60 4:15 – 5:15 PM S504d 

Get Out Safely Using NFPA’s Emergency 

Evacuation Planning Guide for People with 

Disabilities 


Allan Fraser, NFPA 

It doesn’t matter whether it’s a small fire in your apartment, a localized 

flood, a massive hurricane, or wildfire — all evacuations start the same 

way, beginning from where you are as an individual towards a safe 

place. People with disabilities may have more difficulty in navigating the 

built environment or accessing and processing necessary emergency 

information, making any and all evacuations more difficult. In March 

2007, NFPA published the first step-by-step guide for preparing a 

personal emergency evacuation plan from any building for people with 

disabilities. This session will look at developing personal evacuation plans 

using the guide and how to practice them. Using NFPA’s “Emergency 

Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities” is the first step in 

getting out safely. 


Section 

T61 4:15 – 5:15 PM S404abc 

Sprinkler Protection Criteria for Exposed 

Expanded Group A Plastics 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Loss Control/Prevention 

Kathleen Almand, Fire Protection Research Foundation • Kerry Bell, 

UL • Steven Wolin, Code Consultants, Inc. 

This session describes the results of a recent major fire test program 

to provide the technical basis for sprinkler protection criteria for this 

commodity in NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler 

Systems. 


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T62 4:15 – 5:15 PM N427bc 

Foam for Interior Attack: Myths and Reality 


Thomas Korman, California Polytechnic State University • 

Daniel Madrzykowski, NIST/BFRL 

Many fire departments throughout the U.S. have acquired and deployed 

Compressed Air Foam Systems (CAFS) for use in structural firefighting, 

but they have since decommissioned CAFS units due to safety concerns 

in recent years. This session summaries the results of a two-year 

study conducted by Fire Protection Engineering Program at Cal Poly in 

partnership with NIST and the Fire Protection Research Foundation to study 

the application, safety, and effectiveness of CAFS for structural firefighting. 

Sponsors: Fire service section, Fire Protection Research 

Foundation, Fire Science and Technology Educators 

Section 

T63 4:15 – 5:15 PM S405b 

Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes: 

Is There a Difference in the Smoldering 

Ignition Hazard 


Shivani Mehta, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 

Legislation has passed in all 50 states of the United States allowing only 

cigarettes with reduced ignition propensity (RIP), also known as “fire 

safe cigarettes,” to be sold to consumers. Currently, the U.S. Consumer 

Product Safety Commission (CPSC) addresses the cigarette ignition risk 

for mattresses and mattress pads and has proposed a standard for the 

flammability of upholstered furniture that also addresses cigarette ignition 

risk. CPSC staff is evaluating the change in cigarette ignition hazard that 

may result from the use of fire safe cigarettes. Testing was conducted 

to assess the difference in the smoldering hazard of conventional (non- 

RIP) and RIP cigarettes on mattresses and mattress pads. This session 

describes the methodology, results, and analysis of the CPSC staff’s work. 

T64 4:15 – 5:15 PM N426b 

Changes to the 2014 Edition of the Standard 

on Commercial Cooking (NFPA 96) 


R.T. Leicht, Delaware State Fire Marshal 

NFPA 96, Standard for Ventilation Control and Fire Protection of 

Commercial Cooking Operations, is constantly being revisited in order 

to stay current, especially with the development of new products, 

assemblies, and methods in order to maintain a document that 

adequately control the hazard resulting in reasonable means to manage 

cooking operations. This session will review the proposed changes to the 

current edition of the Standard. This session will be presented though 

PowerPoint and will use some real-life examples found in the industry to 

illustrate the concerns, especially those of the AHJ. Attendees will have 

the opportunity to ask questions regarding application of any of the parts 

of the standard, whether they are results of modified sections or not. 


T65 4:15 – 5:15 PM S503ab 

Let’s Make This Year the Year to Do 

Something About the Response to Unwanted 

Alarm System Initiated Incidents — 

Collaborate to Solve Some Issues 


Peter Bryan, Bryan and Associates Consulting 

For many fire service agencies, the demands for service are rapidly 

exceeding the available resources. Often, incident responses are initiated 

by fire alarm or fire sprinkler monitoring systems. Much of the time, those 

responses are not necessary based on the conditions found by responding 

personnel. A public–private partnership can provide for a means to 

support both the industry’s and fire department’s needs, and at the same 

time, it can reduce unwanted responses. Learn how one California agency 

was successful in reducing unwanted responses by 13% in one year. 

T66 4:15 – 5:15 PM S404d 

The State of the Science in Fireground Rehab 


David Hostler, University of Pittsburgh 

Exertional heat stress is a common but often unrecognized hazard 

for firefighters and other public safety personnel. Resulting from a 

combination of workload, environment, and protective clothing, exertional 

heat stress often places firefighters in jeopardy. There are multiple 

techniques to mitigate the effects of heat stress to both increase firefighter 

safety and continue effective operations on the fireground. Reporting on 

our experience with the Fireground Rehab Evaluation (FIRE) Trial and the 

Enhanced Firefighter Rehab Trial (EFFoRT), this session will demonstrate 

multiple, low-cost ways to implement emergency incident rehab and how 

to scale the rehab response to match the intensity of the incident. 


Section, Research Section 

T67 4:15 – 5:15 PM S405a 

A Cooperative Approach to Reducing the 

Risks of Vacant Properties 

Tracks: Public Education • Building & Life Safety 

Laura Volkert, Town of Windsor 

This session will help attendees identify the risks inherent to the presence 

of vacant properties in their community and identify stakeholders within 

the community that can assist in reducing these risks. We will also 

discuss how to develop strategic partnerships with these stakeholders, 

such as building officials, the police department, the health department, 

the economic development office, and planning and zoning officials as 

well as property owners and managers. This session will equip attendees 

with some tools to track and reduce vacant building risks. These tools 

include utilizing basic Word and Excel tools to track building information. 

Attendees will be introduced to codes and standards that may be used to 

reduce these risks. This session will be primarily in lecture format utilizing 

PowerPoint and will include group discussion. 


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T68 4:15 – 5:15 PM N426a 

Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts, Where 

Are They Now 


Derek Duval, NFPA 

Since the establishment of the new technical committee, Fundamentals 

of Combustible Dusts (CMD-FUN), and a correlating committee (CMD- 

AAC) for the combustible dusts technical committees (CMD-AGR, CMD- 

CMM, CMD-HAP, and CMD-WOO), work has begun in the development of 

a new combustible dust standard focusing on the general requirements 

applicable to all types of combustible dusts. This session will provide an 

update of the committee activities, the state of the new standard and the 

affect on the other industries. 


T69 4:15 – 5:15 PM S403ab 

Fire Alarm System Documentation 

Requirements — Understanding the New 

Chapter 7 


Merton Bunker, U.S. Department of State 

Fire alarm system documentation is essential to the proper installation, 

inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems. A 

new Chapter 7 was added to NFPA 72 ® , National Fire Alarm and 

Signaling Code, in the 2013 edition. This session will cover the new 

requirements in detail. This session will also explain the different types 

of documentation required by the new code and use examples of actual 

documentation to reinforce learning objectives. 


T71 4:15 – 5:15 PM N427a 

Taking Your Social Media Presence to the 

Next Level 


Lauren Backstrom and Michael Hazell, NFPA 

So you have the basics down and your organization is active on all of the 

big social media platforms, but now what This session will go into detail 

on how to expand your social presence, increase engagement, manage 

your platforms and authors using social media policies, and measure the 

return on investment. Several successful case studies will be highlighted 

as well. 

T72 4:15 – 5:15 PM S504abc 

Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cells — Safety 

Considerations and Resources 

Tracks: Green • Codes & Standards 

Nick Barilo and Steven Weiner, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 

Hydrogen fuel cells are a key element of a broad portfolio for building a 

competitive, secure, and sustainable clean energy economy. This session 

will discuss the current status of hydrogen fuel cells and the applicable 

codes and standards that enable their deployment. The resources to 

be discussed play a key role in reaching, educating, and informing 

stakeholders, whose contributions will help enable a broad set of fuel cell 

applications. (1 GBCI CE hour) 

T74 4:15 – 5:15 PM S402ab 

Case Study: Abu Dhabi International Airport 

Midfield Terminal Building (MTB) — Fire 

Safety Strategy 


Bassem Khalil and Sami Al Naqbi, and Salem H. Salem, Abu Dhabi 

Ministry of Interior • Susan Lamont, ARUP • Samiha Al Nuaimi, 

Abu Dhabi Airports Company 

This session will present the fire safety strategy for the MTB. This 

iconic building comprises multiple connecting floors under a mega-roof 

structure of 50 meters in height. It has a total floor area of 700,000 

square meters over six levels. The MTB will host retail, restaurants, 

and airline facilities for a total capacity of 27 million passengers per 

year when opened and 40 million passengers per year at project 

completion. The presenters will describe the performance-based fire 

strategy, which addresses the connectivity between multiple floors, tall 

ceiling spaces, and extended travel distances. Evacuation plans and 

emergency response procedures will also be presented. Throughout the 

presentation, the importance of close collaboration among the designers, 

the fire engineer, the client, and the local authority in achieving a safe 

working building will be discussed. 

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W01 8:00 – 9:00 AM S403ab 

Retro-Commissioning and Retro-Integrated 

System Testing: Back to the Future 


Cecil Bilbo, Academy of Fire Sprinkler Technology • Matt Klaus, NFPA 

Commissioning and integrated system testing on new facilities are 

fairly well structured processes. But what happens when you walk into 

an existing building that has no system functionality benchmark This 

session will look at where to begin and how to go back in time to make 

sure that the building and its systems will function appropriately in the 

future. 


Section, Building Fire Safety Systems Section 

W02 8:00 – 9:00 AM N426c 

Evaluating Codes for Non-Fire and 

Non-Emergency Events 


Casey Grant, Fire Protection Research Foundation • 

Robert Solomon, NFPA 

Today’s occupancy-based model codes and standards (e.g., NFPA 

1, Fire Code; NFPA 101 ® , Life Safety Code ® ; NFPA 5000 ® , Building 

Construction and Safety Code ® ) contain information that is useful not 

only in fire-related emergencies but also in non-fire emergencies and 

even non-emergency situations. A recent literature review by the Fire 

Protection Research Foundation identified and summarized applicable 

events that are related to the requirements of several NFPA codes. In 

addition to emergency events traditionally addressed by the codes, 

there are non-fire emergencies and non-emergency situations that are 

applicable despite lack of clarity that these requirements are intended 

for this purpose. Examples of these are events resulting in injuries and 

fatalities due to non-fire-related factors such as crowd crush and crowd 

craze, or design issues such as the railing heights at sports stadia. This 

session uses a panel discussion to review the overarching philosophical 

scope issue of several NFPA documents to address non-fire emergencies 

and non-emergency situations. 


Section, Fire Protection Research Foundation 

W03 8:00 – 9:00 AM S405a 

Hazard Analysis — What Does It Mean for 

Combustible Dust Applications 


Guy Colonna, NFPA 

The U.S. CSB and OSHA investigations of combustible dust fire and 

explosion incidents completed during the past decade have shown that 

basic hazard awareness remains a common factor contributing to those 

incidents. For that reason, many of the NFPA combustible dust standards 

contain requirements for performing hazard analyses of processes where 



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combustible dusts might exist. In this session, the basic elements of 

a hazard analysis will be demonstrated and applied against a typical 

industrial process where combustible dusts could be formed. 


W04 8:00 – 9:00 AM S405b 

Impact of Home Fire Sprinklers on Fire Injury 

Tracks: Public Education • Fire Suppression 

Marty Ahrens, and John Hall, NFPA 

This session will review the results of a study conducted by NFPA’s Fire 

Analysis and Research Division to explore the impact — measured in 

terms of direct and indirect costs — of home fire sprinklers on reducing 

fire injuries. A comprehensive analysis of fire injury data from a number 

of sources was conducted to explore effects on burn rates and other 

injury rates. 


W05 8:00 – 9:00 AM S504d 

Bullets, Gun Powder, and Primers! Oh My! 

What Really Happens to Small Arms 

Ammunition in a Fire 

Tracks: Codes & Standards • Fire & Emergency Services 

Richard Bielen and Derek Duval, NFPA 

Sporting goods stores, big box stores, guns shops, hardware stores, 

Doomsday Preppers and their competition, and target shooters will 

display or store thousands of rounds of small arms ammunition. Should 

the fire department and public be concerned if there is a fire in the 

storage or display area This session will explore what really happens to 

small arms ammunition, smokeless powder, and primers when exposed 

to a fire. The requirements of NFPA 495, Explosive Materials Code, will 

be reviewed, as well as the results of fire tests and observations from 

structure fires. 

W06 8:00 – 9:00 AM S505ab 

Recent Developments in Clean Fire 

Suppression Agents 

Tracks: Fire Protection Engineering • Fire Suppression 

Mark Robin, DuPont Chemicals & Fluoroproducts 

To date, the development of drop-in replacements for the clean agents 

Halon 1301 and Halon 1211 has eluded the scientific community, 

despite over 30 years of intensive investigation by hundreds of 

researchers worldwide and the screening of thousands of candidate 

molecules. In this lecture we will describe in detail the development 

of the halon clean agents and their unique combination of physical, 

chemical, toxicological and fire suppression characteristics, and will also 

report the results of recent efforts at DuPont to identify the elusive “Son 

of Halon.” These efforts include the development of new laboratory scale 

Class A test methods, and the determination of the physical, chemical, 

toxicological, environmental and fire suppression characteristics of a new 

class of clean agents. 


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W07 8:00 – 9:00 AM S401d 

Fire Performance in Earthquake Damaged 

Buildings: Overview of Test Program and 

Preliminary Findings 


Jin-Kyung Kim and Brian Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

What happens if fire breaks out in a five-story building that has just gone 

through a 7.9 magnitude earthquake To find out, a unique collaboration 

between government, academia, and industry conducted a $5 million 

test program involving construction of a five-story building on the world’s 

largest outdoor shake table at UC San Diego, subjecting the building to 

a range of ground motions, and then conducting live fire tests in various 

areas of the building. This session will outline the range of building and 

fire protection systems that were studied, describe the fire test program 

that was designed and carried out by WPI researchers and their project 

partners, and present representative data and preliminary findings on fire 

performance of the building and fire protection systems. 


Section, Fire Protection Research Foundation, Research 

Section, Society of Fire Protection Engineers 

W08 8:00 – 9:00 AM N426b 

What 30 Years of Emergency Service Vehicle 

Driver Training Has Taught Us 


Steven Rabine, VFIS Education Training and Consulting 

For over 30 years VFIS has been the leader in training emergency 

service vehicle operators, developing and implementing state of the art 

classroom and highway safe driver training techniques. This session will 

discuss what we have learned in those 30 years to make driver training 

more effective in the future. 


W09 8:00 – 9:00 AM S504abc 

All Hazards Emergency Response Teams 

(ERT) — Public and Private Partnerships 


Matthew Brown and Richard Douglas, United States Steel 

This session, “All Hazards Emergency Response Teams (ERT) — Public 

and Private Partnerships,” is a reality-based example of a private-sector 

not-for-profit ERT program. The session will also discuss public and 

private partnerships — the good, the bad, and the unknown. 

W10 8:00 – 9:00 AM S401abc 

Health Care — Looking Into the Future of 

Regulations 


Chad Beebe, ASHE • James Peterkin, Heery Design 

Without a doubt, health care is one of the most regulated U.S. industries. 

NFPA alone publishes over 70 codes or standards that apply to health 

care facilities. Facility managers and those involved in health care 

physical plant operations are expected to have a working knowledge 

of not one but all of these standards. This session will differ from other 

document-specific sessions by focusing on key elements, interpretations, 

and trends relative to health care-related regulation in a single allinclusive 

educational session. The session will address over a dozen 

health care-related NFPA documents and the provisions of interest 

specific to health care facility leaders. 


Section, Health Care Section 

W11 8:00 – 9:00 AM S503ab 

The Basics of Electrical Hazardous Locations 


Mark Ode, UL 

The NEC ® , NFPA 497, and NFPA 499 address gases, vapors, and 

dust explosion hazards. This session will focus on explaining the basic 

requirements for determining a hazardous location. 


W12 8:00 – 9:00 AM N427a 

Hitting the Target 


Jason Thelwell, Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service 

The number of fires is determined by the type and environment in which 

people live, not necessarily the neighborhood. If services target their 

prevention techniques in a specific way, they can reduce the risk to 

residents. The campaign must be focused and use a variety of different 

techniques, which are applicable to types of families that may be 

involved in fire. This session examines how Buckinghamshire Fire and 

Rescue Service has modeled its prevention and response techniques to 

identify and target these risks in the community and reduce the number 

of fires and their effects. The presentation will talk about the different 

groups who are involved in fires, how they live and what influences them, 

and how to ensure that the correct prevention technique is applied. 


W13 8:00 – 9:00 AM N427bc 

Protecting Vegetable Oil in Consumer 

Packaging in 40-Foot-High Buildings 

Track: Fire Suppression • Fire Protection Engineering 

John LeBlanc and Seth Sienkiewicz, FM Global 

Existing test data provides protection options for cooking oils in consumer 

size packaging (48 oz.) stored both in palletized arrays and for rack 

storage arrangements within a building 30 feet in height. The protection 

options cover both ceiling-only designs with K14 quick-response 

sprinklers as well as designs utilizing in-rack sprinklers. A recent fullscale 

fire test program was conducted to expand available protection 

options to ceiling heights up to 40 feet, as well as investigate the use of 

K25 quick-response sprinklers for the hazard. This session presents the 

results of the testing program and proposed protection options. 

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W14 8:00 – 9:00 AM S404d 

How to Deal with Fire Escapes in the 

Twenty-First Century 


Carl Baldassarra, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. 

This session involves a review of the history and use of fire escapes. 

Although fire escapes are no longer recognized as an acceptable egress 

component in new construction, there are hundreds of existing buildings 

in the built environment that have them. This session reviews the history 

and evolution of the code provisions (both NFPA and legacy model 

building codes), why incorporating fire escapes in new construction is 

no longer recognized, how to maintain them, and what is necessary to 

remove them. Typical project-related issues involve the following: what 

needs to be done with fire escapes when a building undergoes major 

renovation; what must be done for proper maintenance; and what is 

needed to remove fire escapes from an existing building This is a 

subject which has not received significant attention in previous NFPA 

conferences. The session will speak to a number of actual case studies 

and the presentation will be highly illustrated. 


Section 

W15 8:00 – 9:00 AM N426a 

Hurricane Hardened Emergency Systems — 

What COPS Means to Your Facilities 


Michael Alford, Spencer Perry, and Paul Pouliot, CDM Smith 

In response to events in the recent past (e.g., terrorist attacks, power 

grid failure, natural disasters), the National Electrical Code ® (NEC ® ) was 

revised to incorporate Article 708, Critical Operation Power Systems. This 

applies to installation, operation, and maintenance of electrical systems 

in facilities where incapacitation would disrupt national security, the 

economy, public health/safety, etc. This session will provide an overview 

of Article 708, focusing on the design of emergency power systems 

for critical facilities in relation to hurricane hardening. The session will 

cover hardening considerations for all aspects of an emergency power 

system. The session will conclude with a case study of two emergency 

generator installations in Florida and how each facility performed during 

the summer of 2004 when this area of Florida was impacted by three 

major hurricanes. 

W16 8:00 – 9:00 AM S404abc 

Fire Performance Evaluation of K25 Standard- 

Response Upright Sprinkler for Protection of 

Rack Storage of Group A Plastic Commodity 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Fire Protection Engineering 

Hsiang-Cheng Kung and Sungchul Lee, Victaulic 

Pendent early suppression fast-response (ESFR) sprinklers are commonly 

used for protection of rack storage of Group A plastic commodity with 

a system water demand of 12 heads at a specified discharge pressure. 

The design of pendent ESFR sprinklers has been guided by ensuring 

the actual delivered density (ADD) of the sprinkler sprays to be greater 

than the required delivered density (RDD) of the fuel array. This session 

presents an upright K25 standard-response sprinkler as an alternative 

to the ESFR sprinklers. A series of large-scale rack-storage fire tests for 

evaluating the performance of the upright K25 sprinkler for protection of 

rack stored Group A commodity is presented. In the fire tests, although 

the ADD was not greater than the RDD, the fire was controlled and the 

total number of sprinkler operations was about the same as that of ESFR 

sprinklers. Therefore, the requirement for system water demand of the 

K25 upright sprinkler is about the same as an ESFR sprinkler system. 

Fire tests were also conducted to compare the performance of the K25 

upright sprinkler with the K11 upright sprinkler. At the same discharge 

rate, the K25 sprinkler performs better than or the same as the K11 

sprinkler, as a result of larger drops generated from the K25 sprinkler as 

compared to those from the K11 sprinkler. Sprinkler systems employing 

the upright K25 standard-response sprinkler can offer significant costsaving 

potential over K-16.8 and K-14 ESFR sprinklers, as well as the 

K11 sprinklers, because of its low end-head pressure requirements. 


W20 9:30 am – 10:30 AM N427a 

Assessing the List of Typical Oxidizers 


Elizabeth Buc, Fire & Materials Research Laboratory, LLC 

A new means to assess the hazard classification of oxidizers was 

recently added to the NFPA 400, Hazardous Materials Code. This session 

will describe the results of a project that assessed selected oxidizers in 

the typical oxidizer list in the code to determine if the current class listed 

in the table is in agreement with the bench-scale screening test criteria. 


W21 9:30 – 10:30 AM S405b 

Fire Sprinkler Initiatives: A Case Study of 

Creative Implementation 


Maria Figueroa, NFPA • Scott Somers, City of Mesa 

One of the goals of NFPA’s Fire Sprinkler Initiative is to provide the 

advocacy tools needed to get local governments to require home fire 

sprinklers. But opponents of sprinklers are convincing state lawmakers 

to introduce bills to prohibit local adoption. This session will discuss the 

current status of anti-sprinkler legislation. It further provides a case study 

of how one community is finding creative ways to fund fire sprinkler 

initiatives despite a state ban on local sprinkler ordinances. One program 

installs home fire sprinklers in low- to moderate-income housing. 

Another program is a city-run Sprinkler Cost Assistance Program grant 

to encourage revitalization of underutilized commercial space downtown. 

The discussion will include the challenges of federal grant obligations 

and program reporting. Estimates of economic and job impacts will be 

presented. 

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W22 9:30 – 10:30 AM S503ab 

Sprinkler Protection for Cloud Ceilings 


Jason Floyd, Hughes Associates, Inc. 

The results of a Fire Protection Research Foundation funded project 

on sprinkler protection for cloud ceilings will be presented. A primary 

goal of the project was to determine conditions where sprinklers on the 

structural ceiling are not needed/effective. A review will be made of prior 

research on sprinkler protection for cloud ceilings. An overview will be 

given of experiments and modeling performed for the project to examine 

the impact of cloud ceiling configuration on sprinkler performance. 

Recommendations for sprinkler installation on cloud ceilings will be 

provided. 


Section, Fire Protection Research Foundation 

W23 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426b 

Performance Based Design: Fire Alarm Visual 

Notification Appliances — Mathematical Guide 


Ernesto Vega Janica, Rolf Jensen & Associates 

As there is no process for certifying alternative methods, except in 

transportation facilities under DOT enforcement, a mathematical guide 

program has been developed by which engineers can demonstrate fire 

alarm visual notification coverage equivalent facilitation in the event of 

irregular (non square) rooms and other challenging projects not listed on 

the prescriptive tables from NFPA 72 ® , National Fire Alarm and Signaling 

Code. The technical provisions from UL Standard for Safety 1971, 

Signaling Devices for the Hearing Impaired, are used as an approved 

performance based criteria in lieu of the requirements found in chapter 

18 on notification appliances. 


Section 

W24 9:30 – 10:30 AM S504d 

How to Design and Deliver an Effective Fire 

Safety Presentation 


Jill Glanz, Prevention is Key 

Utilizing my 20 years of experience in the fire service and 10 plus 

years as a public education specialist, I will provide attendees with the 

essential key points to create an effective fire safety presentation for 

a variety of audiences. In addition, I will share first-hand experience, 

knowledge, and personal know-how to help prepare participants to take 

home what they’ve learned and immediately begin to implement this 

knowledge to deliver a presentation that reaches out and truly impacts 

their community members. 





W25 9:30 – 10:30 AM S505ab 

NFPA 99, 2012 Medical Gas and Vacuum 

Systems Code Update 


Jonathan Willard, Certified Medical Gas Services 

This 60-minute traditional, lecture-style education session provides 

an overview of the changes to the medical gas and vacuum system 

requirements in the new 2012 edition of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities 

Code. In addition, a synopsis of the elements of a comprehensive 

medical gas systems operation and management program are provided. 

The presentation will be followed by a brief question and answer period. 

The session will consist of an overview of the important changes to the 

medical gas and vacuum system requirements in the new edition of 

NFPA 99, including the following: (1) NFPA Definitions and Applicability of 

the Code, an overview of how the code has moved from an occupancybased 

application of the requirements to a risk-based approach; (2) 

Central Supply System and Equipment Changes; (3) Pipeline Distribution 

System and Components Changes; (4) Alarm Warning Systems Changes; 

(5) Performance Criteria and Testing Changes; and (6) Operation and 

Management, a synopsis of the new requirements for the operation and 

management for existing medical gas and vacuum systems. The session 

will also consist of a synopsis of the elements of a comprehensive 

medical gas and vacuum systems operation and management program. 

This includes an overview of the applicable regulatory requirements, 

conducting a code compliance review and risk assessment. The 

session reviews standard policies and procedures, including emergency 

operations and contingency planning, planned system shutdown and 

back feeding, and record keeping. The session also identifies best 

practices and discusses inspection, testing, and maintenance programs 

and medical gas storage. Finally, qualification standards for facility 

personnel maintaining and utilizing medical gas and vacuum systems are 

summarized. 

W26 9:30 – 10:30 AM S504abc 

NFPA 70E Approach to Considering DC 

Hazards 


Bobby Gray, Hoydar-Buck, Inc. • Stephen McCluer, Schneider Electric 

NFPA 70E ® , Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace ® , recently 

has taken a special interest in protecting employees in workplaces 

where dc voltage sources are present. With the collaboration of the IEEE 

Stationary Battery Committee’s Code Working Group and the research 

and development community, the NFPA 70E Technical Committee has 

introduced rules to the standard to address these hazards. This session 

will lead the attendee through the subject material introduced into the 

2012 edition, as well as provide a preview of what can be expected in 

the 2015 edition. 


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W27 9:30 – 10:30 AM S401d 

Life Safety and Special Event Emergency 

Operations Planning 


Building & Life Safety 

Jon Evenson and Melissa Meade, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. 

This session will highlight the coordination of a life safety evaluation 

and Special Event Emergency Operations Plan. The session will include 

specific examples from a case study for an existing baseball stadium. 

Based on NFPA 101 ® , Life Safety Code ® , and NFPA 1, Fire Code, for 

assembly occupancies, the discussion of the life safety evaluation will 

include risk analysis, travel distances, occupant load calculations, and 

required egress capacity. The session will also focus on the importance 

of a structured approach to managing an emergency response during a 

special event developed specifically for the baseball stadium. 

W28 9:30 – 10:30 AM N427bc 

Plastic Aerosols: A Unique Path to the Market 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Fire Protection Engineering 

David Fredrickson, Fredrickson & Associates, LLC • John LeBlanc, 

FM Global 

The hazard created by aerosols is well understood and provided in 

NFPA 30B, Code for the Manufacture and Storage of Aerosol Products. 

However, that hazard is tied to a product that consists of a propellant 

and product in a metal aerosol can. The manufacturers of aerosol 

products are always looking for ways to deliver a better product to their 

customers, and using a plastic aerosol bottle offers manufacturers 

some advantages over the metal bottle. However, the fire hazard created 

by a plastic aerosol was not understood. This session covers the path 

taken by the U.S. aerosol manufacturers to define the hazards of plastic 

aerosols, to identify protection options, and to provide guidance in NFPA 

30B. Ultimately their goal was to deliver a product to market that is 

useful and adequately protected in storage. 

Sponsor: Industrial Fire Protection Section, Society of 


W29 9:30 – 10:30 AM S403ab 

Applying Reliability Based Decision Making 

to ITM Frequency for Fire Protection Systems 

and Equipment 

Tracks: Research • Codes & Standards 

Ken Dungan, Risk Technologies, LLC; Scott Futrell, Futrell Fire Consult 

& Design, Inc.; John Hall, NFPA; Amanda Kimball, Fire Protection 

Research Foundation; William Koffel, Koffel Associates, Inc. 

Many NFPA fire protection system standards contain requirements for 

periodic inspection, testing, and maintenance (ITM). These are often 

historical requirements that are not based on ITM data or on observed 

deficiencies. As NFPA develops new documents, such as NFPA 4, 

Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, 

the need for a more data-based approach to ITM frequencies will be 

important. Further, in the case of water-based systems, the required 

resources associated with testing are increasing at a rapid rate. Recently, 

four requests were received by the Fire Protection Research Foundation 

from NFPA Technical Committees to develop a project on a risk/ 

reliability-based approach to ITM requirements. Although these requests 

and the applicable technical committees impacted by these topics are 

responsible for standards related to different fire protection systems that 

have unique ITM issues and purposes, the fundamentals of a reliabilitybased 

approach to determining desirable ITM frequency is the same. 

The Foundation carried out a project that involved the development of a 

generic template/methodology to determine ITM frequency for a given 

fire protection system or equipment based on reliability concepts. 



W30 9:30 – 10:30 AM S404abc 

Working Together for One Response — 

The Chicago Fire Department and Iconic 

Willis Tower 



Michael Schroeder, U.S. Equities Asset Management LLC • 

Anthony VanBuskirk, Chicago Fire Department 

The Chicago Fire Department and personnel from the Willis Tower highrise 

annually gather at the structure to participate in a joint training 

exercise. Exercises have ranged over the years from simulated fires in 

kitchens, office spaces, and tourist attractions. Each scenario brings with it 

a new set of challenges in this 1,450-foot vertical environment. From the 

“stack effect” to communications to search and rescue, both organizations 

face and overcome obstacles to fine tune their respective responses. 

This session will provide the attendee the opportunity of hearing lessons 

learned through a review of multiple joint high-rise fire exercises. Listen 

to the perspectives of a veteran CFD deputy chief and a private-sector life 

safety manager and learn how they work together to create one response. 

W31 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426c 

Completing a Health Care FSES — What 

You Need to Know in Order to Execute a 

Successful Submittal 


Anne Guglielmo, The Joint Commission 

NFPA 101A, Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety, offers a 

number of alternative approaches to life safety when used in conjunction 

with NFPA 101 ® , Life Safety Code ® . This session will address what 

information is necessary to show that alternative compliance is achieved 

in your facility through the use of NFPA 101A methodology. The Fire 

Safety Evaluation System (FSES) measuring system and how it compares 

the level of safety provided through the use of safeguards that differ from 

the Life Safety Code will be discussed from the perspective of a reviewer. 

It will use the NFPA 101A score sheets and real world examples of 

deficient conditions offset by building and system enhancements to 

achieve a level of safety provided in a building that conforms exactly with 

the details of the code. 


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W32 9:30 – 10:30 AM N426a 

The Investigation of NM Cable Ignition under 

Voltage Surge 


Paul Brazis and Fan He, UL 

New and undamaged NM (nonmetallic) cable has very high breakdown 

voltage of more than 10KV, and it is unlikely that a voltage surge in the 

residential electrical distribution system may generate electrical arc 

through NM cable insulation. But a test and experiment have shown that 

the damaged NM cable has much lower breakdown voltage, and voltage 

surge in the residential electrical distribution system may arc through the 

damaged NM cable. This session discusses the voltage surge test for 

damaged NM cable and data analysis results. 

W33 9:30 – 10:30 AM S404d 

What’s New and What Has Changed in NFPA 

1582, 2012 Edition 


Fabrice Czarnecki and Daniel Samo, Northwestern Memorial 

Physicians Group 

Presented by physicians on the technical committee, this session will 

highlight the changes to NFPA 1582, Standard on Comprehensive 

Occupational Medical Program for Fire Departments. The most important 

changes have to do with prostheses, pregnancy, aerobic capacity, total 

joint replacements, and sleep apnea. 

W34 9:30 – 10:30 AM S405a 

National Fire Incident Reporting System 

(NFIRS) — Nationwide, Statewide, and Local 

Fire Data at Your Fingertips 


Marty Ahrens, NFPA • Marion Long, United States Fire Administration 

The value of collecting fire data is using the data to help manage 

resources, support programs, and reduce injuries and deaths resulting 

from fire and other life threatening situations. The National Fire Incident 

Reporting System (NFIRS) contains the largest database of fire incidents 

in the world. The data are now at your fingertips using the NFIRS 

Enterprise Data Warehouse. The steps to get and use the data are easy 

once you learn the basics. 

W35 9:30 – 10:30 AM S402ab 

Testing of a Passive Fire Protection Approach 

to IBCs in Operations 


Joseph Scheffey, Hughes Associates, Inc. 

The hazards associated with the use of non-listed, composite intermediate 

bulk containers (IBCs) in operations scenarios are severe; a 

potential mitigation strategy using a passive cellular glass insulation 

material, combined with a containment vessel, was explored. Initial 

tests characterized the potential liquid discharge (leak) scenarios from 

various size puncture areas in the side of composite IBCs; earlier 

predictions were validated. In the passive material tests, two scenarios 

were investigated: an unignited spill (ignition occurring after the spill has 

drained into the containment vessel); and, ignited spill, where an ignition 

source is intimate with leaking fuel. For unignited spills, the cellular glass 

insulation was very effective in reducing the overall heat threat. The 

cellular glass insulation was less effective for the ignited spill scenario. 


Industrial Fire Protection Section 

W40 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S404abc 

Notification Appliance Requirements of 

NFPA 72, 2013 Edition 


Ray Grill, ARUP 

There have been a number of changes made to the requirements for 

designing both audible and visible notification appliances in chapter 

18 of NFPA 72 ® , National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code. This session 

will review the changes and discuss the impact of these changes on 

fire alarm system design. Examples of ways to incorporate these new 

requirements will also be reviewed. 


W41 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S403ab 

Theoretical Approach to Discharge Criteria for 

Storage Occupancies Under Sloped Ceilings 


Kenneth Isman and Victoria Valentine, National Fire Sprinkler 

Association 

NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, does not 

provide the user with discharge criteria when the storage occupancy 

has a sloped ceiling over 2 in 12. This session will discuss a theoretical 

approach to determining such criteria on a case-by-case basis using 

computer models and successful fire testing. The goal is to determine 

the number and location of sprinklers likely to operate, as well as the 

pressure and flow necessary to discharge from the sprinklers to control 

or suppress the fire below. 

Sponsor: Research Section 

W42 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S504d 

Fire and Life Safety Messaging: What to Say 

and How to Say It 


Lisa Braxton, NFPA • Monica Colby, Rapid City Fire Department • 

Bev Gilbert, Gilbert and Associates • David Tomlinson, Champaign 

Fire Department 

With our more connected and global world, never has the need been 

greater for everyone to give the same and accurate educational messages. 

NFPA provides educational messages that are reviewed annually to 

ensure they are positive, understandable, and consistent with current 

codes, standards, and research findings. The way messages are framed








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and delivered can render them more or less effective. This session will 

discuss a recent study conducted by NFPA and Johns Hopkins University 

about how young children receive safety messages. Learn about effective 

and consistent messages, where to find correct information, and how 

to influence the consensus process. Attendees will select the topics of 

greatest interest for the instructors to delve into the specific messages 

and into the history of why the message is worded as it is. 

Sponsor: Education Section, Fire service section 

W43 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S405b 

Traffic Incident Management: Protecting our 

First Responders and Motorists 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services 

Douglas Forsman, Champaign Fire Department 

The injuries and deaths caused by secondary crashes following a traffic 

incident continue to be a problem for first responders and motorists. 

This session discusses the efforts of the Federal Highway Administration 

in cooperation with the emergency services to develop consistent and 

concise traffic incident management policies and training. 


W44 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S504abc 

What Is the Latest From UL On Gasoline/ 

Ethanol Blends 


Robert James and Alfredo Ramirez, UL 

As North America continues to utilize gasoline/ethanol blend fuels, UL 

research has provided direction for the certification (listing) of dispensing 

equipment and components intended for use with gasoline/ethanol 

blends with a nominal ethanol concentration greater than 10% (e.g., 

E85, E25, and other blends). 


W45 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S402ab 

Combustible Dust: Firefighting Precautions 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Emergency 


Mat Chibbaro, OSHA 

Every year, a number of emergency responders are injured, and 

sometimes killed, while operating at facilities with combustible dusts. 

When responders have adequate information and training on the 

explosibility of combustible dust and the conditions present in the facility, 

incidents are more likely to be handled safely and effectively. Everyone is 

safer when plant and emergency personnel share information involving 

combustible dusts, develop safe procedures to handle incidents, and 

train together. This session provides the framework necessary to 

gather the appropriate information and translate it into safe operating 

procedures. Emergency responders include firefighters, fire brigade 

members, hazardous materials teams, and others who might be called 

upon when a fire or explosion occurs. 


W46 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N426b 

Firefighter Safety and the Building Codes — 

A Necessary Partnership 


Robert Davidson, Davidson Code Concepts LLC • Sean DeCrane, 

Cleveland Division of Fire 

Many firefighters go to work each day believing the fire station is their 

workplace. This could not be further from the truth. Today’s fire service 

must start regarding the fire station as their staging area. The buildings 

that have been constructed or are being constructed are the true work 

environments. The staging area is where we assemble and prepare 

ourselves for the tasks before us. When we report to the station this is 

what we are doing, preparing ourselves. But are we effectively preparing 

ourselves The purpose of this session is to address the many areas 

where the building and fire codes impact firefighter and civilian safety. 

We will discuss specific areas of the code, how they came into the code 

requirements, and some of the reasons why they are required. We will 

also discuss the process of code involvement and how not only can 

firefighters impact their own safety, but citizens can make an impact in 

areas of the code where requirements impact their safety. The Staging 

Area is where we assemble and prepare ourselves for the tasks before 

us. When we report to the station this is what we are doing, preparing 

ourselves. But are we effectively preparing ourselves The purpose of 

this proposed seminar is to address the many areas where the building 

and fire codes impact firefighter and civilian safety. We will discuss 

specific areas of the code, how they came into the code requirements 

and some of the reasons they are required. We will also discuss the 

process of code involvement and how not only can firefighters impact 

their own safety but citizens can make an impact in areas of the code 

where requirements impact their safety. 


W47 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S404d 

Improving Fire and Life Safety for People with 

Disabilities 

Tracks: Public Education • Emergency Preparedness/ 

Business Continuity 

Peter Berg and Jessica Madrigal, Great Lakes ADA Center 

There is a great need to understand the challenges faced by persons 

with disabilities (i.e., physical, sensory, cognitive, psychiatric, etc.) and 

those faced by seniors in emergency situations. By 2030, the U.S. 

Census Bureau projects that one out of every three people will have 

a disability. Decreased mobility, health, sight, and hearing may limit a 

person’s ability to take the quick action necessary to escape during a 

fire emergency. This session will address the criteria and information 

necessary to integrate the needs of people with disabilities into an 

inclusive evacuation strategy. This session will help attendees understand 

the needs of persons with a range of disabilities and teach them how 

to work with building owners and managers, employers, and building 

occupants to formulate and maintain inclusive evacuation plans and 

procedures. 

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W48 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S401abc 

Looking Ahead: The Fire Protection Research 

Foundation’s Strategic Research Agenda 


Kathleen Almand, Fire Protection Research Foundation 

In 2008, the Fire Protection Research Foundation hosted a conference 

titled “Fire Protection and Safety: Preparing for the Next 25 Years” to 

celebrate the completion of its 25th year of service. The purpose of 

this conference was to attempt to provide some indication of what 

challenges fire protection will face in the next 25 years. The key issues 

identified that are likely to impact fire safety were urban growth patterns, 

demographic changes, cultural and societal attitudes, new materials, 

new technology, climate change, aging infrastructure, declining energy 

and other natural resources, and environmental sustainability. In 2013 

the Foundation plans to again hold this conference to discuss the 

emerging demographic, technological, and environmental issues facing 

us. In preparation for this conference, the Foundation will be gathering 

information on these topics from various constituent groups of the 

Foundation and NFPA. This session will provide highlights from the 2008 

conference, briefly discuss the research that has taken place in the last 

5 years at the Foundation related to the key issues identified at the 2008 

conference, and will ask attendees for feedback on these issues to use 

in the 2013 conference. 

Sponsors: Fire service section, Fire Protection Research 

Foundation 

W49 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N426a 

Engineering Performance of Water Mist Fire 

Protection Systems with Antifreeze 

Tracks: Fire Suppression • Research 

Stephen Jaskolka, Jeffrey Rosen and Michael Szkutak, Worcester 

Polytechnic Institute 

The use of antifreeze in a water mist fire suppression system offers 

a potential alternative to the current applications of these systems in 

subfreezing environments. This session investigates the use of antifreeze 

of various chemical compositions and concentrations in water mist 

systems by evaluating variables for spray characteristics, risk of system 

failure, and interactions of the discharged agent with the fire. Extensive 

testing and analysis demonstrated that no antifreeze solution behaves 

ideally with respect to key study variables; however, some antifreeze 

solutions are potentially suitable at certain discharge pressures and 

solution concentrations. This testing provides the baseline information for 

the selection of such an antifreeze for use in water mist systems. 

Sponsors: Building Fire Safety Systems Section, Fire 

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W50 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S405a 

Changes and Challenges in NFPA Pro-Qual 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services 

Tom McGowan, NFPA 

The fire service and emergency responders are well-invested in 

the infrastructure of professional qualifications (Pro-Qual). The key 

components of this infrastructure are the various codes and standards 

that form the basis for training and the professional competency and 

qualifications for local, state, provincial, and federal public safety 

personnel. The NFPA Pro-Qual Project is continually evolving with a 

positive anticipation of harmonization, synchronization, and coordination 

challenges, which can only lead to a higher quality product. The 

commitment by Public Fire Protection is to “Change and Challenge” 

all stakeholders of the NFPA Pro-Qual Project. Through administration, 

implementation, and documentation, the goal of this interactive 

presentation is to establish a common understanding of how the 

individual elements of the Pro-Qual Project relates and interact to provide 

the best value to all of the Pro-Qual stakeholders. The changes and 

challenges are unique. Primarily used for accreditation and certification, 

the Pro-Qual Project documents are relatively well-evolved. Material 

garnered from the Pro-Qual project includes emergency responder 

safety, training, and education. NFPA technical committees are involved 

with different aspects of professional qualifications, and the focus and 

interest continue to be coordinated. Baseline requirements included 

in these standards provide a foundation for emergency responder 

professional qualifications. 


W51 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S401d 

The Global Code Compliance Puzzle 


Olga Caledonia, NFPA • Matthew Drysdale, EI Dupont De Nemours • 

James Vigerust, Shaw Group 

This session will feature a panel discussing questions and answers on 

how NFPA codes and standards are used internationally. NFPA codes 

and standards are adopted in the U.S. and in many other countries. 

International issues that will be discussed include the following: local 

acceptability of NFPA codes and standards, how each country’s codes 

are applied, how codes from different countries differ from those 

of NFPA, how codes are enforced, what different companies have 

done to comply with AHJs, positive output from past build-outs, and 

recommendations for NFPA. 


W52 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N426c 

Reviewing Sprinkler Hydraulics 


Bob Caputo, Fire & Life Safety America 

This session will show how to check sprinkler hydraulics without having 

to actually do the math. Easy, fast, and accurate. 

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W53 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S503ab 

Applying Arc Flash Reduction Maintenance 

Systems 


Ed Larsen, Schneider Electric USA 

Section 240.87 of the 2011 NEC ® requires the use of arc flash reduction 

maintenance systems, or other arc flash mitigation means, in certain 

instances. The proposed changes to this section in the 2014 edition may 

expand the instances where such systems are needed. This session will 

draw attention to the issues which should be addressed when applying 

arc flash reduction maintenance systems. These issues include where 

the function needs to be located, locking and feedback capability, arc 

flash labeling needs, and code compliance. 


W54 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM S505ab 

Inspect, Protect, and Collect — Changes to 

2013 NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and 

Other Opening Protectives 


Kristin Bigda, NFPA 

The 2013 edition of NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other 

Opening Protectives, has been revised with new and valuable information 

on fire door inspections; documentation of inspections, testing, and 

maintenance; fire door hardware; fire door inspector criteria; and field 

modifications to fire doors. This session will highlight the major changes 

to the 2013 edition of NFPA 80 with special emphasis on inspection, 

testing, and maintenance of swinging fire doors. Building owners/facility 

managers, fire door inspectors, and authorities having jurisdiction will all 

benefit from the up-to-date information on this new edition. 


Section, Building Fire Safety Systems Section 

W55 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N427a 

Behind the Curtain: Safety Backstage in Live 

Event Theatrical Productions 

Tracks: Fire & Emergency Services • Building & Life Safety 

Eddie Kramer, Eddie Raymond, and Alan Rowe, IATSE 

Live-event theatrical productions happen all over the country and 

local officials may be unfamiliar with the safe practices employed by 

this industry. This session will familiarize the attendee to the terms, 

processes, and personnel in the live event theatrical productions. Parts 

of NFPA 70 ® , National Electrical Code ® , and NFPA 101 ® , Life Safety 

Code ® , as well as means of egress, the use of aerial lifts, and specific 

safety techniques employed by our industry, will be covered. This session 

is intended to cover basic safety practices that the AHJ should be aware 

of and will not focus on special activities such as pyrotechnics. 

W56 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM N427bc 

The Vulcan Initiative — A Web-Based 

Platform for the Next Generation of 

Performance-Based Fire Protection 

Engineering 

Tracks: Fire Protection Engineering • Loss Control/ 

Prevention 

Alberto Alvarez and Brian Meacham, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

A new risk-informed performance-based fire protection (PBFPD) process 

centered around the evaluation of the overall performance of systems 

characterized by building types and their occupants has been proposed. 

A central theme is the need to appropriately link data, tools, and methods 

in characterizing risk and developing appropriate mitigation. This session 

introduces a web-based platform, called the Vulcan Initiative, where 

engineers, researchers, and authorities collaborate, share experiences, 

and learn from one another, in order to enhance the benefits of the 

PBFPD approach. Outcomes of the collaboration will ultimately result in 

PBFPD guidelines and standards for specific types of systems, as well as 

enhanced knowledge for participants. This session includes interactive 

dialogue with the audienceattendees on both the new PBFPD process 

and the web-based platform. 


Section, Research Section, Society of Fire Protection 

Engineers 

CEUs – Continuing education 

units (CEUs) will be awarded 

for all education sessions, 

except those marked with an asterisk (*). You will be 

awarded 0.1 CEU for a one-hour session, 0.2 CEUs for 

a 2-hour session, etc. Full participation in a session is 

required for CEU credit. 

EDUCATION 

PROVIDER 

The US Green Building Council 

has approved 3 sessions within 

the 2013 NFPA Conference. 

Sessions offering GBCI CE hours, which may be applied 

towards your Credential Maintenance Program, are noted 

as “# GBCI CE Hours.” 

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Sessions by Track 






Use these 12 convenient tracks as a guide for 

planning your session attendance. 

This year’s conference offers more than 150 educational sessions divided into 12 tracks to help you find the sessions 

that best meet your professional needs. Determining your attendance schedule in advance is the best way to 

maximize the value of the time you have to spend. 

Building & Life Safety — page 31 

Technologies, best practices, and statistical data needed by designers, engineers, and building and fire officials responsible 

for plans review, inspections, and other building-related tasks. 

Codes & Standards — page 31 

Expert guidance on the practical application of NFPA codes and standards, as well as information on recent updates and 

changes. 

Detection & Notification — page 32 

Code requirements and design issues affecting the application of new technologies in alarm and signaling systems, and the 

impact of maintenance on systems performance. 

Electrical — page 33 

Best practices in the electrical industry and how they are influenced by new electrical design issues, successful maintenance 

programs, effective inspection techniques, and safety programs. 

Emergency Preparedness/Business Continuity — page 33 

The latest methodologies for accurately assessing risks and consequences, emergency preparedness, contingency planning, 

and incident management and recovery capabilities. 

Fire & Emergency Services — page 33 

A look at what’s new in fire-fighting technology, safety preparedness for first responders, incident command strategies, and 

fire prevention and inspection techniques. 

Fire Protection Engineering — page 34 

Ideas for meeting fire protection challenges using computer modeling, field testing, post-incident analyses, and other methods 

for developing performance-based building solutions. 

Fire Suppression — page 35 

The importance of proper design, installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, and plans review of sprinkler system 

effectiveness. 

Green — page 35 

How environmentally-friendly initiatives affect the design, maintenance, and testing of 

fire and life safety systems and components. 

EDUCATION 

PROVIDER 

Loss Control/Prevention — page 35 

Strategies for mitigating risk through accurate assessment of occupancy and commodity classification, enhanced reliability of 

fire protection systems, and other risk factors. 

Public Education — page 36 

New planning strategies and creative solutions for meeting the challenges of effective public fire and life safety education. 

Research — page 36 

The latest research on critical fire and life safety initiatives, including the reliability of emerging technologies. 

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Building & Life Safety 


M03 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S505ab 

NFPA 99 2012 Risk Categories — What 

They Are and Examples of Their Use 

M20 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426a 



M30 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S403ab 

Assessment of Total Evacuation Systems 

for Tall Buildings 

M49 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404d 

Overview of Fire Protection and Life 

Safety Construction Quality Control 


FP 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S100 

The Pentagon, Fire and Life Safety — 

Ten Years Later 

T07 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S503ab 

International Approaches to 

Performance-Based Design of the 

SFPE Case Study 

T08 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427a 

Accessibility and ADA: 2010 ADA 

Standards for Accessible Design 

T14 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S402ab 



T26 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S402ab 

NFPA 101 for Health Care — 2000 to 

2012 Update and Review 

T27 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S505ab 

Code Application for Downtown 

Revitalization Projects 

T54 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

N426b 

Justification of a Natural Ventilation 

Smoke Control Design for a Complex 

Atrium 

T60 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S504d 

Get Out Safely Using NFPA’s Emergency 

Evacuation Planning Guide for People 

with Disabilities 

T67 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S405a 



T74 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S402ab 

Case Study: Abu Dhabi International 

Airport Midfield Terminal Building 

(MTB) — Fire Safety Strategy 


W02 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426c 

Evaluating Codes for Non-Fire and 

Non-Emergency Events 

W14 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404d 



W27 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401d 



W31 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426c 

Completing a Health Care FSES — What 

You Need to Know in Order to Execute a 

Successful Submittal 

W54 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S505ab 

Inspect, Protect, and Collect — Changes 

to 2013 NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors 

and Other Opening Protectives 

W55 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N427a 

Behind the Curtain: Safety Backstage in 

Live Event Theatrical Productions 

Codes and Standards 

Sunday, June 09, 2013 

CLC 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Hyatt MP CC22abc 

Committee Leadership Conference 


M03 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S505ab 

NFPA 99 2012 Risk Categories — What 

They Are and Examples of Their Use 

M04 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426c 

Emergency Power Standards for Health 

Care Under the 2012 Codes 

M07 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S401d 

HazCom 2012 Changes — What and 

When 

M13 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405b 

Selection and Development of a 

Greenfield Manufacturing Site 

M14 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S503ab 

Case Study: One Approach to Combustible 

Dust Explosion Protection Using ATEX 

and NFPA 

M18 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404abc 

The Benefits of Your Community 

Adopting the Most Current NEC 

M20 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426a 



M22 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401d 

NFPA 1033: Practical Application and 

Updates 

M23 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401abc 

Health Care Hot Topics and AHJ 

Interpretations 

M27 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404abc 

Applying NFPA 25: Design Evaluation vs. 

ITM 

M28 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S402ab 

Interfacing Elevator Controls with Fire 

Alarm and Sprinkler Systems 

M34 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427bc 



M40 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S504abc 


Courts Are Utilizing NFPA 921 to Judge 

the Conduct of Investigators, Engineers, 

and Insurance Companies 

M43 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S401abc 

The Ripple Effects of the Adoption of the 

2012 Life Safety Code ® on the Health 

Care Industry 

M46 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S403ab 

NFPA 13 Sprinkler Omission Rules 

Explained 


T03 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426a 

Cracking the Code: Code Basics for Non- 

Code People 

T07 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S503ab 

International Approaches to 

Performance-Based Design of the 

SFPE Case Study 

T08 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427a 

Accessibility and ADA: 2010 ADA 

Standards for Accessible Design 

T13 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S403ab 


T18 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401abc 



T25 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S401abc 


T26 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S402ab 

NFPA 101 ® for Health Care — 2000 to 

2012 Update and Review 

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T27 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S505ab 

Code Application for Downtown 

Revitalization Projects 

T28 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S403ab 


Different 

T32 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S404d 

Diamonds Are Forever! Using NFPA 704 

in a Globally Harmonized World 

T33 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N426b 

The Myths and Mysteries of NFPA 921 

and NFPA 1033 

T36 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N427bc 


(NFPA 13/13R/13D) 

T38 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM 

S401abc 

NFPA Standards Forum* 

T42 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

N427bc 

Flame Detection For Silane and Other 


T49 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S402ab 


Systems 

T51 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S505ab 

Design Flexibility in Managing Dust 

Explosion Hazards 

T64 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N426b 

Changes to the 2014 Edition of the 

Standard on Commercial Cooking 

(NFPA 96) 

T68 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N426a 

Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts, 

Where Are They Now 

T69 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S403ab 



Chapter 7 

T72 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S504abc 

Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cells — 

Safety Considerations and Resources 


W01 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S403ab 

Retro-Commissioning and Retro- 

Integrated System Testing: Back to 

the Future 

W02 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426c 

Evaluating Codes for Non-Fire and Non- 

Emergency Events 

W03 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405a 

Hazard Analysis — What Does It Mean 

for Combustible Dust Applications 

W05 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S504d 




W10 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S401abc 

Health Care — Looking Into the Future of 

Regulations 

W14 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404d 



W20 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427a 


W23 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426b 

Performance Based Design: Fire Alarm 

Visual Notification Appliances — 

Mathematical Guide 

W25 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S505ab 

NFPA 99, 2012 Medical Gas and Vacuum 

Systems Code Update 

W26 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504abc 


Hazards 

W29 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S403ab 

Applying Reliability Based Decision 

Making to ITM Frequency for Fire 

Protection Systems and Equipment 

W33 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404d 

What’s New and What Has Changed in 


W40 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404abc 



W46 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426b 

Firefighter Safety and the Building 

Codes, A Necessary Partnership 

W51 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S401d 

The Global Code Compliance Puzzle 

W53 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S503ab 

Applying Arc Flash Reduction 

Maintenance Systems 

W54 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S505ab 

Inspect, Protect, and Collect — Changes 

to 2013 NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors 

and Other Opening Protectives 

Detection & Notification 


M05 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S504abc 

Fire Detection Performance and 

Requirements in High Airflow 

Environments (Data Centers and 

Telecommunications) 

M11 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427bc 



M29 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426b 



M50 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S505ab 

Mass Notification System Maintenance— 



T16 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405b 


Suppression 

T18 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401abc 



T42 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

N427bc 

Flame Detection for Silane and Other 


T69 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S403ab 



Chapter 7 


W23 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426b 

Performance Based Design: Fire Alarm 

Visual Notification Appliances — 

Mathematical Guide 

W40 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404abc 



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Electrical 


M04 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426c 

Emergency Power Standards for Health 

Care Under the 2012 Codes 

M18 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404abc 

The Benefits of Your Community 

Adopting the Most Current NEC 

M34 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427bc 



M44 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S401d 

Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Electrical 

Products 


T25 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S401abc 


T47 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S504abc 

NFPA 79 Significant Changes for 2015 

T59 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N426c 

Electrical Safety — A Shared 

Responsibility 


W11 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S503ab 

The Basics of Electrical Hazardous 

Locations 

W15 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426a 

Hurricane Hardened Emergency Systems 

— What COPS Means to Your Facilities 

W26 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504abc 


Hazards 

W32 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426a 

The Investigation of NM Cable Ignition 

under Voltage Surge 

W53 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S503ab 

Applying Arc Flash Reduction 

Maintenance Systems 

Emergency Preparedness/ 

Business Continuity 


M50 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S505ab 

Mass Notification System Maintenance— 


M52 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426b 

Moving Beyond RACE: The Next Step in 

Health Care Fire Safety 


FP 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S100 

The Pentagon, Fire and Life Safety — 

Ten Years Later 

T17 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404d 

Responders/Workers at Risk during 

Disaster Recovery and Cleanup 

T22 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N427a 

The Basics Every First Responder Needs 

to Know About the Disability Community 

T31 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N426c 

Disaster Sheltering for General 

Population and First Responders 

T46 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S403ab 

Case Study: Staying In Business — 

Holding Back a Flood for 111 Days 


W27 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401d 



W30 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404abc 



Willis Tower 

W45 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S402ab 

Combustible Dust: Firefighting 

Precautions 

W47 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404d 

Improving Fire and Life Safety for People 




M02 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426a 

Performance Requirements for 

Emergency Responder Interoperable 

Electronic Equipment 

M15 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426b 

Wildfire in the Built Environment; a Case 

Study of the Waldo Canyon Wildfire in 

Colorado Springs 

M16 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405a 

Firefighting Tactics for Combustible 

Metal Roof Decks 

M22 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401d 

NFPA 1033: Practical Application and 

Updates 

M25 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405a 

Bridging the Gap between Fire 

Suppression and Prevention 

M26 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504d 


M28 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S402ab 

Interfacing Elevator Controls with Fire 

Alarm and Sprinkler Systems 

M33 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427a 

Bushfire and Community Safety in 

Australia 

M40 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S504abc 


Courts Are Utilizing NFPA 921 to Judge 

the Conduct of Investigators, Engineers, 

and Insurance Companies 

M42 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S405b 



M45 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426c 

High-Rise Evacuation for People with 

Special Needs 

M48 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S405a 

Overview and Update on NFPA 1730 — 

Fire Prevention Organization and 

Deployment 


T02 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426c 

Emergency Responder Research to 

Practice 

T06 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504d 

Residential Cooking Safety Report and 

Recommendations 

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T09 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401d 



Colonization and Infection in EMS 

Personnel and the Patients They Treat 

T11 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426b 




T14 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S402ab 



T22 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N427a 

The Basics Every First Responder Needs 

to Know About the Disability Community 

T23 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N426a 

Understanding the U.S. Firefighter 

Fatality Problem in 2012 

T24 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S405b 




T30 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S504d 



T31 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N426c 

Disaster Sheltering for General 

Population and First Responders 

T32 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S404d 

Diamonds Are Forever! Using NFPA 704 

in a Globally Harmonized World 

T40 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S503ab 

Best Practices for Emergency Response 

to Incidents involving Electric Vehicle 

Battery Hazards 

T49 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S402ab 


Systems 

T50 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

N426a 

Firefighter Health Hazards in the New 

Fire Environment 

T52 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S504d 

Using Social Media to Expand Your 

Safety Message Outreach 

T58 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S505ab 

Risk Management in the Fire Service 

T62 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N427bc 

Foam for Interior Attack: Myths and Reality 

T65 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S503ab 

Let’s Make This Year the Year to Do Something 

About the Response to Unwanted 

Alarm System Initiated Incidents — 

Collaborate to Solve Some Issues 

T66 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S404d 

The State of the Science in Fireground 

Rehab 

T71 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N427a 

Taking Your Social Media Presence to 

the Next Level 


W05 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S504d 




W08 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426b 

What 30 Years of Emergency Service 

Vehicle Driver Training Has Taught Us 

W09 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S504abc 

All Hazards Emergency Response Teams 

(ERT) — Public and Private Partnerships 

W12 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427a 


W21 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405b 

Fire Sprinkler Initiatives: A Case Study of 

Creative Implementation 

W24 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504d 

How to Design and Deliver an Effective 

Fire Safety Presentation 

W30 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404abc 



Willis Tower 

W33 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404d 

What’s New and What Has Changed in 


W34 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405a 


(NFIRS) — Nationwide, Statewide, and 

Local Fire Data at Your Fingertips 

W43 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S405b 

Traffic Incident Management: Protecting 

our First Responders and Motorists 

W45 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S402ab 

Combustible Dust: Firefighting 

Precautions 

W46 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426b 

Firefighter Safety and the Building 

Codes, A Necessary Partnership 

W50 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S405a 

Changes and Challenges in NFPA 

Pro-Qual 

W55 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N427a 

Behind the Curtain: Safety Backstage in 

Live Event Theatrical Productions 

Fire Protection Engineering 


M10 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S401abc 

SR 99 Tunnel Fire and Life Safety 

Systems Overview 

M21 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S503ab 



M31 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S505ab 



M49 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404d 

Overview of Fire Protection and Life 

Safety Construction Quality Control 


T13 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S403ab 


T34 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S504abc 

What Fire Protection Engineers Should 

Know About Fire Fighting 

T53 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

N426c 

From Collaboration to Completion: 

Building Information Modeling (BIM) for 


T55 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S405a 



W06 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S505ab 



W07 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S401d 

Fire Performance in Earthquake 

Damaged Buildings: Overview of Test 

Program and Preliminary Findings 

W13 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427bc 



W16 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404abc 

Fire Performance Evaluation of K25 

Standard-Response Upright Sprinkler for 

Protection of Rack Storage of Group A 

Plastic Commodity 

W28 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427bc 

Plastic Aerosols: A Unique Path to the 

Market 

W56 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N427bc 




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Fire Suppression 


M06 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S403ab 

Large Loss Fires and Their Connection 

with Fire Sprinkler Performance 

M12 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404d 

Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion— 

An Overview 

M17 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S402ab 

Protection for Storage Occupancies 101 

M27 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404abc 

Applying NFPA 25: Design Evaluation vs. 

ITM 

M39 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404abc 

Flammability Characterization of Lithium 

Ion Batteries for Storage Protection 

M46 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S403ab 

NFPA 13 Sprinkler Omission Rules 

Explained 


T10 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405a 



T15 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404abc 

Using Live Side-by-Side Burns to 

Enhance Controlled Training Fires to 

Educate and Advocate for Greater Safety 

T16 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405b 


Suppression 

T28 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S403ab 


Different 

T34 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S504abc 

What Fire Protection Engineers Should 

Know About Fire Fighting 

T36 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N427bc 


(NFPA 13/13R/13D) 

T41 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S401d 



T44 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S404d 

Road Tunnel Fire Safety — Compatibility 

of Fixed Suppression and Evacuation 

T45 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S404abc 

Antifreeze Solutions in Sprinkler 

Systems 

T61 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S404abc 



T64 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N426b 

Changes to the 2014 Edition of the 

Standard on Commercial Cooking 

(NFPA 96) 


W04 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405b 

Impact of Home Fire Sprinklers on Fire 

Injury 

W06 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S505ab 



W13 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427bc 



W16 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S404abc 

Fire Performance Evaluation of K25 

Standard-Response Upright Sprinkler for 

Protection of Rack Storage of Group A 

Plastic Commodity 

W22 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S503ab 


W28 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427bc 

Plastic Aerosols: A Unique Path to the 

Market 

W49 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426a 

Engineering Performance of Water Mist 

Fire Protection Systems with Antifreeze 

W52 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426c 

Reviewing Sprinkler Hydraulics 

Green 


T35 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S503ab 



T48 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S405b 

Photovoltaic Panel All Hazard 

Assessment 

T72 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S504abc 

Deployment of Hydrogen Fuel Cells — 

Safety Considerations and Resources 

Cancelled 

Loss Control/Prevention 


M14 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S503ab 

Case Study: One Approach to 

Combustible Dust Explosion Protection 

Using ATEX and NFPA 

M32 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405b 

Management of Time-Sensitive Reactive 

and Unstable Chemicals 

M41 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426a 

Process Safety and OSHA, Seven Keys to 

Surviving a Chem NEP Audit 

M51 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N427a 

Industrial Firefighting Training — An 

Australian Perspective 


T04 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504abc 

Identifying Hidden Hazards That Can 

Lead to Pressure Explosions 

T10 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405a 



T12 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S505ab 

Combustible Metal Fire and Explosion 

Case Studies 

T17 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404d 

Responders/Workers at Risk during 

Disaster Recovery and Cleanup 

T24 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S405b 




T51 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S505ab 

Design Flexibility in Managing Dust 

Explosion Hazards 

T61 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S404abc 



T68 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N426a 

Fundamentals of Combustible Dusts, 

Where Are They Now 


W03 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405a 

Hazard Analysis — What Does It Mean 

for Combustible Dust Applications 

W20 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427a 


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W56 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N427bc 




Engineering 

Public Education 


M09 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S504d 

Designing Fire and Life Safety Education 

Programs on a Dime 

M24 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404d 

Preventing the Unthinkable: Prevention 

and Public Education for the Special 

Needs Population 

M26 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504d 


M42 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S405b 



M44 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S401d 

Buyer Beware: Counterfeit Electrical 

Products 

M48 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S405a 

Overview and Update on NFPA 1730 — 

Fire Prevention Organization and 

Deployment 


T03 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426a 

Cracking the Code: Code Basics for Non- 

Code People 

T15 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S404abc 

Using Live Side-by-Side Burns to 

Enhance Controlled Training Fires to 

Educate and Advocate for Greater Safety 

T29 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S405a 

Smoke Alarm Codes, Standards, and 

Listings: An Update from UL 

T30 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S504d 



T43 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

N427a 

The Critical Role of Prevention in 

Reducing Youth Firesetting in a 

Community 

T52 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S504d 

Using Social Media to Expand Your 

Safety Message Outreach 

T67 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S405a 



T71 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N427a 

Taking Your Social Media Presence to 

the Next Level 


W04 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405b 

Impact of Home Fire Sprinklers on Fire 

Injury 

W12 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427a 


W24 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S504d 

How to Design and Deliver an Effective 

Fire Safety Presentation 

W34 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S405a 


(NFIRS) — Nationwide, Statewide, and 

Local Fire Data at Your Fingertips 

W42 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S504d 

Fire and Life Safety Messaging: What to 

Say and How to Say It 

W47 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404d 

Improving Fire and Life Safety for People 


Research 


M02 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N426a 

Performance Requirements for 

Emergency Responder Interoperable 

Electronic Equipment 

M06 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S403ab 

Large Loss Fires and Their Connection 

with Fire Sprinkler Performance 

M08 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427a 

Investigation of Electrical Receptacle 

Fires 

M11 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

N427bc 



M16 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S405a 

Firefighting Tactics for Combustible 

Metal Roof Decks 

M21 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S503ab 



M29 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426b 



M30 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S403ab 

Assessment of Total Evacuation Systems 

for Tall Buildings 

M31 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S505ab 



M33 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N427a 

Bushfire and Community Safety in 

Australia 

M38 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S503ab 

Evaluation of Water Additives for Fire 

Control and Vapor Mitigation 

M39 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S404abc 

Flammability Characterization of Lithium 

Ion Batteries for Storage Protection 


T02 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426c 

Emergency Responder Research to 

Practice 

T09 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S401d 



Colonization and Infection in EMS 

Personnel and the Patients They Treat 

T11 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

N426b 




T12 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S505ab 

Combustible Metal Fire and Explosion 

Case Studies 

T23 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

N426a 

Understanding the U.S. Firefighter 

Fatality Problem in 2012 

T29 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S405a 

Smoke Alarm Codes, Standards, and 

Listings: An Update from UL 

T35 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM 

S503ab 



T40 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S503ab 

Best Practices for Emergency Response 

to Incidents involving Electric Vehicle 

Battery Hazards 

T41 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S401d 



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or call 1-800-344-3555 

T45 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S404abc 

Antifreeze Solutions in Sprinkler 

Systems 

T55 2:45 – 3:45 PM 

S405a 


T62 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

N427bc 

Foam for Interior Attack: Myths and 

Reality 

T63 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S405b 

Reduced Ignition Propensity Cigarettes: 

Is There a Difference in the Smoldering 

Ignition Hazard 

T66 4:15 – 5:15 PM 

S404d 

The State of the Science in Fireground 

Rehab 


W07 8:00 – 9:00 AM 

S401d 

Fire Performance in Earthquake 

Damaged Buildings: Overview of Test 

Program and Preliminary Findings 

W22 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S503ab 


W29 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S403ab 

Applying Reliability Based Decision 

Making to ITM Frequency for Fire 

Protection Systems and Equipment 

W35 9:30 – 10:30 AM 

S402ab 

Testing of a Passive Fire Protection 

Approach to IBCs in Operations 

W41 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S403ab 

Theoretical Approach to Discharge 

Criteria for Storage Occupancies Under 

Sloped Ceilings 

W44 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S504abc 

What Is the Latest From UL On Gasoline/ 

Ethanol Blends 

W48 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

S401ab 

Looking Ahead: The Fire Protection 

Research Foundation’s Strategic 

Research Agenda 

W49 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 

N426a 

Engineering Performance of Water Mist 

Fire Protection Systems with Antifreeze 

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