comite technique international de prevention et d'extinction du feu (ctif)

5. Preparation and translation of documents for the CTIF-general Council meeting in Portugal
a) Informationstrategy (speaker - in German: Karl Schmid, Austria)
The paper was ready and translated during the meeting to English by Dieter Nuessler and to French by
Dieter Nuessler and Dominique Bonjour. French has to be completed.
b) Storage of dangerous goods (speaker - in French: Denis Bergeron, Canada)
The paper was ready in english and French. Will be translated to German by Dieter Nuessler.
c) Training requirements (speaker - in German: Urs Ludescher, Switzerland)
The suggested speaker Dominique Bonjour, France, will probably have problems to attend the meeting in
Lisboa. After discussion in detail about the suggested structure of that paper which should address the
tasks which have to fullfilled on the scene and the skills and knowledge which have to be trained
therefore Dominique Bonjour will draft the presentation in French and English. Denis Bergeron volunteerd
for check of the English translation. German translation will be done by Urs Ludescher. The diskette of
the text to be send to Dieter Nuessler within 4 weeks. A copy of the English draft to Gene Carlson for
adjustment of the technical requirements.
d) Technical requirements (speaker - in English: Gene Carlson, USA)
The paper was ready in principle but should be adjusted according to the CTIF-4-step strategy taking into
account the tasks which have to be fullfilled on the scene. Translation to French and German would be
done in USA and checked by Dominique Bonjour and Dieter Nuessler. The text will be send by e-mail to
Dieter Nuessler.
6. Hazmat-Training
a) Improvement of the CTIF-questionnaire concerning the hazmat-training
Gene Carlson has drafted a new questionnaire. The discussion whether there should be another request
for answering by the national committees was postponed to the Lisboa-meeting.
b) EU-project - actual status (TOKEVA)
On behalf of the CTIF the chairman attended a first meeting held in Brussels, There the decision was
taken to translate the Method-Guides No. 1 - 9 into Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish.
It was pointed out that a lot of countries had already training material available and that the project
therefore would be most beneficial for those country just developping their hazmat-response-programme.
It was agreed on sending a collection of training material of European countries to the project leader
Sakkari Halmemies from the Finish Fireservice Institute in Kuopio, Finland, This will also be the location
for the next meeting of the project group late in September.
On behalf of Austria, Karl Schmid, and on behalf of Belgium, Louis van Rompaey are also participating in
that project. It was aggreed that Olli-Pekka Ojanen would participate at the next meeting on behalf of
CTIF and would try to adjust the foreseen date to the time table of Karl Schmid.
As long as no reqasonable funds are available from the project the work in depth will be done during
regular meetings of the Committee. If applicable, relevant documents should be send to the delegates in
due time.
7. The situation in USA
Several visits on interesting locations and handouts by invited guests gave a good perspective of the
situation in the US.
Visits e.g. to Fairfax County Training Center, Washington D.C. Fire Department, National Institute of
Science & Technology attracted the attention of the delegates.
Gary Tokle as the vice-president of the National Fire Protection Association was partly present at the
meeting and provided the delegates with the NFPA hazardous materials code which is the tactical basis
for hazmat responders throughout the US.
See also item 9b)-9d)
8. Chairman´s report: International dangerous goods regulations
The Hazardous Cargo Bulletin, a specialized magazine on hazardous materials, which is published in UK
was recommended as a good source of information about the actual status of dangerous goods
regulations. Further information about subscription can be given by Ted Pearn.
The chairman reported that the CTIF initiative concerning the a-marginals for the transport of limited
quantities of dangerous goods (proposal drafted at the last meeting) has been succesful in ADR and RID.
With the adopted regulation we have reached that a valuable information source can be retreived easily
by emergency responders.
The same proposal will be presented to the UN-subcommittee of experts for adoption in international
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