Next Meeting
Wednesday, March 12th at 08:00 am.
Where:
Golden Corral
2605 E. Grapevine Mills Circle
Grapevine, Texas 76051
(972) 874-7900
What:
Mr. Todd Burgart with Secutron will provide a presentation on the new fire alarm systems FireLink technology. Read the announcement and get more information
here.Last Months Meeting Minutes
Training Day
Starting at 8:00 am, approximately 3.5 hours of training was provided in the morning at DFW Fire Station #1 prior to the Business Meeting. Much thanks to Randie Frisinger with DFW Airport for contributing the meeting location for this training. Innerwireless first presented on in-building wireless communications solutions and also provided coffee and breakfast – thanks to Joe Jackson for this contribution to the training day. Next, the esteemed Mark Redlitz from the State Fire Marshal’s Office provided an excellent presentation on NFPA 13, NFPA 72, and their relationship with the State Elevator Code relative to fire protection requirements associated with elevators. Mr. Lawrence Taylor, Chief State Elevator Inspector with TDLR provided excellent input on the aspects of the State Elevator Code during this presentation as well. Thanks to both Lawrence and Mark for this valuable training and for driving up from Austin to visit with us.
At the conclusion of the morning training, the members traveled to Golden Corral for the Business Meeting, which was called to order by President Morgan at approximately 1215, February 13th, 2008. Minutes from previous month’s meeting were accepted.
Treasurer Report
Report on total funds available in the treasury and expenditures.
Approximately $4,616.22.
Code Committee
ICC Code Hearings to be held in Palm Springs, CA from 2/18/08 through 3/2/8. The membership voted to sponsor in part (50% of travel costs) 2 active members eligible to vote at the hearings.
Legislative Committee
See newsletter regarding RME-I delay in requirements from State Fire Marshal's Office. mark Redlitz confirmed this change at the February meeting.
Membership
Please pay your 2008 Membership Dues!!!!
Training
Next training is to be ½ day irestop presentation by Sean DeCrane of Cleveland Fire Dept on 4/9/08.
We are also working on scheduling a free day of training from ICC on egress for May of 2008 if possible.
Internet
No Report.
Old Business
None.
New Business
Bob Morgan requested input on potential for FPANT training week –consensus was that such an event is too costly for AHJ’s in general.
Speaker Presentation
No presentation at meeting due to training day.
Adjourn
Formal meeting adjourned at 12:40 pm by President Morgan.
Training then resumed at 1:00 pm at the DFW Fire Station #1 with Spears Manufacturing’s presentation on CPVC sprinkler piping and proper installation methods. Spears provided excellent training and handout material – much thanks to their local representative, Doug Winkler for arranging this training. This resulted in an additional approximate 3.5 hours of training provided.
Upcoming Training Events
FPANT will be hosting a full day of training on 2/13/08, rather than having our regular luncheon. Inner wireless and Lawrence Taylor & Mark Redlitz are to provide presentation from the State in the morning, then in the afternoon, Doug Winkler is to provide training on CPVC sprinkler piping installations.
Read the official announcement and get more information here.
From ICC
Results of the ICC code hearings in Palm Springs are available online at http://www.iccsafe.org/cs/codes/2007-08cycle/ProposedChanges/results.html.
From TXSFMO
Recent Proposed Change to Sprinkler Rules Concerning Extension of RMI-I Licensing Requirements.
You can read more about the rule change here: http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/rules/2007/1203A-059.html, or you can read the Notification in PDF Here.
From EPARADE
None.
From NFPA
The NFPA Annual Fire Experience Survey of U.S. Fire Departments for 2007 was mailed out to 16,716 departments on January 10. The survey was mailed to all departments protecting larger communities (populations of 50,000 or more), and to a sample of departments protecting smaller communities (populations less than 50,000). Results of the survey will be published in the annual U.S. fire loss report in the September/October issue of the NFPA Journal. NFPA is truly appreciative of fire departments that receive a survey form and respond. If you have any questions please contact Mike Karter.
From NFSA
None.
From IAFC
None.
From USFA NFA
None.
From NTCOG
None.
Links of Interest
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Meetings and Associations
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Newsletter available in PDF
Here.
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