Technical Committee for Wildland Fire Management Second Draft Meeting for NFPA 1143 Conference Call/Adobe Connect Connections October 10, 2016 2:00pm EST (11:00am PST) Connection will be provided through Outlook under a separate email Agenda 1. Call to Order Interim Chair Randall Bradley 2. Introduction of Members and Guests 3. Chair s Brief Remarks and Purpose of Meeting 4. Review of Minutes from Previous Meeting from November 17-18, 2015 5. Committee Procedures - Staff Liaison Tom McGowan a. Document Cycle Information b. NFPA New Process - Second Draft i. TC Actions 6. Technical Committee Actions a. Review of Public Comments b. Second Revisions 7. Other Business 8. Adjourn at the Close of Business
NFPA Technical Committee on Wildland Fire Management First Draft Meeting - NFPA 1143 Double Tree Suites by Hilton Hotel Phoenix 320 North 44 th Street, Phoenix AZ 85008 Conference Call and Adobe Connect provided November 17-18, 2015 Minutes Steve Gage, Chair Randall Bradley Charles George Joseph Holland Steve Oaks Stephen Pollock Patrick Shipp Thomas Sing, Sr. Jim Stumpf Ron Raley Kathryn Butler, Guest NIST Jim Gogolski, Guest Hoover Treated Wood Tom McGowan, NFPA staff Chair Steve Gage called the meeting to order at approximately 8:05 am Introduction of Members and Guests Chair s Brief Remarks and Purpose of Meeting Minutes from Previous Meeting were approved - Second Draft Meeting for NFPA 1145 - September 9, 2015 Conference Call Staff Liaison presented a PPT on Standard Development Process and relevant dates for revision cycle. Technical Committee acted on Public Inputs received and developed First Revisions for NFPA 1143. Adjourned for the evening at approximately 4:35 pm to reconvene at 8:00am the next day. The Chair called the meeting to order for the second day at approximately 8:05 am. The Technical Committee continued to review Public Inputs and developed First Revisions for NFPA 1143. No other business came before the Technical Committee. Next Meeting Tentatively first week of October (3-6) 2016, SDM NFPA 1143. Adjourn at approximately 3:00pm local time.
1 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 1-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. 3.3.12 ] 3.3.12 Logistics. The incident management section responsible for providing facilities, services, support and materials for the incident. A basic premise for Logistics section is that the deal with service and support. Support was left out First Revision No. 10-NFPA 1143-2015 [Sections 3.3.12, 3.3.13] Submittal Date: Wed May 04 15:38:17 EDT 2016
2 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 3-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. 6.2.1.2 ] 6.2.1.2 These responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) * Developing the command and support organization for the incident (2) Establishing a command post (3) Developing, reviewing, revising, evaluating, approving, and distributing an incident action plan (IAP) for each operational period (4) Ensuring adequate safety measures are followed, using the following principles: (5) Activities that present a significant risk to the safety of fire fighters shall be limited to situations where there is a potential to save endangered lives. (6) In those situations where improved property is threatened but lives are not at risk, threats to fire fighter safety shall be minimized. (7) Maintaining command throughout the duration of the incident, including transfer and termination of command (8) * Acquiring a formal Delegation of Authority from the AHJ (9) Controlling access of essential and nonessential individuals to the incident scene (10) Maintaining awareness of situation status (11) Evaluating progress of the incident (12) Maintaining awareness of deployment of all assigned units (13) Maintaining personnel accountability (14) Requesting additional resources as needed (15) Notifying key people, officials, and the agency administrator of incident status Agency Administrator is not defined suggest defining or using AHJ for consistency (16) Approving release of information to the public (17) Approving the demobilization of resources (1) Add support to sentence - Much more than command occurs (6) Receive the delegation from the AHJ - all we say is obtain a delegation but it doesn't say who issues. (13) Report to AHJ rather than Agency Administrator - AA has not been defined, AHJ will help to remain consistent Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1143-2015 [Section No. A.3.3.15]
3 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Submittal Date: Fri May 06 11:37:50 EDT 2016
4 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 4-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. 6.2.2.1.1 ] 6.2.2.1.1 The public information officer shall develop and release approved information about the incident to the news media, to incident personnel, and to other appropriate agencies and organizations. Since we have previously stated that the IC approves information releases I think we need to be consistent here Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1143-2015 [Section No. A.3.3.15] Submittal Date: Fri May 06 13:17:09 EDT 2016
5 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 5-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. 6.2.2.1.4 ] 6.2.2.1.4 The following are the major responsibilities of the public information officer, which shall apply to any incident: (1) Determine from the IC if there are any limits on information release (2) Develop material for use in media briefings (3) Obtain IC's approval of media releases (4) Inform media and conduct media briefings (5) Arrange for tours and other interviews or briefings as requested (6) Obtain media information that can be useful to incident planning (7) Maintain current information summaries and displays on the incident and provide information on the status of the incident to assigned personnel (8) Maintain unit log (9) Participate in Planning Meeting Participation in the Planning Meetings is one of the major sources of information gathering for the PIO and team member of the command staff Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1143-2015 [Section No. A.3.3.15] Submittal Date: Fri May 06 13:21:12 EDT 2016
6 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 6-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. 6.2.2.3.4 ] 6.2.2.3.4 The following are the major responsibilities of the safety officer, which shall apply to any incident: (1) Participate in tactics and planning meetings (2) Identify hazardous situations associated with the incident (3) Review theiap for safety implications (4) Exercise emergency authority to stop and prevent unsafe acts (5) Investigate accidents that have occurred within the incident area (6) Assign assistants as needed (7) Review and approve the medical plan (8) Maintain unit log The tactics meeting is a pre-event to the development and approval of the IAP. It is really an important part of the process. Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1143-2015 [Section No. A.3.3.15] Submittal Date: Fri May 06 13:25:09 EDT 2016
7 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 7-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. 6.2.3.3.2 ] 6.2.3.3.2* These responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Assessing and determining the need for facilities, communications, support services, supplies, and equipment (2) Organizing a logistics section to include the following units as necessary: (3) Supply unit (4) (5) (6) * * * Facilities unit Ground support unit Communications unit (7) Food unit (8) Medical/fire fighter rehabilitation unit (9) Managing all incident logistics (10) Providing logistical input during the tactics meeting and through required documents for preparing the IAP (11) Identifying anticipated and known incident service and support requirements (12) Requesting or acquiring additional resources as needed (13) Preparing and disseminating the communications plan, medical plan, and traffic plan for the IAP (14) Supporting demobilization Involved with tactics to support the OSC proposed tactical plan. Has other parts of the IAP like ICS-205 and 206 that are part of the IAP Public Input No. 18-NFPA 1143-2015 [Section No. A.3.3.15] Submittal Date: Fri May 06 13:28:09 EDT 2016
8 of 8 9/19/2016 2:22 PM Public Comment No. 8-NFPA 1143-2016 [ Section No. C.1.2.1 ] C.1.2.1 NWCG (National Wildfire Coordinating Group) Publications. National Interagency Fire Center Publications, Great Basin Cache Supply Office, 3833 So. Development Avenue, Boise, ID 83705. NWCG revises its publications periodically. See the catalog at http://www.nwcg.gov/pms/pms.htm for the latest edition of the referenced items below. Master Cooperative Wildland Fire Management and Stafford Act Response Agreement, 2007. NWCG-NFES No. 001070, Incident Response Pocket Guide, 2014 NWCG-NFES 2225, Common Denominators of Fire Behavior on Tragedy and Near-Miss Forest Fires, 1996. NWCG S-134, Lookouts, Communications, Escape Routes and Safety Zones (LCES), 2003. NWCG S-190, Introduction to Fire Behavior, 2008. NWCG S-130, Basic firefighting NWCG L-180, Leadership I-100 Basic ICS Healthy Forests Restoration Act (Public Law 108-148), 2003. By adding the other references we are being consistent with section 5.4.1 Public Input No. 14-NFPA 1143-2015 [Section No. 7.2.2.1] Submittal Date: Fri May 06 13:32:20 EDT 2016