Accreditation Training Conference

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Welcome!

• Accreditation Training Conference
• Tampa, FL
• January 25-26, 2008

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Pro Board Program Update
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Meeting Logistics

• Room charges (room and tax, 3 nights)
• Wireless internet (Netgear)
• Plastic logos
• Presentations will be added to web site
• Friday lunch 1200 Atrium area
• Friday evening dinner 600 USF Galleria
• Directions

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Dinner this evening

• Exit meeting room area
• Go through restaurant
• Take a left, go past Mangroves Grille
• Continue straight ahead, exit to outside
• Take a left, follow the cobblestone path across
  street
• Dining room is the first floor of the large white
  building on your right

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Certification Registry Overview

• 324,270 records as of 12/31/2007
• Records date back to 1983
• Up 43,838 from 2006

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Composition of Registry

• Fire Fighter 36
• Hazmat 23
• Fire Instructor 10
• Fire Officer 9
• Fire Inspector- 7
• All other levels 15

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Electronic Submissions

• Many entities now using this method _at_ 5.50 per
  applicant
• Entities print Pro Board logo on their
  certificates
• Important to comply with Excel format and
  instructions to facilitate merging with our
  database
• Submit frequently to reduce questions from
  individuals who are unable to locate their
  records on the look up web site
• Reduces chances of lost certificates
• Data files are merged within hours of receipt

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Applications

• Make sure that you are using the new application
  that includes the credit card payment option
• COA-2 Annual Reaccreditation Authorization Forms
  due
• Adding or changing signatories
• Samples of these signatures
• Completeness and accuracy of application
  eliminates delays in getting certificates out

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Look Up Site

• 28,000 total visitors to date
• Updated daily
• From www.theproboard.org
• Click on Certification Search
• Enter last name and last 4 digits of Soc. Sec.
  No./ Social Insurance No./Employee No., etc.
• Displays name, certification level, date
  certified, agency, NFPA standard edition date

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Questions?

• Amy
• [phone]
• asturtevant_at_nfpa.org
• Dave
• [phone]
• dtrebisacci_at_nfpa.org

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NFPA Standards Update

• Frank Florence and Ken Holland
• Staff liaisons, Pro Qual standards
• fflorence_at_nfpa.org 617-984-7480
• kholland_at_nfpa.org 617-984-7490

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NFPA 1000 - 2006 Edition Standard for Fire
Service Professional Qualifications Accreditation
and Certification Systems

• This edition of the document includes information
  to both Accreditation and Certification entities
  to establish rules pertaining to alternative
  evaluation methodologies that if used by these
  entities.

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NFPA 1000 - 2006 Edition Standard for Fire
Service Professional Qualifications Accreditation
and Certification Systems

• Next revision cycle A2010
• Document will enter cycle July 11, 2008
• Proposal closing date is December 1, 2008

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NFPA 1001 2008 EditionStandard for Fire
Fighter Professional Qualifications

• Changes from previous edition include
• A skills maintenance requirement was added
• Specific knot-tying requirements were deleted and
  replaced with those required by the AHJ
• Inspection and public education requirements were
  moved from Chapter 5 to Chapter 6
• The JPR on flow testing of fire hydrants was
  deleted from Chapter 6

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NFPA 1001 2008 EditionStandard for Fire
Fighter Professional Qualifications

• Section 5.1
• Fire fighter I must meet
• general knowledge requirements in 5.1.1
• general skill requirements in 5.1.2
• competencies in Chapter 5 of NFPA 472 (2008)
• section 6.6 of NFPA 472 (Product Control)
• (section 6.6 includes the PPE requirements in
  6.2)

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NFPA 472 2008 EditionStandard for Competence
of Responders to Hazardous Materials/Weapons of
Mass Destruction Incidents

• Chapter 5 Core Competencies for Operations
  Level (essentially 2002 edition Operations Level)
• Chapter 6 Mission Specific Competencies for
  Operations Level (AHJ to select appropriate)
• Firefighter I training includes Chapter 5 and
  Sections 6.6 (Product Control, which includes
  PPE) (see memo in your folder)

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NFPA 1002Standard for Fire Apparatus
Driver/Operator Professional Qualifications

• Document currently in A2008 revision cycle
• ROC available February 22, 2008
• New 2009 edition will be issued July 24, 2008
• Modified 5.1, 6.1 and 10.1 to allow for addition
  of meeting the requirements of NFPA 1081

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NFPA 1003Airport Fire Fighter Professional
Qualifications

• Currently in F2009 revision cycle
• Entered cycle January 11, 2008
• Proposal closing date May 30, 2008
• Next edition 2010

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NFPA 1005Standard for Professional
Qualifications for Marine Firefighting for
Land-Based Fire Fighters

• 1.1 Scope
• This standard identifies the minimum job
  performance requirements for land-based fire
  fighters responsible for firefighting operations
  aboard commercial/military vessels over 50 feet
  involved in fire, that call at North American
  ports or that are signatory to the International
  Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) agreement.
• Next edition is 2012

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NFPA 1006 2008 Edition Standard for Technical
Rescuer Professional Qualifications

• Complete revision, including title change
• Added provisions for an operations level for each
  of the disciplines
• The levels are titled Level I and Level II to
  match all other Professional Qualifications
  Standards

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NFPA 1006 2008 EditionStandard for Rescue
Technician Professional Qualifications

• Other changes include breaking the subject areas
  of water and subterranean into separate areas,
  i.e. Surface Water, Swift Water, Dive, Ice, Surf,
  and Mines, Tunnels and Caves
• Change will allow certification and user entities
  to choose which specific areas to certify
  individuals
• Document was issued January 25, 2008

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NFPA 1021 2003 EditionStandard for Fire
Officer Professional Qualifications

• Document is in the A2008 revision cycle
• Document has had some significant changes
• ROC will be available February 22, 2008
• 2009 edition will be issued July 24, 2008

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NFPA 1026Standard for Incident Management
Personnel Professional Qualifications

• New project identifies minimum qualifications for
  persons serving in the various positions in the
  IMS system
• Written to the NIMS IM system at Type III, which
  has been determined to be the transition between
  strictly local incidents and those identified as
  Type I or II (major events on a national scale)
• ROC will be available February 22, 2008
• 2009 edition will be issued July 24, 2008

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NFPA 1031 2003 EditionStandard for
Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector
and Plan Examiner

• Document is in A2008 revision cycle
• ROC available February 22, 2008
• 2009 Edition of the document will be issued July
  24, 2008

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NFPA 1033 2003 EditionStandard for
Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator

• A2008 revision cycle
• ROC will be available February 22, 2008
• 2009 edition will be issued July 24, 2008

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NFPA 1035Standard for Professional
Qualifications for Public Fire and Life Safety
Educator

• F2009 revision cycle
• Proposal closing date is May 30, 2008
• Next edition is 2010

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NFPA 1037 2007 EditionStandard of Professional
Qualifications for Fire Marshal

• New document is a menu approach like 2002 and
  1006
• Identifies core competencies and provides
  direction for allowing a jurisdiction to identify
  which areas the Fire Marshal may be responsible
  for, and to address those areas
• In the case of a stand alone person who may be
  the Fire Inspector, Fire Investigator or Public
  Life Fire Safety Educator that they meet the
  qualifications of those documents
• F2011 revision cycle
• Next edition is 2012

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NFPA 1041 2007 EditionStandard for Fire
Service Instructor Professional Qualifications

• Next revision of the document is F2011 cycle
• Cover date 2012

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NFPA 1051 2007 EditionStandard for Wildland
Fire Fighter Professional Qualifications

• Next revision of the document is F2011 cycle
• Cover date 2012

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NFPA 1061 2007 EditionStandard for
Professional Qualifications for Public Safety
Telecommunicator

• Committee added a new chapter for the position of
  Public Telecommunicator III
• Next revision of the document is F2011 cycle
• Cover date 2012

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NFPA 1071 2006 EditionStandard for Emergency
Vehicle Technician Professional Qualifications

• In this edition, the committee added a new
  chapter for Emergency Vehicle Technician (EVT)
  III, which is the first level supervisor
• The next revision cycle is A2010
• Document will enter cycle July 11, 2008
• Proposal closing date is December 1, 2008
• Next edition is 2011

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NFPA 1081 2007 EditionStandard for Industrial
Fire Brigade Member Professional Qualifications

• Next revision of document is the A2011 cycle
• Cover date is 2012

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New Project for Safety Officer (Technician)

• Committee is currently soliciting members in all
  interest classifications
• Committee Chair is Wes Kitchel

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Questions?

• NFPA Professional Qualification Standards
• Frank Florence fflorence_at_nfpa.org [phone]
• Ken Holland kholland_at_nfpa.org [phone]

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Nominations for COA 2008 Open Position

• Billy Shelton - Virginia
• Doug Goodings Ontario
• Chris Seneratne Alberta
• Tracie Young-Brungard - Pennsylvania