NFPA 1201-2015 Standard for Providing Fire and Emergency Services to the Public (Effective Date 12 1 2014).pdf

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29、t www.nfpa.org. All NFPA codes and standards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright 2014 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 1201 Standardfor ProvidingFireandEmergencyServicestothePublic 2015Edition This edition of NFPA 1201,StandardforProvidingFir

30、eandEmergencyServicestothePublic, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Emergency Service Organization Risk Manage- ment. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 11, 2014, with an effective date of December 1, 2014, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA 1201 was

31、approved as an American National Standard on December 1, 2014. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA1201 Sections of this document were developed by the Committee on Fire Department Organiza- tion and adopted by NFPA on a tentative basis in 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1967. In 1968, the entire document was ado

32、pted as NFPA 4B,RecommendationsforManagementofaFireDepartment. The document was revised, renumbered, and retitled as NFPA 4,OrganizationforFireServices, in 1971. In 1977, the document was completely revised and renumbered as NFPA 1201. The 1984 edition, retitled Recommendations for the Organization

33、for Fire Services, was a complete revision that incorporated new chapters on emergency management and emergency medical services. At the same time, the existing 13 chapters were reorganized into 18 chapters. The Technical Committee on Public Fire Service Organization and Operations revised the 1994

34、edition from a recommended practice to a standard. The chapters were expanded to include updated material that was important to fire department organizations, and the ap- pendix material was expanded to include additional explanatory material. The 2000 edition of NFPA 1201, with the new title Standa

35、rd for Developing Fire Protection Services for the Public, was a reconfirmation of the 1994 edition. In 1997, NFPAs Standards Council had disbanded the Technical Committee on Public Fire Service Organization and Operations and assigned the project to a new technical committee. The Technical Committe

36、e on Emergency Service Organization Risk Management reviewed the 1994 edition and felt that the material contained was still relevant to fire departments. Concurrently, the two new fire service organization and deployment committees (the Technical Committee on Fire and Emergency Service Organization

37、 and Deployment Career and the Technical Committee on Fire and Emergency Service Organization and Deployment Volunteer) were developing documents that would address fire department issues, especially deployment capabilities, contained in NFPA 1201. Because the proposed documents were under developme

38、nt, the technical committee determined not to revise NFPA 1201 but to hold it in place until the two new technical committees could finish their work. The 2004 edition was rewritten to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPATechnical Com- mittee Documents and to update appropriate material. The tit

39、le of the document was changed to Standard for Providing Emergency Services to the Public to better reflect the contents of the standard. The 2010 edition moved code enforcement from Section 5.2 to a new Chapter 6. Items dealing with how to implement certain requirements were moved to Annex A. The w

40、ord “fire” was added back into the title. In this edition, where previously the Technical Committee referred to the “authority hav- ing jurisdiction” (AHJ), it now refers to the “governing authorities” of a jurisdiction. The committee has also changed the term risk assessment to community risk reduc

41、tion, to prepare for timely and sufficient coverage of incidents. In Chapter 8, requirements have been added for jurisdictions to submit all incident reporting data to the appropriate state, provincial, and national reporting systems. 12011 NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registere

42、d trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.TechnicalCommitteeonEmergencyServiceOrganizationRiskManagement AdamK.Thiel, Chair Commonwealth of Virginia, VA E ScottJ.Blaser, Florida League of Cities, FL U PaulH.Boecker,III, Illinois Public Risk Fund, IL I John

43、L.Cochran, Municipal Fire Services Consulting, Inc., AR SE LisaM.Cockerill, Region of Peel, Canada U GerardA.Dio, City of Worcester Fire Department, MA E KeithS.Frangiamore, Fire Safety Consultants, Inc., IL SE DanielB.C.Gardiner, International Society of Fire Service Instructors, CT SE Rep. Interna

44、tional Society of Fire Service Instructors HughH.Gibson,IV, Insurance Services Office, Inc., NJ I Terry-DawnHewitt, McKenna Hewitt, CO SE WilliamF.Jenaway, Volunteer Firemens Insurance Services, Inc., PA I DeanR.Larson, Larson Performance Consulting, IN SE BrianR.McNevin, Commerce Fire Department, T

45、X E BridgetOHara, United States Steel Corporation, PA U RonaldP.OKeefe, New Hampshire Local Government Center, NH U KennethA.Pravetz, City of Virginia Beach Fire Department, VA E LyleQuan, Waterloo Fire Rescue, Canada E RonaldW.Richards, Task Force 1, Inc., PA SE MarkA.Sanders, Ohio Association of P

46、rofessional Firefighters, OH L Rep. International Association of Fire Fighters KelliJ.Scarlett, Borough of Doylestown Fire Marshal, PA E AllenM.Smolen, Michigan Municipal Risk Management Authority, MI I DavidG.N.Stonhill, Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA), ID U BradW.Tadlock, Hilton Head Island Fire &

47、Rescue, SC E WilliamTricarico, McNeil & Company, Inc., VA I DonaldH.J.Turno, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, SC U Alternates ScottHarkins, Glatfelter Insurance Group, Inc., PA I (Alt. to W. F. Jenaway) TimHill, Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona, AZ L (Alt. to M. A. Sanders) JohnF.Sullivan

48、, City of Worcester Fire Department, MA E (Alt. to G. A. Dio) OrlandoP.Hernandez, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was balloted on the final text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred.Akey to classifications is f

49、ound at the back of the document. NOTE: Membership on a committee shall not in and of itself constitute an endorsement of the Association or any document developed by the committee on which the member serves. Committee Scope: This Committee shall have primary responsibility for documents on emergency service organizations structure, operations, and risk management. 12012 PROVIDING FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC 2015 EditionContents Chapter1 Administration 12014 1.1 Scope . 12014 1.2 Purpose 12014 1