NFPA 600-2015 Standard on Facility Fire Brigades (Effective Date 12 1 2014).pdf

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29、and standards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright 2014 National Fire Protection Association . All Rights Reserved. NFPA 600 Standardon FacilityFireBrigades 2015Edition This edition of NFPA 600, Standard on Facility Fire Brigades, was prepared by the Technical Committee on L

30、oss Prevention Procedures and Practices. 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 600 was approved as an American National Standard on December 1, 2014. OriginandDevelopmentofNF

31、PA600 In 1902 NFPA adopted Suggestions for Organizing Private Fire Departments recommended by the Committee on Private Fire Department Regulations. In 1912 NFPA adopted two pam- phlets, Organization and Execution of Exit Drills and Organization and Drilling of Private Fire Bri- gades, on the recomme

32、ndation of the Committee on Private Fire Departments and Fire Drills. In 1924 the NFPA adopted Suggestions forthe Organization, Drilling and Equipment of Private Fire Brigades on the recommendation of the Committee on Field Practice, and revisions were adopted in 1930, 1937, and 1949. Jurisdiction f

33、or the publication was transferred in 1948 to the new Committee on Fire Brigades and Watchmen, and a revised edition was published in 1955. The guide was com- pletely revised in 1967. In 1969 the committee was reorganized as the Technical Committee on Loss Prevention Procedures and Practices, and th

34、e guide was reconfirmed in 1975. In 1981 a complete revi- sion was accomplished, and a partial revision was made in the 1986 edition, as well as a redesignation from NFPA 27 to NFPA 600. In 1992 the document was completely revised as a standard to provide a minimum level of occupational safety and h

35、ealth for industrial fire brigade members consistent with the Occu- pational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The standard incorporated the concepts of advanced exterior fire fighting and site-specific hazards for the first time. These concepts were needed for industrial fire brigades to pro

36、perly address the types of situations they en- counter. In 1996 the document was revised to include industrial fire departments, which were previously addressed in NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program. This reorganization assisted the authority having jurisdi

37、ction and owner/operators in determining the standard they must comply with and if they are in compliance. Other changes made the document more user friendly and better clarified the requirements of the standard. Changes to the 2000 edition were mainly editorial or were provided for clarification. A

38、 noteworthy exception was the change in the number of industrial fire brigade members for interior structural fire fighting. Two industrial fire brigade members were now required to be available for rescue, whereas the previous edition required only one. The 2005 edition incorporated revised definit

39、ions that correspond to preferred terms found in the Glossary of Terms. One of the definition changes incorporated a broader scope for the medical professionals who assess medical and physical fitness of fire brigade members. The term “qualified physician” was replaced by “qualified health care prof

40、essional” to reflect actual practice. The 2005 edition added references to the professional qualification standard, NFPA 1081, StandardforIndustrialFireBrigadeMemberProfessionalQualifications, which was adopted after the effective date of the 2000 edition. The standard was also revised and reorganiz

41、ed in accor- dance with the Manual of Style forNFPATechnical Committee Documents. 6001 NFPA and National Fire Protection Association are registered trademarks of the National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169.For the 2015 edition, the standard has been reorganized. The Committ

42、ee believes that the hazards to a fire brigade from interior structural and advanced exterior fire fighting are the same, including the potential for an IDLH envi- ronment, and therefore the consolidated requirements from the two separate chapters into one chapter applicable to both. In addition, th

43、e Committee has changed the title of the document from Industrial Fire Brigades to Facility Fire Brigades, recognizing that fire brigades exist beyond industrial settings. The word facility now replaces industrial throughout the standard. 6002 FACILITY FIRE BRIGADES 2015 EditionTechnicalCommitteeonL

44、ossPreventionProceduresandPractices JosephA.Cocciardi, Chair Cocciardi and Associates, Inc., PA SE Rep. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania CharlesA.Badeau, Liberty Mutual Insurance, NH I ThomasL.Caisse, FM Global, RI I JeffD.Cooper, Michelin North America, Inc., SC U StanfordE.Davis, PPL Susquehanna LLC,

45、PA U MichaelD.DeVore, State Farm Insurance Company, IL I AaronD.Duff, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, NJ U Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section BillC.Greenwade, Regional Reporting, Inc., AR SE DavidJ.Hiscott,Jr., Phillips 66 Transportation, TX U Rep. American Petroleum Institute HarukiHowell,

46、McKee Foods Corporation, TN U RyanLudwick, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation, MI U JeffMartin, Elite Fire Protection, Canada IM Rep. National Association of Fire Equipment Distributors CraigP.Remsburg, Telgian Corporation, AZ SE JeffreyL.Robinson, Robinson Risk Consulting, LLC, SC SE RobertH.Stagg,

47、Guardsmark, Inc., NC SE CraigSteley, Honda of Canada Manufacturing, Canada U Rep. NFPA Industrial Fire Protection Section DariuszSzwarc, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, IL E R.PaulValentine, Nexus Engineering, IL M Rep. International Fire Service Training Association RandalWakeman, Nuclear Servi

48、ce Organization (NSO), DE I NeilP.Wu, Exponent, Inc., MD SE LarryA.Zakem, Electronic Eye Incorporated, OH M Alternates WilliamBekanich, Cocciardi and Associates, PA SE (Alt. to J. A. Cocciardi) MichaelM.Dillon, Nexus Engineering, IL M (Alt. to R. P. Valentine) RonaldA.Langstaff, U.S. Nuclear Regulat

49、ory Commission, IL E (Alt. to D. Szwarc) JohnRichardLussi, PPL Susquehanna, LLC, PA U (Alt. to S. E. Davis) JuanA.Olivari, Telgian Corporation, AZ SE (Alt. to C. P. Remsburg) KevinPhelan, Liberty Mutual Insurance, NH I (Alt. to C. A. Badeau) MichaelJohnStanley, Nuclear Service Organization (NSO), DE I (Alt. to R. Wakeman) RayA.Webber, The Procter & Gamble Company, OH U (Alt. to C. Steley) JohnA.Welling,III, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, NJ U (Alt. to A. D. Duff) Nonvoting WilliamR.Hamilton, U.S. Department of Labor,