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12、000, Standard for Fire Service Professional Qualications Accreditation and Certication Systems, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Accreditation and Certication for Fire Service, Public Safety, and Related Personnel to Professional Qualications Standards and released by the Correlating Commi
13、ttee on Professional Qualications. It was issued by the Standards Council on July 19, 2016, with an effective date of August 8, 2016, and supersedes all previous editions. This edition of NFPA was approved as an American National Standard on August 8, 2016. Origin and Development of NFPA 1000 In 199
14、0, the Professional Qualications Correlating Committee recommended that the Association establish a project related to re service certication and accreditation programs. The project was approved at the July 1990 meeting of the NFPA Standards Council. As a result of that action, a technical committee
15、 was named to develop procedures for the accreditation of agencies involved in certication, based on the NFPA Professional Qualications Standards, and procedures for the certication of individuals to those standards. The Technical Committee on Accreditation and Certication to Fire Service Profession
16、al Qualications met for the rst time in October 1991 and regularly during 1992 and 1993 to develop this document. The committee reviewed materials related to accreditation and certication programs of nonre service organizations and, where possible, used nationally accepted requirements from those pr
17、ograms as the basis for this document. The committees objective was to develop requirements that could be used to evaluate accreditation and certication systems that use NFPA Professional Qualications Standards, and the rst edition of NFPA 1000 was published in 1994. For the 2000 edition, the commit
18、tee added provisions for the accrediting of nonengineering, re- related, academic, degree-granting programs offered by institutions of higher education. For the 2006 edition, the committee added provisions to recognize changing methodologies used for evaluations for both accreditation and certicatio
19、n agencies. Changes were made to bring the document into conformance with the Manual of Style for NFPA Technical Committee Documents. For the 2011 edition, the committee made changes that claried the distinction between “training” and “certication” by adding a denition for the word training. Also ad
20、ded was language designed to strengthen the ethical expectations of accrediting bodies. The committee also chose to use the word candidates instead of students to ensure delineation between training, education, and certication. The committee has made several changes for the 2017 edition. The term “r
21、e and related emergency response personnel“ has been replaced with “re service, public safety, and related personnel“ throughout the document. Language has been added to require a certifying entity to ensure the safety and health of individuals participating in the evaluation process. Certifying age
22、ncies are required to comply with applicable NFPA or equivalent standards adopted by the authority having jurisdiction and with the principles and concepts identied in the National Fallen Fireghters Foundations “16 Fireghter Life Safety Initiatives.” The committee also added language directing certi
23、fying entities to develop a policy that addresses current knowledge and skills as well as recertication and renewal requirements.FIRE SERVICE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS 1000-2 2017 Edition Correlating Committee on Professional Qualications William E. Peterson
24、, Chair Kissimmee, FL M Rep. International Fire Service Training Association Andrew Blum, Exponent, Inc., GA SE Brian R. Brauer, University of Illinois Fire Service Institute, IL E Rep. National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualications Gregg A. Cleveland, La Crosse Fire Department, WI U Rep.
25、NFPA Fire Service Section Gordon Descutner, Alaska DPS Fire Standards Council, AK E Rep. Alaska Fire Standards Council Angus Maclean Duff, Consolidated Fire District 2, KS U Richard T Dunton, Unied/ Rochester Fd/ Milton Fd, Us E Alec Feldman, Fulcrum Consultants, Ireland SE Rep. JOIFF-International
26、Organisation for Industrial Hazard Management Douglas P. Forsman, Faireld Bay Fire Department, AR L Douglas R. Goodings, Missouri State Fire Marshal, MO E Scott M. Gorgon, North Las Vegas Fire Department, NV L Rep. International Association of Fire Fighters R. Kirk Hankins, Fire Consulting & Case Re
27、view International, Inc., MO U Rep. International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc. Tonya L. Hoover, CAL FIRE, Ofce of the State Fire Marshal, CA U Rep. International Association of Fire Chiefs James F. Jaracz, Fire Code Guy, IN SE Richard A. Mason, National Fallen Fireghters Foundation, NH S
28、E Philip C. Stittleburg, La Farge Fire Department, WI L Rep. National Volunteer Fire Council Tracie M. Young-Brungard, Pennsylvania Ofce of the State Fire Commissioner, PA E Rep. International Fire Service Accreditation Congress Michael J. Yurgec, Spartan Motors, IL M Dalan Lee Zartman, Rescue Metho
29、ds, OH U Alternates Thomas W. Aurnhammer, Los Pinos Fire District, CO U (Alt. to R. Kirk Hankins) Wayne Bailey, North Carolina Fire & Rescue Commission, NC E (Alt. to Tracie M. Young-Brungard) David W. Lewis, National Volunteer Fire Council, MD L (Alt. to Philip C. Stittleburg) Richard T. Long, Jr.,
30、 Exponent, Inc., MD SE (Alt. to Andrew Blum) Frederick W. Piechota, Jr., National Board on Fire Service Professional Qualications, MA E (Alt. to Brian R. Brauer) Nonvoting Stephen P. Austin, Cumberland Valley Volunteer Firemens Association, DE L Rep. TC on Trafc Control Incident Management Professio
31、nal Qualications Alan W. Conkle, Ohio Association of Emergency Vehicle Technicians (OAEVT), OH M Rep. TC on Emergency Vehicle Mechanic Technicians Professional Qualications John S. Cunningham, Nova Scotia Fireghters School, Canada U Rep. TC on Fire Fighter Professional Qualications Jay Dornseif, III
32、, Priority Dispatch Corporation, UT M Rep. TC on Public Safety Telecommunicator Professional Qualications Dave E. Hanneman, Idaho Falls Fire Department, ID U Rep. TC on Incident Management Professional Qualications Edward M. Hawthorne, Shell Oil Company, TX U Rep. TC on Industrial Fire Brigades Prof
33、essional Qualications Ronald L. Hopkins, TRACE Fire Protection & Safety Consultant, Ltd., KY SE Randy J. Krause, Port of Seattle Fire Department, WA E Rep. TC on Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health Michael S. Mayers, Hilton Head Island Fire Rescue, SC U Gregory G. Noll, Hildebrand & Noll Ass
34、ociates Inc., PA SE Rep. TC on Hazardous Materials Response Personnel Lawrence L. Preston, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, MD E Rep. TC on Fire Ofcer Professional Qualications Jim Stumpf, Organizational Quality Associates, ID SE Rep. TC on Wildre Suppression Professional Qualications Nancy J. Tr
35、ench, Fire Protection Publications, OK M Rep. TC on Public Fire Educator Professional Qualications George A. Wendt, Travelers Insurance Company, NJ I Rep. TC on Fire Investigator Professional Qualications Ed Conlin, NFPA Staff Liaison This list represents the membership at the time the Committee was
36、 balloted on the nal text of this edition. Since that time, changes in the membership may have occurred. A key to classications is found 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 the management of the NFPA Professional Qualications Project and documents related to professional qualications for re service, public safety, and related personnel.
