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29、 NFPA 1033 Standardfor ProfessionalQualificationsforFireInvestigator 2014Edition This edition of NFPA 1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Investigator, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Investigator Professional Qualifications and releasedbytheTechnicalCorrelatingCo
30、mmitteeonProfessionalQualifications.Itwasissued by the Standards Council on May 28, 2013, with an effective date of June 17, 2013, and supersedesallpreviouseditions. This edition of NFPA1033 was approved as anAmerican National Standard on June 17, 2013. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA1033 In 1972, the Jo
31、int Council of National Fire Service Organizations (JCNFSO) created the NationalProfessionalQualificationsBoard(NPQB)forthefireservicetofacilitatethedevel- opmentofnationallyapplicableperformancestandardsforuniformedfireservicepersonnel. On December 14, 1972, the board established four technical com
32、mittees to develop those standards using the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards-making system. The initial committees addressed the following career areas: fire fighter, fire officer, fire service instructor, and fire inspector and investigator. The original concept of the profess
33、ional qualification standards as directed by the JCNFSO and the NPQB was to develop an interrelated set of performance standards specifically for the uniformed fire service. The various levels of achievement in the stan- dards were to build upon each other within a strictly defined career ladder. In
34、 the late 1980s, revisions of the standards recognized that the documents should stand on their own merit in terms of job performance requirements for a given field.Accordingly, the strict career ladder concept was revised, except for the progression from fire fighter to fire officer, in order to al
35、low civilian entry into many of the fields. These revisions facili- tatedtheuseofthedocumentsbyotherthantheuniformedfireservices.TheCommittee onFireInspectorandInvestigatorProfessionalQualificationsmetandproducedthefirst edition of NFPA 1031, Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector, Fire Inve
36、stigator, and Fire Prevention Education Officer.This document was adopted by the NFPAin May of 1977. In1986,thejointcouncildirectedthecommitteetodevelopseparatedocumentsforeach of the job functions the original document addressed. This direction was coupled with the decisiontoremovethejoboffireinves
37、tigatorfromthestrictcareerpathpreviouslyfollowed and allow for civilian entry. The first edition of this new document, NFPA1033, Standard for Professional Qualifications forFire Investigator,wasadoptedbytheNFPAinJuneof1987. In1990,responsibilityfortheappointmentofprofessionalqualificationscommittees
38、and the development of the professional qualifications standards was assumed by the NFPA.The Professional Qualifications Correlating Committee was appointed by the NFPA Standards Councilandassumedtheresponsibilityforcoordinatingtherequirementsofallofthedocu- mentsintheprofessionalqualificationssyste
39、m. The NFPAStandards Council established the Technical Committee on Fire Investigator Pro- fessionalQualificationsin1990toaddresstheneedforspecificexpertiseintheareaoffireinves- tigationtoreviewandrevisetheexistingdocument.Thiscommitteecompletedajobtaskanalysis anddevelopedspecificjobperformancerequ
40、irementsforthejoboffireinvestigator. The intent of the Technical Committee on Fire Investigator Professional Qualifications was to develop clear and concise job performance requirements that can be used to deter- mine that an individual, when measured to the standard, possesses the skills and knowle
41、dge to perform as a fire investigator. These job performance requirements are applicable to fire investigatorsbothpublicandprivate. 10331 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.Inthe2003editionofthedocument,theT
42、echnicalCommitteemadechangestobringitintoconformancewiththe new Manual of Style forNFPATechnical Committee Documents. In the 2009 edition of the document, the Technical Committee added an explanatory annex item to the Scope statement. The committees intent was to clarify that the standard applies to
43、 all fire investigation, including outside, vehicle, and other fires that are not structural.The committee added a skills maintenance requirement to Chapter 1 andincludedmorespecificRequisiteKnowledgestatementstovariousJPRs. Forthe2014edition,thefireinvestigatorisexpectedtoremaincurrentonthetopicsli
44、stedinthegeneralrequirements sectionofthedocumentbyattendingformaleducationcourses,workshops,andseminars,andthroughprofessionalpub- licationsandjournals.Whilethetechnicalcommitteeviewsahigh-schoolleveleducationasaminimum,thefireinvestigator isexpectedtomaintainup-to-datebasicknowledgeoftopicsalready
45、projectedinthedocument,aswellasknowledgeoffire protection systems; evidence documentation, collection, and preservation; and electricity and electric systems. Definitions for fire analysis, fire dynamics, fire investigation technology, and fire science have been added. The technical committee has al
46、so madeclarificationsundertheevidencecollectionandpreservationsectionofthedocument. 10332 PROFESSIONALQUALIFICATIONSFORFIREINVESTIGATOR 2014 EditionCorrelatingCommitteeonProfessionalQualifications(PQU-AAC) WilliamE.Peterson, Chair Plano,TXM Rep.InternationalFireServiceTrainingAssociation DouglasP.Fo
47、rsman, ChampaignFireDepartment,ILE RichardGaltieri, WashingtonStateFireMarshalsOffice, WAE R.KirkHankins, FireConsulting&CaseReview International,Inc.,MOSE Rep.InternationalAssociationofArsonInvestigators,Inc. AlanE.Joos, LouisianaStateUniversity,LASE Rep.NorthAmericanFireTrainingDirectors JerroldPr
48、endergast, SpringfieldFireDepartment, MAU WillieG.Shelton, VirginiaDepartmentofFirePrograms, VAE Rep.NationalBoardonFireServiceProfessional Qualifications PhilipC.Stittleburg, LaFargeFireDepartment,WIL Rep.NationalVolunteerFireCouncil Alternates FrederickW.Piechota,Jr., NationalBoardonFireService Pr
49、ofessionalQualifications,MAE (Alt.toW.G.Shelton) Nonvoting StephenP.Austin, CumberlandValleyVolunteerFiremens Association,DEL Rep.TConTrafficControlIncidentManagement ProfessionalQualifications JohnMichaelBrackin, KaplanUniversity,MSU Rep.TConAccreditation&CertificationProfessional Qualifications RichardW.Carlson, OkolonaFireDepartment,KYU Rep.TConFireInspectorProfessionalQualifications ErnestJ.Grant, NorthCarolinaJayceeBurnCenter, NCU Rep.TConPublicFireEducatorProfessional Qualifications EdwardM.Hawthorne, ShellOilCompany,TXU Rep.TConIndustrialFi
