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29、rmation about NFPA, visit the NFPA website at www.nfpa.org. All NFPA codes and standards can be viewed at no cost at www.nfpa.org/freeaccess.Copyright2014NationalFireProtectionAssociation .AllRightsReserved. NFPA 1408 Standardfor TrainingFireServicePersonnelintheOperation,Care,Use,and MaintenanceofT
30、hermalImagers 2015Edition This edition of NFPA1408, Standard forTraining Fire Service Personnel in the Operation, Care, Use, and Maintenance of Thermal Imagers, was prepared by the Technical Committee on Fire Service Training. It was issued by the Standards Council on November 11, 2014, with an effe
31、ctivedateofDecember1,2014. ThiseditionofNFPA1408wasapprovedasanAmericanNationalStandardonDecember 1,2014. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA1408 This is the first edition of the standard dealing with training in thermal imaging. The chapters include policies and procedures, instructor requirements, student
32、prerequisites, andtrainingprogramcomponents. 14081 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.TechnicalCommitteeonFireServiceTraining KennethW.Richards,Jr., Chair OldMysticFireDepartment,CTE WesleyE.Barbour, CrossBa
33、rInternationalLLC,NYSE JohnP.Brown, NassauCountyFireServiceAcademy,NY U W.EdwardBuchanan,Jr., HanoverFireEMS Department,VAU JamesCannell, ColumbusOhioDivisionofFire,OHL Rep.ColumbusFirefightersUnion RickEgelin, Fireblast451Incorporated,CAM MikeGagliano, SeattleFireDepartment,WAE WilliamE.Glover, Hig
34、hTemperatureLinings(HTL), VAM CortezLawrence, U.S.DepartmentofHomeland Security,MDSE RogerM.LeBoeuf, Elliott,LeBoeuf&McElwain,VASE GordonL.Lohmeyer, TexasA&MEngineeringExtension Service,TXU LavarnE.Lucas, HiltonHeadIslandFire&Rescue,SCE DanielMadrzykowski, NationalInstituteofStandards &Technology,MD
35、RT F.PatrickMarlatt, MarylandFireandRescueInstitute, MDE KevinMunson,Jr., WestHartfordFireDepartment, CTU BrentNorwine, CAL-FIRE/RiversideCountyFire Department,CAU RyanODonnell, BullEx,Inc.,NYM WilliamE.Peterson, Kissimmee,FLSE Rep.InternationalFireMarshalsAssociation JamesE.Podolske,Jr., U.S.Depart
36、mentoftheAirForce, FLU RobertE.Raheb, FAAC,Inc.,NYSE DanielN.Rossos, OregonDepartmentofPublicSafety Standards&Training,ORE DanielD.Shaw, FairfaxCountyFireandRescue Department,MDU GaryA.Simpson, E.D.BullardCompany,KYM StevenH.Weinstein, HoneywellSafetyProducts,CAM PhilWelch, GastoniaFireDepartment,NC
37、U StevenJ.Williamson, UTC/KiddeFireTrainers,Inc., NJM CoreyWilson, PortlandFire&Rescue,ORE MichaelL.Young, VolunteerFiremensInsurance Services,Inc.,PAI Alternates JohnBlackburn, BullEx,Inc.,NYM (Alt.toR.ODonnell) DavidM.Britton, HiltonHeadIslandFire&Rescue, SCE (Alt.toL.E.Lucas) DerrickS.Clouston, N
38、orthCarolinaDepartmentof Insurance,NCE (VotingAlt.toNCDept.ofInsuranceRep.) RolandFredrickson, CityofCoronaFireDepartment, CAU (Alt.toB.Norwine) ChrisH.Hubbard, HanoverFireEMSDepartment,VAU (Alt.toW.E.Buchanan,Jr.) WilliamF.Jenaway, VolunteerFiremensInsurance Services,Inc.,PAI (Alt.toM.L.Young) Jere
39、myD.Jones, Elliott,Leboeuf&McElwain,PASE (Alt.toR.M.LeBoeuf) StevenC.Luftig, UTC/KiddeFireTrainers,Inc.,NJM (Alt.toS.J.Williamson) DouglasJ.Mitchell,Jr., FireDepartmentCityofNew York,NYU (Alt.toD.D.Shaw) DenisG.Onieal, U.S.DepartmentofHomelandSecurity, MDSE (Alt.toC.Lawrence) J.RonPeddy, TexasA&MEng
40、ineeringExtension Service,TXU (Alt.toG.L.Lohmeyer) MarkA.Rutherford, GastoniaFireDepartment,NCU (Alt.toP.Welch) MichaelA.Wieder, FireProtectionPublications,OKM (VotingAlt.toIFSTARep.) MichaelYacovino, Canton,CTFireMarshalsOffice, CTU (Alt.toK.Munson,Jr.) StevenF.Sawyer,NFPAStaffLiaison This list rep
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42、ciationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. Committee Scope:This Committee shall have primary responsibility for all fire service training techniques, operations, and procedures to develop maximum efficiency and proper utilization of available personnel. Suchactivitiescanincl
43、udetrainingguidesforfireprevention,firesuppression,andothermissionsforwhich thefireservicehasresponsibility. 14082 TRAININGFIRESERVICEPERSONNELINTHEOPERATION,CARE,USE,ANDMAINTENANCEOFTHERMALIMAGERS 2015 EditionContents Chapter1 Administration 14084 1.1 Scope . 14084 1.2 Purpose 14084 1.3 Equivalency
44、 . 14084 Chapter2 ReferencedPublications . 14084 2.1 General 14084 2.2 NFPAPublications 14084 2.3 OtherPublications 14084 2.4 ReferencesforExtractsinMandatory Sections 14084 Chapter3 Definitions 14084 3.1 General 14084 3.2 NFPAOfficialDefinitions . 14084 3.3 GeneralDefinitions . 14084 Chapter4 FireS
45、erviceThermalImager TrainingPolicyandProcedures 14085 4.1 General 14085 4.2 TrainingPoliciesandGuidelines 14085 Chapter5 ThermalImagerInstructor Requirements . 14085 5.1 Operation . 14085 5.2 ConductingTrainingProgram . 14085 Chapter6 StudentPrerequisites . 14085 6.1 GeneralRequirements . 14085 Chap
46、ter7 ThermalImagerTrainingProgram Components 14086 7.1 UseandLimitations 14086 AnnexA ExplanatoryMaterial 14086 AnnexB InformationalReferences . 14088 Index . 14089 14083 CONTENTS 2015 EditionNFPA1408 Standardfor TrainingFireServicePersonnelinthe Operation,Care,Use,andMaintenanceof ThermalImagers 20
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