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29、visit the NFPA website at www.nfpa.org. 12/11Copyright2013NationalFireProtectionAssociation .AllRightsReserved. NFPA 1720 Standardforthe OrganizationandDeploymentofFireSuppressionOperations, EmergencyMedicalOperations,andSpecialOperationstothe PublicbyVolunteerFireDepartments 2014Edition This editio
30、n of NFPA 1720, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Volunteer Fire De- partments,waspreparedbytheTechnicalCommitteeonFireandEmergencyServiceOrgani- zation and Deployment-Volunteer. It was i
31、ssued by the Standards Council on June 28, 2013, withaneffectivedateofJuly18,2013,andsupersedesallpreviouseditions. This edition of NFPA 1720 was approved as an American National Standard on July 18, 2013. OriginandDevelopmentofNFPA1720 In 2001, the first edition of NFPA1720 was issued. The developm
32、ent of that benchmark standardwastheresultofaconsiderableamountofhardworkandtenacitybytheTechnical Committee members and the organizations they represented. That standard was the first organized approach to defining levels of service, deployment capabilities, and staffing levels for substantially vo
33、lunteer fire departments. Research work and empirical studies in North America were used by the Committee as a basis for developing response times and resource capabilitiesforthoseservices,asidentifiedbythefiredepartment. Followingtheissuanceofthefirstedition,theNFPAStandardsCouncilaskedtheTechni- c
34、alCommitteetobegintherevisionprocessfora2004editionofthestandard.TheCommit- teereviewedandrevisedthefirsteditionofNFPA1720.Existingdefinitionswerecleanedup and new definitions added where needed to assist users of the standard. A new section on community risk management was added as was an annex tit
35、led “Risk Management Model.” New sections were also added on “reporting requirements” and “initial attack.”Annex mate- rialthatincludedextractedfiguresfromNFPA1221, Standard forthe Installation, Maintenance, andUseofEmergencyServicesCommunicationsSystems,wasaddedtoassistusersindeterminingif callsfor
36、servicewerebeingproperlyhandled. The2010editionofNFPA1720standardizedandrefinedterminologyanddefinitionsusedin thedocument.Table4.3.2waseditoriallyrevisedtomakeitmoreunderstandableandtherequire- mentthatthefiredepartmenthavethecapabilitytoinitiateanattackwithin2minutesofhaving necessary resources at
37、 the scene in remote areas was moved from the footnotes to a new para- graphandmadeapplicabletoalloperations. IntroductorymaterialforTable4.3.2wasmodified toindicatetherequirementsapplytoastructurefireinatypical2000ft 2 (186m 2 ),two-storysingle family dwelling without basement and with no exposures
38、. Text was added in the annex to assist usersincalculatingthepercentageoftimestheymeettheobjective. A new section on sustained fire-fighting operations was added and several sections were revisedandreorganizedtopresenttherequirementsinamorelogicalorder. The annex material that discusses the requirem
39、ents in NFPA1221 was expanded and the two figures extracted from NFPA1221 updated.Annex B was extensively revised to make it moreconcisebyremovingambiguoustextandfigures.AnnexCwasdeletedinitsentirety. The work done by the Committee provided the user with a template for developing an implementation p
40、lan on the standard. Most important, it provided the body politic and the citizensatruepictureoftherisksintheircommunityandthefiredepartmentscapabilitiesto respondtoandmanagethoserisks. For the 2014 edition of NFPA 1720, the Committee reaffirmed the existing approach to providingemergencyservicesfor
41、substantiallyvolunteerfiredepartments.Theyalsoaddeda turnouttimerequirementforstaffedstations. 17201 NFPAandNationalFireProtectionAssociationareregisteredtrademarksoftheNationalFireProtectionAssociation,Quincy,Massachusetts02169.TechnicalCommitteeonFireandEmergencyServiceOrganizationandDeployment-Vo
42、lunteer GregL.Render, Chair SignalHillFireProtectionDistrict,ILE Rep.InternationalAssociationofFireChiefs ScottR.Altemose, TrefoilTraining&Technical Assistance,PASE ChrisBarron, ManchacaFire/Rescue,TXE Rep.InternationalAssociationofFireChiefs RichardClarke, ErskineLakesFireCompany,NJE MattEpstein, V
43、alleyFordFireDepartment,CAE CaseyHall, KentuckyFireCommission,KYSE DavidR.Harris, U.S.AirForce,NJU RobertJ.Kilpeck, BrandonFireDepartment,VTU Rep.NationalVolunteerFireCouncil ThomasL.LaBelle, NewYorkStateAssociationofFire Chiefs,NYE CharlesLucas, BolivarCountyFireDepartment,MSU RichardC.Maddox, Sayv
44、ille,NYU Rep.FireDepartmentSafetyOfficersAssociation JohnJ.McAuliffe,Jr., Wethersfield,CTU Rep.NationalVolunteerFireCouncil KennethH.McMahon, DelawareVolunteerFirefighters Association,DEL PeterA.McMahon, EmpactAmericaInc.,NYSE T.J.Nedrow, WashingtonStateDepartmentof Transportation,WAU Rep.NationalVo
45、lunteerFireCouncil VernonJ.Patton, FirstEnergyCorporation,OHC MichaelP.Purtill, CanadianVolunteerFireService Association,CanadaL EdwardM.Raposo, Harrisville,RISE ThomasRothdiener, OriskanyFireDepartment,NYE MichaelD.Snyder, Auburn-WilliamsFireDepartment, MIL Rep.NationalAssociationofTownsandTownship
46、s NicholasW.Sohyda, Mt.LebanonFireDepartment, PAE Rep.InternationalAssociationofFireChiefs RichardTrexler, Colfax,NCI Rep.VolunteerFiremensInsuranceServices,Inc. RichardUlinski, UticaNationalInsuranceCompany, NYI Alternates RonJ.Cheves, InternationalAssociationofFireChiefs, NCE (Alt.toC.Barron) Crai
47、gJ.Craft, WantaghFireDistrict,NYE (Alt.toT.L.LaBelle) JosephR.Davis, Cy-FairVolunteerFireDepartment, TXE (Alt.toN.W.Sohyda) JimFisher, NationalAssociationofTowns&Townships, MNL (Alt.toM.D.Snyder) StevenW.Hirsch, SheridanCountyFireDepartment, KSU (Alt.toR.J.Kilpeck) JayHowell, CODE3InsuranceServices,
48、NCI (Alt.toR.Trexler) GregoryJakubowski, FirePlanningAssociates,Inc., PAE (Alt.toG.L.Render) BrentK.Marshall, GrantsvilleVolunteerFire Department,UTU (Alt.toT.J.Nedrow) RonaldH.Marvel, DelawareVolunteerFirefighters Association,DEL (Alt.toK.H.McMahon) DavidS.Ruton, BuckeyeVillageFireDepartment, OHU (
49、Alt.toR.C.Maddox) GeorgeStevens, LamarCounty,MSU (Alt.toJ.J.McAuliffe,Jr.) StevenF.Sawyer,NFPAStaffLiaison 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 found at the back of the document. NOTE:MembershiponacommitteeshallnotinandofitselfconstituteanendorsementoftheAssociationor anydocumentdevelopedbythecommitteeonwhichthememberserves. Committee Scope: This Commi
