The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has passed the1620 Standard for Pre-Incident Planning, 2010 Edition. This new standard has an effective date of December 5, 2009. The 2010 edition of NFPA 1620 features a number of technical and editorial changes. The document was completely revised and changed from was previously a “Recommended Practice” to a standard as the technical committee established minimum requirements for developing preincident plans for use by firefighters. Chapters 4 through 10 address the pre-incident process, physical and site consideration, occupants consideration, water supplies and fire protection systems, special hazards, emergency operations and pre-incident testing and maintenance.
The Annex features cases histories, information addressing special or unique characteristics of the specific occupancy classifications, and preincident plan field collection cards and facility data intelligence sample forms are provided for the end user.
Refer to a preincident planning article in Fire Engineering’s January 2010 issue, “Enhance Fireground Operations with Digital Building Intelligence.” This technology is available today to further assist firefighters with the every changing built environment.
Any further assistance, please contact Jack J. Murphy at Lfdfmret@nj.rr.com
