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The Standards-Making Process Peer-Based Voluntary Overseen by the American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) No “NFPA 1600 Cops”
How an Idea Becomes an NFPA Document… Person or organization identifies a need. Need is presented to the NFPA Standards
Council. If approved; Technical Committee is organized. Recommendation for new document is
published in professional journals. Committee meets to review proposals, develop
its own proposals, and prepare report.
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How an Idea Becomes an NFPA Document…(continued) Committee votes on proposals. If approved; Report on Proposal published for public review and
comment. Committee meets to act on each public comment
received. Committee votes on actions taken on public comments.
If approved; Report on Comments published for public review. NFPA membership votes on Committee report or adopts
document.
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Types of NFPA Documents- Recommended Practice (you should) Standard (you must or shall)
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How is the NFPA 1600 Committee Organized? Users-representatives of entities subject to, or voluntarily
using the document Enforcers-representatives of entities that promulgate or
enforce standards Special Experts-Persons not representing any other
classification, but who have special expertise in the scope of the document
Insurance-representatives of insurance companies or inspection agencies.
Committee must have roughly equal numbers of each classification.
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How Do You Read an NFPA Document? All NFPA documents follow the same format. Only the Chapters proper have the force of the
standard. Numbers followed by asterisks* refer the reader
to additional information in the Appendices. Information found in appendices or footnotes are for explanatory or supporting purposes. This information does NOT have the force of the standard.
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The History of NFPA 1600 Committee “Chartered” in 1991. 1st document issued as a
Recommended Practice in 1995. Re-written and issued as a Standard in
April 2000.
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Who does NFPA 1600 Apply to? Any public or private entity that is
required to develop emergency response plans by agency/company policy, legislation, regulation, or code.
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Does My Company, Jurisdiction or Agency have to Adopt NFPA 1600? No. Adoption of any NFPA Standard is
voluntary. However… NFPA Standards are generally accepted
as industry standards. In the unlikely event that your program ends up in court, it may be compared to it.
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What is Required Under NFPA 1600? Program Management
PolicyProgram CoordinatorProgram CommitteeProgram Assessment
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Comply with existing laws and
authorities
NFPA 1600 is an umbrella. Whatever regulations, codes, standards or practices you are currently required to follow remain in place.
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Hazard identification and risk
assessmentLikelihoodVulnerabilityImpact
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Hazard mitigation strategy
Based on the results of the hazard and vulnerability analysis
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Resource management process
Tied to identified hazardsIdentifies resource shortfalls and alternate
sources or strategiesIncludes a current inventory of internal and
external resourcesAddresses donationsProvides for mutual aid
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Written Plans
strategic, operations, mitigation, recovery plans
Roles and responsibilities Lines of authority
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Direction, Control and Coordination
Use an incident management system (such as ICS)Identifies level of implementation depending on
severity of the incident and capability of the entityCoordinates response, continuity and recovery
activities with appropriate internal and external agencies
Complies with applicable statutes or regulations.
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Communication and Warning
Alert responders and officialsWarn those who may be impacted by a
disasterMust be formally developed and tested
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Operations and Procedures
Life-safety procedures to identify and track responders
Specific to identified hazardsDamage assessment and situation analysisTransition to recovery
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Logistics and Facilities
Procedures to locate, acquire, distribute and account for resources needed to support the program
Facility (EOC) identified, equipped, tested, and maintained.
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Training Program
Develop and enhance the skills needed to develop, implement, maintain and execute the program
Program will identify frequency and scope of training
Must include training in the jurisdiction’s incident management system
Record keeping
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Exercises, Evaluations, Corrective Actions
Shall include assessment of plans, procedures and capabilities
Shall include periodic reviews, testing, post-incident reports, performance evaluations, and exercises
Shall include procedures to ensure corrective action on identified deficiencies
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Program Must Include the Following Elements: Crisis Communications, Public Education
and Information.Procedures for dealing with the mediaProcedures for dissemination of pre-
disaster, disaster, and post disaster information to the public and media
Education for at-risk population
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