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Save the Date - 2008 Annual Area 2 Seminar, July 17 – 19, 2008, Baltimore Maryland:
Final plans are being made for the 2008 Annual Area 2 Seminar scheduled for July 17th – 19th at the Marriott Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel, located at 202 Pratt Street, Baltimore Harbor. The program will include a host of knowledgeable presenters, a night at Camden Yards to see the Baltimore Orioles play the Cleveland Indians and will be kicked off with a golf outing. There’s much to see and do in the harbor. Our room block is available now for booking. To make your reservations call the hotel at 1-410-547-1200 and mention you are with the NFSA group. The room rate is $214.00 per night plus taxes. The room block does include some rooms for Wednesday night July 16th. Additional information on the 2008 Annual Area 2 Seminar will follow as plans are finalized.
New Jersey:
High Rise Fire Sprinkler Retrofit:
The proposed high-rise fire sprinkler retrofit regulation is part of the proposed revised Uniform Fire Code for the State of New Jersey. A debate over costs for the high rise building fire sprinkler retrofit has surfaced. New Jersey Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (NJFSAB) has derived costs estimates based the surveys that were performed on each high rise building in New Jersey. The NJFSAB believes its cost estimates are accurate. Those involved with producing the cost estimates from the NJFSAB are the same individuals who produced the cost estimates for the college dormitory sprinkler project a few years ago. The cost estimates for the dormitories were found to be right on target as the project was completed; therefore, the NJFSAB believes they are on target for the high rise buildings as well because the same methodology was employed. The high rise building owners disagree and have cost estimates that are very much higher than those produced by the NJFSAB.As a result of the difference in cost estimates, Commissioner Joseph Doria, Department of Community Affairs, made an announcement at the January 16, 2008 Fire Safety Commission meeting that the DCA will procure the services of a third party consultant to review the fire sprinkler retrofit cost estimates for the DCA. In the mean time the Commissioner announced the DCA will proceed with the enactment of the new revised state uniform fire code less the high rise fire sprinkler retrofit regulation. A decision to add or delete the high rise fire sprinkler regulation in the revised uniform fire code will be made at a later date when the third party consultant has concluded its findings. In the mean time everyone is urged to write DCA Commissioner Doria in support of the proposed high rise fire sprinkler retrofit regulation. Form letters are discouraged because they are viewed as just that, form letters, and don’t seem to carry the weight of individually written letters. You can address a letter to:
Commissioner Joseph V. Doria, Jr.
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
101 South Broad Street
P.O. Box 800
Trenton, NJ 08625-0800
February:
13th: NFSA NJ Chapter meeting, Trattoria Venezia Restaurant, 112 Main Street, Woodbridge NJ. (732) 855-8995. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m., Dinner at 7:00 p.m., followed by the monthly meeting.
19th: Delaware State Fire Commission meeting, 9:00 a.m., Fire Commission Chamber, Delaware State Fire School, Dover, DE.
20th: New Jersey Fire Code Advisory Council meeting, 9:30 a.m., Dempster Fire Training Academy, Lawrenceville, NJ.
21: Maryland Fire Prevention Commission meeting, 9:30 a.m., City of Laurel Municipal Building, Council Chambers, 8103 Sandy Spring Road, Laurel, MD.
March:
12th: NFSA NJ Chapter meeting, Trattoria Venezia Restaurant, 112 Main Street, Woodbridge NJ. (732) 855-8995. Cocktails at 6:00 p.m., Dinner at 7:00 p.m., followed by the monthly meeting.
17th: NFSA PenJerDel Chapter meeting, Double Tree Guest Suites, 640 Germantown Pike, Plymouth Meeting. Cocktails at 5:00 p.m., Dinner at 6:00 p.m., followed by the meeting.
18th: Delaware State Fire Commission meeting, 9:00 a.m., Fire Commission Chamber, Delaware State Fire School, Dover, DE.
19th: New Jersey Fire Safety Commission meeting, 10:00 a.m. Middlesex Fire Academy, Sayreville, NJ