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| Bruce Lecair, a 31-year fire service veteran, is Regional Manager for NFSA’s Pacific Region, which includes California and Hawaii. Bruce joined the Woodland, California Fire Department in January of 1979 and served as Fire Marshal for six years. He served on the Northern California Fire Prevention Officer’s Association Board of Directors for two years. Bruce served on the Title 19/NFPA 25 Ad Hoc Working Group and was deeply involved in the recent code changes now contained in NFPA 25. | |||||||||||||||||
CA-AB 2836: This bill will require residential care facilities that care for or house six or fewer guest to be equipped with a NFPA 13D fire sprinkler system effective date of compliance based on date of licensing.
CA-AB-2943: This billw ould prohibit water purveyor to charge additional fees to residential occupancies purely based on the addition of a residential fire sprinkler system.
NFPA 25: The NFPA 25/CCR Title 19 Working Group of the State Fire Marshal Automatic Fire Extinguishing Systems Advisory Committee has completed its work on the California adoption packet. Inspection reqport forms are being modified for web use. The proposal for adoption should go to the State fire Marshal in may for his final review and approval, thereafter to the State Office of Administrative law for their approval process and a public comment period. If approved it should be adopeted into CC R Title 19 by the end of the year.
October 19, 2006 - NFSA WAshington Chapter Breakfast Meeting at 7:00AM at McKinstry Company, Seattle, WA. Bob Lovett, Fire Marshal, City of Redman will be speaking on Redman's recent residential fire burn and progress on their local residential ordinance.
November 1-2, 2006 - FIRE TEAM USA WORKSHOP, Portland, Orgeon.
November 14-16, 2006 NFS A Seminar: 3-day NICET Inspection, Testing & Maintenance Certification Anchorage, Alaska
November 16, 2006 - NFSA Washington Chapter Breakfast Meeting at 7:00AM at McKinstry Co., Settle, WA. State Fire Marshal Mike Matlick will be speaking on a "New Fire Protection Vision for Washington State"
December 14, 2006 - NFSA Washington Chapter Christomas Banquet at 6:30PM at Bates Technical College, 1101 South Yakima Street, Tacoma, WA. Guest Speaker is Greg Rogers, President of the Washington State Association of Fire Marshals.
May 2-5, 2007 NFSA Annual Seminar & Exhibition, Red Rock Station Resort Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. www.redrocklasvegas.com http://www.redrocklasvegas.com
June 3-7, 2007 - NFPA World Safety Conference & Exposition Boston, MA.
May 14l-17, 2008 - NFSA Annual Seminar, Atlantis Paradise Island, Bahamas
April 29-May 2, 2009 - NFSA Annual Seminar & Exhibition, Omni Championsgate, Orlando, Fl