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2010 January - February - March - April - May - June July - August - September - October 2009 January - February - March - April - May - June July - August - September - October - November December |
States covered: California Hawaii |
Contractor Area Director: Jack Thacker |
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Bruce Lecair, a 31-year fire service veteran, is
Regional Manager for NFSA’s West Region, which includes California and Hawaii.
Bruce joined the Woodland, California Fire Department in January of 1979 and
served as Assistant Fire Chief for 13-years and Fire Marshal for 6-years. He
served on the Northern California Fire Prevention Officer’s Association Board of
Directors for 2-years and was Co-chair of the Northern California Fire
Prevention Officers Fire Equipment and Devices Committee for 3-years. Bruce
served as President of the Yolo County Fire Prevention Officers Association for
2-years. Bruce served on the Title 19/NFPA 25 Ad Hoc Working Group that assisted
the State of California and the Office of the State Fire Marshal in adopting the
2006 California edition of NFPA 25. Bruce serves on the California OSFM
Automatic Extinguishing Systems Advisory Board, NFPA 25 Work Group and the Water
Discharge for Fire Protection Systems Task Force. Bruce also served and
co-chaired two of the study groups on the OSFM Phase I, II, and III IRC Task
Forces and assisted in writing the final report to the Office of the State Fire
Marshal, which is based on the 3-IRC Task Force final reports and
recommendations. Bruce also helped author and design the current "Preparing for
the California Residential Code! Residential Fire Sprinkler Criteria for One and
Two Family Dwellings and Townhouses, 2010 California Residential Code (Title 24,
Part 2.5) class" and is one of the 3-instructors teaching the class throughout
California. Bruce is California Fire Service Training and Education System certified as a Fire Marshal and Chief Officer, has an Associate of Science degree in Fire Science, a Bachelor of Science degree in Management and a Master of Science degree in Emergency Services Administration. |
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California
Code Development for 2010 Code Cycle Scheduled for January 1, 2011.
The Office of the State Fire Marshal in conjunction with Cal Chiefs Fire
Prevention Officers Section, Building Officials and other stakeholders are
preparing for the following codes adoptions on January 1, 2011. Effective codes
on that date include:
Part 2 2010 California Building Code (2009 IBC)
Part 2.5 2010 California Residential Code (2009 IRC)
Part 3 2010 California Electrical Code (2009 NEC)
Part 4 2010 California Mechanical Code (2009 UMC)
Part 5 2010 California Plumbing Code (2009 UPC)
Part 9 2010 California Fire Code (2009 IFC)
Part 12 2010 California Referenced Standards Code
Also included are the 2010 NFPA 13, 13r and 13d.
California OSFM Addressing Water Discharge for Fire Protection System
Issues
In response to a letter from NFSA West Regional Manager on behalf of the
California NFSA Chapters and support from the California Fire Prevention
Officers and Cal Chiefs, the Office of the State Fire Marshal will begin meeting
stakeholders in the Fire Protection and Water Industries to identify issues
relating to discharge of water during NFPA 25 maintenance and testing
operations.
Hawaii Begins IRC Stakeholder Study
Hawaii is currently beginning the process of meeting to study the IRC
adoption process and related issues that will affect the adoption of the IRC in
Hawaii. County of Oahu Battalion Chief and Fire Marshal Socrates Bratakos is
charged with organizing the Hawaii State Building Code Council’s investigative
committee on residential fire sprinklers. An initial meeting has been set up for
early October with plans to formally begin the process in the first quarter of
2011. The initial meeting will consist of stakeholders throughout the Islands
as well as NFPA, NFSA, ICC and Western Fire Chiefs Assoc. A report on the
outcome of the meeting will be submitted to the Building Code Council as a
reference.
NFSA Seminars concluding in the West Region for 2010:
After a busy year of training in the West Region that included classes in Brea, Sacramento, El Cerritos, Glendale, Santa Barbara, and on the Island of Maui, the final class of the year will be held in Palm Srings California. NFSA Director of Training Robert Trieber will be teaching a 1 and ½ day NFPA 13, 13D, 13R 2007, 2010 Update and the 1-day Sprinklers for Dwellings classes on October 6th and 7th. For more information on classes or to sign up, please contact West Regional Manager Bruce Lecair or the NFSA website at www.nfsa.org
For further information contact Mike Repko at mrepko@nfsa.org or by phone at
845-878-4207 ext 133.
NFSA L.A. California Chapter Meeting, Thursday, October 21, 2010 at 5 p.m. at the Rio Hondo Event Center at 10627 Old River School Road in Downey, CA. 90241.
San Diego Fire Protection Association, October 12, 2010, La Mesa, Ca. at Marie Callendar’s 11:30 a.m.
Southern California FPO Mtg. Wednesday, October 8, 2010 at 10 a.m. Tustin, California at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club
Northern California FPO Mtg.
Friday, October 22, 2010 at 9:30 at UC Merced in Merced, California
31st Hawaii Fire Chiefs Assn. Conference, Kauai, HA.
November 18-21, 2010
20th Annual California Fire Prevention Institute Workshop
March 14-18, 2011 at the Santa Ynez Marriot in Buellton, Ca. The week long event
will feature training classes, seminars, presentations, a vendors exhibit and
the Fire Prevention Officers Installation Banquet.