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H I S T O R I C A C C O M P L I S H M E N T,
MODERN CHALLENGE
Codes &
Standards
"
Most people don't realize
NFPA codes are developed
by volunteers and facilitated
by a nonprofit organization.
"
SINCE PRODUCING its first code 125 years ago, NFPA has
developed standards by consensus, not fiat. That was the case with
the National Electrical Code®, published in 1897; the precursor to
the Life Safety Code®, published in 1913; and every
other code and standard produced since. As one
of the world's leading nonprofit standards developers, NFPA now publishes more than 300 codes
and standards addressing topics from high-rise
evacuation to hazardous materials safety to fire
protection in animal housing facilities.
" Most people don't realize NFPA codes are
developed by volunteers and facilitated by a nonprofit organization, " said Christian Dubay, vice
president of Codes & Standards and chief engineer at NFPA. " Some people think NFPA codes
and standards come from government bodies or
other entities. In fact, they're the result of a very
successful voluntary-consensus development process, a public-private partnership that functions
at no cost to government. All levels of government, from federal
to local, benefit from this information. "
The refinement and nimbleness of the consensus code development process was evident in 2018, when NFPA released NFPA
3000™, Standard for an Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response
(ASHER) Program. Spurred by a recent series of mass shootings,
including an attack on the patrons of an Orlando nightclub
that left 49 people dead, NFPA stakeholders including police,
fire, and emergency managers launched discussions in 2016 on
how the organization could better address the urgent threat
of active shooters. Less than 18 months later-a fraction of the
time typically required to craft a standard from scratch-NFPA
3000 was complete. The consensus process, built on a mutual
acknowledgement of fact-based evidence, had accommodated
a wide range of participants and viewpoints and produced a
comprehensive toolbox that communities could use to plan for,
respond to, and recover from hostile events.
FROM LEFT: NFPA; ROBERT MCINTOSH; NFPA
A PROCESS UNDER ATTACK
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