NFPA Journal - Summer 2023 - 14

Dispatches Briefs
Workers assembling
a 51-story tower at
Boston's South Station.
CONSTRUCTION SAFETY
Nation's first: Boston mandates
NFPA training for construction
safety managers
T
HE BOSTON FIRE
Department now
requires all fire prevention
program managers
to complete an NFPA
training course in order to work on
construction sites in the city.
The course, called the NFPA Fire
Prevention Program Manager Online
Training Series, is based on requirements
in NFPA 241, Standard for
Safeguarding Construction, Alteration,
and Demolition Operations.
Fire officials hope the required
training will ensure that construction
projects across the city will have
trained personnel on site to manage
fire prevention programs.
14 | NFPA JOURNAL * SUMMER 2023
The new rule, which went into
effect in January and is the first of
its kind in the nation, aims to reduce
the growing number and severity
of construction fires in the city of
Boston. Construction site fires, a
trend that is being felt nationwide,
are responsible for hundreds of millions
of dollars in losses each year.
" Today's building environment
demands that professionals responsible
for safety on construction
sites be formally trained on ways
to reduce the risk of fire and other
hazards to protect workers and
property, " said Jim Pauley, NFPA
president and CEO.
In the U.S., fire departments
Responder program to focus
on lithium-ion hazards
The dramatic growth in the use of
lithium-ion batteries has created
numerous new risks and complications
for responders. To help firefighters prepare
for these new hazards, NFPA and
partner firefighting organizations have
announced that " Lithium-Ion Batteries:
Are You Ready? " will be the theme of
the 2023 Safety Standdown campaign,
which takes place June 18-24.
During Safety Standdown,
responder agencies are encouraged
to suspend all nonemergency
activities to focus on training and
education. This year's focus on
respond to an average of 4,300 fires
in buildings under construction
annually, according to NFPA data.
These fires cause an annual average
of more than $375 million in direct
property damages, 62 annual civilian
injuries, and five civilian deaths.
JOHN TLUMACKI/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES

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