NFPA Journal - May/June 2017 - 4

NFPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

First Word

by Jim Pauley

NFPA President

Tackling the Data Problem
common topic at fire service gatherings I've been to
recently is data. Or, more
accurately put, how fire
departments across the
country struggle with the growing demand
for information and can sometimes have
difficulty seeing the value of gathering
and providing data for organizations that
rely on it.
But the fire data landscape has been
changing for some time as this information
has become increasingly important. For
years, the National Fire Incident Reporting System was our primary source of fire
information, but it told only part of the
story of fire service activities. At the same
time, more and more fire service agencies
began utilizing data not only for compliance but also to manage their organizations
and their emergency operations. This has
prompted a lot of discussion about how to
leverage effective data practices to further
benefit the fire service.
To better understand the evolving data
landscape, NFPA recently fielded a national
fire data survey that asked key questions
of the fire service about how it collects,
manages, and utilizes data. The study
concluded that the fire data ecosystem is
inconsistent, underutilized, and incomplete, but that it is also viewed as critical,
important, and essential.
This information is driving our work on
an important new data project. Last fall,
NFPA received a $1.5 million grant from
the Department of Homeland Security,

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$1.2 million of which was earmarked to
develop a new National Fire Data System.
The grant, along with a significant amount
of our own resources, will help us establish
the foundation for developing a modern,
flexible, and scalable means for capturing
and processing data from fire departments
across the country, utilizing their existing

The fire data problem is
complex and will require
a variety of solutions, and
developing the National
Fire Data System is a
critical part of our strategy.

record management systems. That information will ultimately assist the fire service
with operational and community-risk
decision making. We have established an
executive advisory board and a technical
working group of fire service stakeholders
to help us create this new data system, and
in the coming weeks we will announce who
we will partner with to build this new prototype system over the next year.
Today's data tools and technology are
much different than those of just a few
years ago, and utilizing these modern
approaches will be a key way to benefit
the diverse world of the fire service. It's a
daunting challenge, but we are excited to
work with the fire service to meet it.

Officers
Randolph W. Tucker
Chair
Tucker Consulting Associates
Houston, Texas
Keith E. Williams
First Vice-Chair
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Northbrook, Illinois
Amy R. Acton
Second Vice-Chair
The Phoenix Society
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Donald R. Cook
Secretary
Shelby County Department of
Development Services
Pelham, Alabama
Thomas Lawson
Treasurer
FM Global
Johnston, Rhode Island
James Pauley
President
President and CEO, NFPA
*Bruce H. Mullen
Staff Officer
Executive VP and CFO, NFPA
*Dennis J. Berry
Assistant Secretary
Secretary of the Corporation, NFPA
Directors
Ernest J. Grant, Ph.D.
Immediate Past Chair
North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Terms Expire in 2017
Kwame Cooper
Los Angeles Fire Department
Los Angeles, California
Russell Leavitt
Telgian Corp.
Phoenix, Arizona
Julie A. Rochman
IBHS
Tampa, Florida
Eric Rosenbaum
JENSEN HUGHES
Baltimore, Maryland
Terms Expire in 2018
John Bonney
Alendi Consulting
Ropley, United Kingdom
R. David Paulison
Global Emergency Solutions
Davie, Florida
Harold A. Schaitberger
International Assoc. of Fire Fighters
Washington, D.C.
William A. Stewart
Toronto Fire Services (retired)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Michael Wallace
United Technologies
Farmington, Connecticut
Peter J. Gore Willse
XL GAPS
Hartford, Connecticut
Terms Expire in 2019
Tonya Hoover
Fire Marshal
Sacramento, California
Hatem Kheir
Kheir Group
Cairo, Egypt
Teresa L. Deloach Reed
Oakland Fire Department
Oakland, California
Stacy N. Welch
Marriott International
Bethesda, Maryland
*Not a Board member



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