NFPA Journal - November/December 2017 - 19
SA F E T Y P O L I CY
POLICY MINDED
NFPA LAUNCHES ITS FIRE AND
LIFE SAFETY POLICY INSTITUTE AS
A RESOURCE FOR LAWMAKERS
By Angelo Verzoni
attles to remove key
safety provisions from
model codes play out
all across the country.
Last year in Maryland,
for example, a bill that set out to
give counties the ability to opt out
of requiring home fire sprinklers
was shot down-a move that was
celebrated by NFPA and the safety
advocates who helped defeat it. A
number of states have attempted to
reduce or remove requirements for arc
flash circuit interrupters in homes. In
addition, the code adoption process
can differ dramatically from one jurisdiction to another, yet there is little
information on what models produce
the best results.
These are just some of many fire
and life safety issues policymakers
have a hand in. Recognizing the critical role they play, NFPA has launched
the Fire and Life Safety Policy Institute
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as a resource for policymakers on the
local, state, and federal levels who
make crucial decisions regarding fire
prevention and protection across the
United States.
"The Policy Institute will look at
issues where we can advance NFPA's
goals around safety and preventing
loss from fire and related hazards," said
Meghan Housewright, who has been
named the director of the institute.
"We'll be presenting to policymakers-
elected officials or other government
decision makers-recommendations,
analyses, and ideas to help guide or
influence them on different courses of
action that will move us toward our
goals around preventing loss."
The institute, based in Washington,
D.C., will not only help advance NFPA's
goals, it will assist policymakers in
better serving the citizens they represent. "The Policy Institute becomes
a way for [policymakers] to become
better educated on the issues, and at
the same time use the information
produced by the institute to help craft
the right set of policies and decisions
for the citizens they're trying to protect," said NFPA President Jim Pauley.
Educating policymakers on relevant
issues will be a key task for the institute, Pauley explained. One example
is the need for education on the fire
and life safety hazards associated with
emerging green energy technologies
like solar panels and electric vehicles.
"They're all great advancements from
a technology perspective, but we need
to make sure we have policies that
ensure fire, life, and electrical safety
can be maintained," Pauley said.
To learn more about NFPA's Fire and
Life Safety Policy Institute, visit nfpa.
org/policyinstitute and read Housewright's inaugural "Safety Policy"
column on page 24 in this issue of
NFPA Journal.
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