@ONFireChiefs It's wonderful that you are able to enforce this. I don't know Canadian codes; how is it a social services board was involved? Was this an #AssistedLiving facility?
I'm a new #CMP member for #NFPA 73, #Electrical #Inspection of Existing #Dwellings. I want to understand others' approaches as well.

Time for a little light reading.....

NFPA 1600 Now Known as NFPA 1660

NFPA 1660, Standard for Emergency, Continuity, and Crisis Management has been combined with NFPA 1600, ‘Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management,’ 2019 edition,; NFPA 1616, ‘Standard on Mass Evacuation, Sheltering, and Re-entry Programs,’ 2020 edition; and NFPA 1620, ‘Standard for Pre-Incident Planning’ 2020 edition.

The technical committees responsible for these standards worked together to complete the consolidation, and the three committees continue to exist at this time.

https://www.govtech.com/em/emergency-blogs/disaster-zone/nfpa-1600-now-known-as-nfpa-1660

#NFPA #standards #emergencymanagement #businesscontinuity

The Role of Standards in Emergency Management
National Fire Protection Association 1600 standard co-author Don Schmidt reflects on the evolution of standards in emergency management and business continuity.

https://www.govtech.com/em/disaster/nfpa-standards-in-emergency-management.html

#NFPA #emergencymanagement #businesscontinuity #standards

Chatting with someone today at our weekly #Ukraine support vigil, I listened to a complaint about the inadequate wiring in their old apartment. I suggested sending in a proposal for #NFPA 73, the standard for #Electrical #Inspection of existing #Dwellings. He was interested, so I later sent him the information on how to offer #Public_Input to change consensus standards. I hope he doesn't look at the process and decide it sounds like too much work. #Agency, self- #empowerment does take effort.

The #National_Fire_Protection_Association gives the public--all of us--the chance to submit public inputs and comments to change their #consensus #standards. They're free to leaf through online, if you establish a no-cost account, though of course they encourage you to buy. September deadline for the 2026 National#Electrical#Code, #NFPA.org/70. June deadline for the standard on Electrical_Inspection of Existing #Dwellings: www.NFPA.org/73. If the access or Public Input process confuses you, ask.

Screw #zodic signs, I want to know your #NFPA rating. I may cause serious injury, flammable when heated, but normally stable with a tendency to explode when exposed to water.

Screw #zodic signs, I want to know your #NFPA rating. I may cause serious injury, flammable when heated, but normally stable with a tendency to explode when exposed to water.