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� O� � � MAKE YOUR VIEWS KNOWN ON NFPA FIRE SERVICE STANDARD 1710 � The NFPA Standards Council placed NFPA 1710 into a special 3-year review cycle, as opposed to the normal 5- year cycle, and the work of the new NFPA 1710 Technical Committee has begun. NLC and other groups representing • tocal governments have representatives on the 1710 Technical Committee. League of California Cities Executive Director Chris McKenzie is a member. NFPA Standard 1710 is the controversial pr.oposal, adopted last year, that recommends minimum staffing levels (4 per company) and response time standards (4 minutes maximum for initial response) for fire companies staffed by substantially all career firefighters. If your community wants to propose a change to Standard 1710, your proposal must be submitted by lanuary 3, 2003. California cities that submit comments are also requested to send a copy of those comments to League Executive Director Chris McKenzie at 1400 K Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814 or via e-mail to mckenzie@cacities.org. Outlined below is information about the NFPA 1710 review schedule and details on how to submit proposed changes to the Standard. NFPA Review Schedule The Standard is currently open for public proposals. Anyone can submit the proposals. Proposals must be received at the NFPA office by 5:00 pm on January 3, 2003. Proposat forms, as well as the current edition of NFPA 1710, are available on�the NFPA web site (www.nfpa.org/Codes/CodesandStandards.asp ). The NFPA format must be utilized, and proposals �ar �� submi*ted by mail, fax, or utilizing the web page. The Technical Committee will review the proposals at a meeting on March 3-5, 2003, in St. Petersburg, Fla. The Technical Committee votes by a letter ballot, A two-thirds affirmative vote of the Committee is required to move the draft standard forward to the next step. Committee members can change their vote. Everyone who sends in a proposal will receive a response back by August 1, 2003 explaining the Committee's action with respect to their proposal(s). A revised draft will then be distributed that will include the actions of the 1710 Technical Committee concerning the proposals submitted. The Standard will then move out of the "Proposal" stage and into the "Comment" stage of the process. Comments on the Revised Draft will be due to the NFPA office by October 10, 2003. The 1710 Technical Committee will meet again between October and December of 2003 to review and vote on Comments. As done previously, all people who submit Comments will receive a reply from the Committee by March, 2004, outlining Committee actions on their comments. The NFPA membership will vote on the revised NFPA 1710 Stan�ard at their annual meeting in Salt Lake City on May 4, 2004. The NFPA Standards Council will approve, amend, disapprove, or send NFPA Standard 1710 back to Committee by July 4, 2004. Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 7