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All Around Rotary Podcast Episode 3 September 24, 2019

Posted by shawnpci in Change Leadership, Club 27, Good Stuff to Share, Rotary, Rotary Club of Des Moines Iowa, Rotary District 6000, Rotary International, Uncategorized.
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All Around Rotary is jazzed to welcome Rotary International President Mark Maloney to this episode!  President Mark and District Governor, Erna Morain, developed a friendship during several Rotary meetings.  The result of which is this unique opportunity to interview President Mark and seek his insights on the goals that he’s set for his year of service.
RotaryPodcastIcon Take a listen and let’s Grow Rotary!

Feel free to let us know what you think or ideas on how we can better use this medium to benefit District 6000 and Rotary over all.

intro and outro music:  KANSAS:  Questions of my Childhood; LEFTOVERTURE, Kirschner Records, 1976 (c)

 

NFPA Research Foundation Project Focuses on ITM Data Exchange Model September 18, 2019

Posted by shawnpci in Fire Protection, fire suppression, Fire Systems, FSSA, Iowa Alarm Association, Mass Notification Systems, NFPA 770, NICET, VORTEX.
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A NFPA Research Foundation project focusing on Inspection, Testing and Maintenance (ITM) of fire protection systems is currently underway.  A published report is expected in June 2020.

According to the Project Summary of the study, the goal “of this project is to develop and pilot test a comprehensive, scalable, and extensible data exchange model to facilitate ITM data sharing from diverse ITM data sources.”

The background of this project notes that, “Many NFPA codes and standards establish minimum frequencies for periodic inspection,testing, and maintenance (ITM) for fire protection systems, including for example, NFPA 25, Standard forthe Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, and NFPA 72, NationalFire Alarm and Signaling Code. These frequencies are often historical requirements that are often not based
on empirical ITM data or observed deficiencies. In recent years there has been growing interest in
risk/occupancy-based and performance-based ITM frequencies; however, to be effective there is a need for
a more data-based approach to ITM frequencies. While the use of digital ITM data collection software are
evolving, there remains great variation in the format that ITM data is collected, stored, and analyzed. Due
to the inconsistency in ITM data collection methodologies, it is difficult to implement data-informed
decision-making regarding system reliability, ITM frequencies, and risk acceptability.”

To access the entire project summary, ITM Data Exchange Model Overview.

NFPA 770 Second Draft Meeting Underway In Denver September 17, 2019

Posted by shawnpci in Fire Protection, Fire Systems, FSSA, Good Stuff to Share, NICET, Uncategorized.
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nfpa770 2nd draftNFPA’s technical committee on Hybrid (Water and Inert Gas) Fire Extinguishing Systems is meeting  in Denver, Colorado now through Wednesday, September 18th.

The committee is following NFPA’s Standards Development Process.   Milestones that mark the committee’s progress after the conclusion of this second draft meeting are:

Second Draft Report Posting Date: January 22, 2020

Motions Committee Report (NITMAM)
NITMAM Closing Date: February 19, 2020

NITMAM Posting Date: April 1, 2020

Should no NITMAM’s be posted, this new standard could be released in the Spring of 2020.  If NITMAM’s are posted, then the release date would be after the NFPA Annual meeting in June of 2020.

 

To learn more about the committee and its progress click here.