I-9 - NFPA Standards - 2014

FIGURE B.1.2 Fire Safety Concepts for Fire Department Operations. B.1.3 Fire prevention is not simply preventing fire. It is the systematic application of codes, standards, engineering principles, and an understanding of human behavior to achieve the objective of limiting the loss of life and property. B.1.3.1 As outlined in NFPA 1, fire prevention includes egress, construction design, building services, fire protection, and occupancy. All of these elements work together to provide the occupants and fire department personnel with a level of fire safety not otherwise available. B.1.3.2 By ensuring that each of these elements is balanced, the fire department can maintain a reasonable level of risk for the community and the department. B.1.3.3 To provide risk management, the fire department must utilize all of the tools available. In order of preference, those tools are as follows: (1) Fire-safe design and construction (2) Suppression systems (3) Detection systems (4) Occupant fire prevention practices (5) Fire department-conducted fire-safety inspections (6) Fire rescue response B.1.3.4 A structure designed and constructed to withstand the effects of fire is the most important asset in achieving fire risk management. A structure relying solely on fire rescue response offers the greatest challenge to the occupants and fire department personnel. B.1.4 Fire impact management is the ability to manage the impact of a fire on occupants and structures. The participation of the fire department in the design, construction, maintenance, and use of a structure provides defense-in-depth against fire losses. B.1.4.1 Structures that are designed with noncombustible construction, are protected with fire protection systems, and are routinely inspected to ensure appropriate occupant use are most likely to provide the lowest risk levels and therefore are the least difficult to manage. B.1.4.2 Fire-fighting operations on fully compliant structures for which the fire fighters know the occupancy conditions can be conducted with a plan that commits resources only as necessary to accomplish the pre-established goals. B.1.4.3 Pre-established goals for each structure define the commitment of resources in order to limit risk to occupants, the structure, and fire department personnel. Annex C Informational References C.1 Referenced Publications. The documents or portions thereof listed in this annex are referenced within the informational sections of this standard and are not part of the requirements of this document unless also listed in Chapter 2 for other reasons. C.1.1 NFPA Publications. National Fire Protection Association, 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471. NFPA 1, Fire Code, 2012 edition. NFPA 901, Standard Classifications for Incident Reporting and Fire Protection Data, 2011 edition. NFPA 1291, Standard for the Installation, Maintenance, and Use of Emergency Services Communications Systems, 2013 edition. NFPA 1250, Recommended Practice in Emergency Service Organization Risk Management, 2010 edition. NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Department Occupational Safety and Health Program, 2013 edition. NFPA 1561, Standard on Emergency Services Incident Management System, 2008 edition. NFPA 1600®, Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs, 2013 edition. NFPA 1620, Recommended Practice for Pre-Incident Planning, 2010 edition. NFPA 1710, Standard for the Organization and Deployment of Fire Suppression Operations, Emergency Medical Operations, and Special Operations to the Public by Career Fire Departments, 2010 edition.