Retired Deputy Chief Greg Rogers is currently an NFPA Regional Director and started his career as an instructor in 1992 at the Oklahoma State Fire Service Training Center. He continued as a Fire Safety Engineer with North Metro Fire Rescue in Broomfield, CO, and then onto WA state at South Kitsap Fire and Rescue for over 17 years and as the Deputy Chief with Spokane Valley Fire Department.
Chief Rogers has developed and taught several courses throughout the country, including CRR in Action, What Chiefs Need to Know about CRR, International Fire Code classes, Fire Company Officer Inspection classes, and Basic Understanding of the Fire Code and Basic Fire Investigations classes for Olympic College.
Construction Site Fire Safety and NFPA 241
Major fires on building construction sites continue to increase in size and monetary loss across the U.S. each year. There have also been recent tragedies that included loss of life, including civilian deaths and firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) in construction-related fires.
Fire codes and standards have included requirements for fire prevention on construction sites for many decades, however, sometimes there are challenges associated with fully implementing these requirements. This session will provide an overview of NFPA 241, Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations, including how NFPA 241 is referenced in the California Fire Code (IFC). The California Building Code (IBC) also references the IFC for construction site fire safety, and the connection between all three documents will be discussed. This session will also include some case studies of construction site fires, and examples of how some departments have taken additional steps to implement the requirements in NFPA 241 on construction sites.