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The 2010 and 2013 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code — A Panel Discussion of Strategic Changes and Possible New Material
Track(s): Detection & Notification, Fire Protection Engineering

Merton Bunker, Jr., US Department of State;
Laurence Dallaire, Architect of the Capitol;
Wayne Moore, Hughes Associates, Inc.;
Warren Olsen, FSCI;
Robert Schifiliti, R.P. Schifiliti Associates, Inc.

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The 2010 edition of NFPA 72®: The National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, is an all-encompassing signaling systems standard that has been reorganized and expanded in scope and breadth from that of previous editions. A panel of experts, composed of Technical Committee chairs and moderated by the chair of the Technical Correlating Committee, will review the new structure and content in the 2010 edition. The panel will also discuss proposals already processed by the Technical Committees as they work towards the 2013 edition. Topics include emergency communications systems, hierarchical survivability requirements, simplified circuit performance designations, voice intelligibility requirements and testing protocols, low frequency alerting signals, and other key changes.

Merton Bunker started his engineering career in 1985 at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, where he was responsible for electrical equipment aboard nuclear powered submarines. Merton joined the National Fire Protection Association in 1994, where he served as Signaling Systems engineer and Chief Electrical Engineer. During his tenure at NFPA, he co-authored the 1996 and 1999 editions of the NFPA 72 Handbook. He joined Rolf Jensen Associates in 2001 as a Senior Consulting Engineer, where he was involved in a variety of large fire alarm projects. While at RJA, he also developed the NFPA Pocket Guide to Fire Alarm Systems. Merton currently serves as the Deputy Director of the Office of Fire Protection at the US Department of State. Merton has a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maine, a master's degree in Engineering Management from Western New England College, and is a registered professional engineer.

Laurence Dallaire is architect for the United States of America Capitol Building.

Wayne Moore is a licensed professional fire protection engineer and a Principal with the fire protection engineering and code-consulting firm, Hughes Associates, Inc. in Warwick, Rhode Island. Mr. Moore has written numerous articles, was an Editor and contributor of the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, is a Co-Editor of the Fire Alarm Signaling Systems book and Editor of the National Fire Alarm Code Handbook; Mr. Moore is a regular contributor to the NFPA Journal and a recipient of the NFPA Standards Medal. Wayne is an instructor of the NFPA Fire Alarm Systems Seminar, and co-editor of the Moore-Wilson Signaling Report. He is a member and past Chairman of the National Fire Alarm Code Technical Correlating Committee, Chairman of the NFPA Research Foundation's Fire Detection and Alarm Research Council and chairman of the NFPA 72 Emergency Communications systems Technical Committee. He is also vice chairman of the Rhode Island Engineering Licensing Board.

Mr. Warren Olsen is a fire safety professional with FSCI in Elgin, Illinois.

Robert Schifiliti is a licensed Fire Protection Engineer and holds a Master of Science degree in Fire Protection Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Mr. Schifiliti is the chair of the NFPA Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property Technical Correlating Committee. He is a member of the Notification Appliances chapter committee for the National Fire Alarm Code (NFPA 72) and chaired that committee from 1993 to 2003. Bob is also the Chair of the NFPA Fire Protection Research Foundation's Detection and Alarm Research Council.