The nonprofit NFPA (National Fire Protection
Association) (Quincy, MA) recently announced a call for members for several of its technical
committees. More than 250 technical committees, each with volunteers from a
balance of affected interests, are responsible for developing and revising
NFPA's 300 consensus codes and standards.
NFPA technical committees develop the initial draft of each code/standard
that has been approved for development by the NFPA Standards Council. The
drafts are then made public for interested parties to review and submit
proposals to be included in the document. After reviewing proposals, the
committee incorporates comments and publishes the Report on Proposals, which
again is commented on by the public. Then, after more tweaking, each
technical committee compiles the Report on Comments which is presented to
NFPA's membership for voting.