It’s 921 day @ Meier Fire

It’s NFPA 921 task group day here at our new offices.

Meier Fire Principle Expert, Richard Meier spent the day working on back-to-back Task Group phone conferences for the 2020 Edition of NFPA 921.

The 2017 edition hasn’t even been released and we’re hard at work helping to shape the content of the 2020 edition.

This morning, Rich participated in task group working on a brand new proposed chapter on HVAC Systems.  Rich has years of experience on the industry side of HVAC working as mechanical and design engineer for a major HVAC manufacturer.   HVAC systems are sometimes involved in fires and explosions, and fire investigators need more information to make the correct determination of a fire or explosion’s cause.  Being able to leverage that knowledge from both sides of the HVAC industry allows him to use what he knows to improve Fire Investigator knowledge (not to mention find answers for Meier Fire clients).

Later this afternoon, it was the Task Group on Fire Patterns.   The Fire Patterns work in NFPA 921 is always of of the most important chapters — incorporating the latest cutting edge research on Fire Patterns and their use in Fire Investigation, especially in Fire spread and Origin Determination.

Richard Meier is a Bradenton, Florida Fire Investigator.  While practicing primarily in the Southeast U.S., he works across the country on large loss cases.