Workshop PM A: What is a Fire Adapted Community
Faith Berry, Fire Program Specialist, United States Fire Administration

A Fire-Adapted Community (FAC) collaborates to identify its wildfire risk and works collectively on actionable steps to reduce its risk of loss. This work protects property and increases the safety of firefighters and residents. Creating a FAC is a part of the National Cohesive Wildfire Management Strategy to keep communities safer during a wildfire event.

Workshop PM B: Food Trucks
Mat Chibbaro, Fire Marshal, National Institute of Health (Maryland State Fire Marshals Committee)
Steve Davis, Assistant Fire Marshal, National Institute of Health, (Clinical Research Center’s primary inspector and agency’s primary fire investigator)

Presentation will describe the codes that apply to food trucks and trailers, the expected COMAR amendments, the specific features and systems required in these vehicles, and the experience at the National Institutes of Health, where food trucks were brought in daily to make up for closed cafeterias during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workshop PM C: Fire Code Update
Kenneth Bush, Chief Fire Protection Engineer, Office of the Maryland State Fire Marshal

Workshop PM D: 13D Fire Sprinkler Systems
Roland Asp, Manager of Codes and Standards, National Fire Sprinkler Association

NFPA 13D, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One- and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes.