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AFAA Codes & Standards Committee: Get Involved

Have you ever wondered how codes are developed or where they come from? One of the many benefits of being an AFAA member is the eligiblity to apply for a technical committee.

To submit an application for consideration, you must be a member in good standing and submit an application from your member profile. Please click the link below to apply today!

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How to Get Involved

Participate

Members are eligible to participate in the Codes and Standards committee and offer their expertise on upcoming editions.

Members are encouraged to attend meetings, even to observe, so you can understand how the code making process works.

Get engaged, so you know what the code says, as well as why.

Apply

Members can apply to join a technical committee and represent AFAA’s interests on outside organizations.

Once approved as a Technical Committee member, you will attend meetings (virtually or in-person) to represent AFAA.

AFAA Technical Committee members deliver directed votes to support AFAA’s interests.

To submit an application for consideration, you must be a member in good standing and submit an application from your member profile.
Please click the link to apply today! →

Non-members will not be able to access this link.

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Committee Representation

AFAA has 54 member representatives on the following 53 NFPA committees:

NFPA Committee Name
Fire Code
Fundamentals of Fire Code
Building Systems and Special Occupancies
Special Equipment, Processes and Hazardous Materials
Commissioning and Integrated Testing
Gaseous Fire Extinguishing Systems
Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Systems
Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property
Emergency Communication Systems
Fundamentals of Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms and Household Signaling Systems
Initiating Devices for Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
Notification Appliances for Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
Protected Premises Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
Public Emergency Reporting Systems
Supervising Station Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
Testing and Maintenance of Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems
Electronic Computer Systems
Telecommunications
Air Conditioning
Smoke Management Systems
Fundamentals of Health Care Facilities
Safety to Life / Building Code
Assembly Occupancies
Board and Care Facilities
Building Service and Fire Protection Equipment
Detection and Correctional Occupancies
Educational and Day-Care Occupancies
Fire Protection Features
Fundamentals of Safety to Life
Health Care Occupancies
Industrial, Storage, and Miscellaneous Occupancies
Means of Egress
Mercantile and Business Occupancies
Residential Occupancies
Alternative Approaches to Life Safety
Fixed Guideway Transit and Passenger Rail Systems
Animal Housing Facilities
Fire Safety and Emergency Symbols
Construction and Demolition
Fire Protection of Cannabis Growing and Processing Facilities
Spaceports
Fire Risk Assessment Methods
Fuel Gases Warning Equipment
Fire Protection for Nuclear Facilities
Battery Safety Code
Energy Storage Systems
Cultural Resources
Remote Inspections
Public Emergency Service Communication
Cross Functional Emergency Preparedness and Response
Code-Making Panel 13
Code-Making Panel 16
NFPA Committee Acronym
FCC-AAC
FCC-FUN
FCC-OCP
FCC-HAZ
CMI-AAA
GFE-AAA
INM-AAA
SIG-AAC
SIG-ECS
SIG-FUN
SIG-HOU
SIG-IDS
SIG-NAS
SIG-PRO
SIG-PRS
SIG-SSS
SIG-TMS
ELT-AAA
TEL-AAA
AIC-AAA
SMO-AAA
HEA-FUN
SAF-AAC & BLD-AAC
SAF-AXM &BLD-AXM
SAF-BCF & BLD-BCF
SAF-BSF & BLD-BSF
SAF-DET & BLD-DET
SAF-END & BLD-END
SAF-FIR & BLD-FIR
SAF-FUN & BLD FUN
SAF-HEA & BLD-HEA
SAF-IND & BLD-IND
SAF-MEA & BLD-MEA
SAF-MER & BLD MER
SAF-RES & BLD-RES
SAF-ALS
FKT-AAA
ASF-AAA
FIS-AAA
COD-AAA
CGP-AAA
SPA-AAA
FIR-AAA
FWE-AAA
FIF-AAA
BAT-AAA
ESS-AAA
CUL-AAA
REI-AAA
PUF-AAA
ACT-AAA
NEC-P13
NEC-P16
Assigned Documents
NFPA 1
NFPA 1
NFPA 1
NFPA 1
NFPA 3 & 4
NFPA 12, 12A, 2001
NFPA 25
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 72
NFPA 75
NFPA 76
NFPA 90A
NFPA 92, 92A, 92B, 204
NFPA 99
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101/5000
NFPA 101-A
NFPA 130
NFPA 150
NFPA 170
NFPA 241
NFPA 420
NFPA 461
NFPA 550/551
NFPA 715
NFPA 806
NFPA 800
NFPA 855
NFPA 909 & 914
NFPA 915
NFPA 1225
NFPA 3000
NFPA 70
NFPA 70

If you would like to contact a committee representative to ask a question or make a suggestion for change, click here.

For more information about the NFPA code making process, visit https://www.nfpa.org/en/for-professionals/codes-and-standards/standards-development

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