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2013 NFPA Conference & Expo® meetings

• Executive Board meeting
  Monday, June 10 from 5:00-6:30 pm
• Business meeting
  Wednesday, June 12 from 10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Call for Nominations for the Health Care Section (HCS) Executive Board
Attention Health care Section Members. In accordance with Section 7.14 of the HCS by-laws, the Section is calling for nominations to serve on the Executive Board. 

Serving on the Executive Board is an excellent opportunity to network with your peers and have a direct impact on Section activities. There is a minimal time commitment, consisting mostly of organized conference calls and a yearly Board meeting at the NFPA Conference and Expo.

If you would like to be considered for a position or would like to nominate someone, please respond by Friday, March 22 to the Section Executive Secretary, Dan Whiting by e-mail.

The Health Care Section is comprised of individuals with a focus on the protection of patients, visitors, staff, property, and the environment from fire, disaster, and related safety issues within health care settings.

Section membership is open to individual members of NFPA and delegated representatives of organizational members of NFPA who meet one of the following requirements:

1. Staff member of a health care facility, organization, or association.
2. Licensed or certified to perform, performs, or teaches others to perform medical services.
3. Directly involved in engineering, manufacturing, testing, selling, regulating, or servicing medical products, devices, or services.
4. Involved in designing, constructing, testing, inspecting, maintaining, regulating, licensing, or certifying a medical facility or facilities.
5. Individual member of NFPA who can show reasonable involvement with the objectives of the section

Membership eligibility is determined by the Executive Board of the section or the Executive Secretary of the section under the direction of the Executive Board. Any individual member of NFPA not meeting the section requirements may become a member of the section provided a reasonable involvement with the objectives of the section can be demonstrated to the Executive Board.

The objective of the Health Care Section is to provide NFPA members involved in providing health care facilities and services increased opportunities for the following:

1. Exchanging information and experience in fire safety, fire prevention, and related matters.
2. Developing their understanding of fire prevention and control methods appropriate to the health care industry.
3. Encouraging and facilitating contributions to assist in the development and applications of NFPA codes and standards prepared by authorized committees of the Association. 

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