THE NEW TIA: THROWING ACRONYMS AT A FIRE
Quietly, minus the storm clouds that have shadowed the national staffing standard affair for two years, the NFPA Standards Council recently issued a Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) to NFPA 1500, Standard on Fire Service Occupational Safety and Health Program, requiring that four members be on the scene before commencing interior operations at a working structure fire, except in “rare and extraordinary” circumstances in which “members find an imminent life-threatening situation where immediate action may prevent the loss of life or serious injury.”
