The BFPR is a fourteen member board responsible for promulgating a comprehensive fire safety code (527 CMR) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

For further information on board activities, including, but not limited to: procedures for the adoption, amendment or repeal of regulations; availability of regulations; filing of regulations; and advisory rulings, please contact the Legal Counsel to the Board at (978) 567-3183.

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Name Organization Vacant Registered Professional Mechanical Engineer Antony Caputo Registered Professional Fire Protection Engineer Chief Stephen S. Burkott Chicopee Fire Chief - over 50,000 population Stephen D. Coan State Fire Marshal (Ex-Officio) Paul Fleuriel Blasting Association Member Larry Fisher Electrical Contractor Jeffrey Cox Registered Professional Electrical Engineer William Laidler Inspector of Wires Robert MacKendrick Representative, Fire Prevention Association of Massachusetts Chief Kevin C. Robinson Marshfield Fire Chief - 25,000 to 50,000 population Jon C. Jones Chairman, Representative of the Public Vacant Fire Chief - under 25,000 population Paul C. Scheiner, Ph.D. Graduate Fire Chemist John D. Cox Professional Chemical Engineer Staff Richard Fredette Executive Director Peter Senopoulos Legal Counsel Barbara DiGregorio Administrative Support