Public Meeting Notice  Board of Fire Prevention Regulations (BFPR) Meeting 10/20/25

Date:        Monday, October 20, 2025

Time:        1:00 pm

Place:        Microsoft Teams

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Monthly Board Meeting

1. Minutes from the October 2, 2025 meeting of BFPR submitted for approval. 

New Business

1. Proposal to adopt the most recent version of NFPA 855, 2026 edition in Chapter 2.
2. Update on NEC 70, 2026 review.
3. Review 527 CMR 1.00 Draft Amendment Package based off NFPA 1, 2024 edition.
   1. Paul Scheiner, Ph D. to speak on Administrative Committee Chapters and the numbering and correlation work that has been done outside of the Committees.

Old Business

2. Committee/ Reports
3. Administrative Code Committee
4. General Requirements Code Committee
5. Occupancy Code Committee
6. Processing Code Committee
7. Equipment Code Committee
8. Hazardous Code Committee
   1. Next meeting October 23, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (Microsoft Teams)
9. Electrical Interpretation Committee
   1. Next meeting October 21, 2025 (Microsoft Teams)
10. Massachusetts Electrical Advisory Committee
    1. Minutes September 24, 2025, Meeting October 15, 2025, Next Meeting November 5, 2025, 9:00 a.m. (DFS, Stow)
11. NFPA 45 Work Group

12. Hazmat Work Group

    Minutes September 26, 2025, Minutes September 30, 2025, Meeting October 16, 2025, Next Meeting TBA.

13. Lithium Ion Battery

2. Items not reasonably anticipated by the Chair.