Legislative Workgroup Meeting Notices:
The Office of the State Fire Marshal is pleased to announce the details of the following legislative workgroup meetings:
The Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High Rise Apartment Buildings created by HB823/CH0744 is scheduled to meet virtually on the following dates:
October 23, 2024 at 0900
Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High Rise Apartment Buildings
Wednesday, October 23 · 9:00 – 11:00am
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/zin-xbyx-sah
Or dial: (US) +1 470-705-3469 PIN: 660 037 346#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/zin-xbyx-sah?pin=2462478914902
November 6, 2024 at 0900
Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High Rise Apartment Buildings
Wednesday, November 6 · 9:00 – 12:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/egb-scah-vhh
Or dial: (US) +1 413-276-7139 PIN: 670 242 544#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/egb-scah-vhh?pin=6966777046717
December 5, 2024 at 0900
Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High Rise Apartment Buildings
Thursday, December 5 · 9:00 – 12:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/aes-raou-cut?hs=224
Or dial: (US) +1 636-324-2339 PIN: 294438018
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/aes-raou-cut?pin=4283943556385&hs=0
December 11, 2024 at 0900
Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High Rise Apartment Buildings
Wednesday, December 11 · 9:00 – 12:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/gpu-tphu-wip?hs=224
Or dial: (US) +1 424-371-6012 PIN: 201720738
Members of the public are invited to attend all meetings of this body, the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre-1974 High Rise Apartment Buildings.
At the inaugural meeting of the workgroup two fact finding subcommittees were formed. Subcommittee (i) and Subcommittee (ii). Meetings of these committees are not deemed to be a meeting of the parent public body and membership does not consist of a number of members of the parent body that would constitute a quorum of the members of the parent body. The Subcommittees are comprised only of members of the parent body and no assigned tasks include policy decisions. Members of the public are invited to audit the subcommittee meetings.
Subcommittee (i) is charged with identifying fire safety risks in high–rise apartment buildings that do not have automatic sprinkler systems or other fire safety technology and will meet virtually on the following dates:
October 9, 2024 at 0900
SUBCOMMITTEE (i) - HB823 Workgroup
Wednesday, October 9 · 9:00 – 11:00am
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Or dial: (US) +1 414-909-4942 PIN: 966 691 704#
October 17, 2024 at 0900
SUBCOMMITTEE (i) - HB823 Workgroup
Thursday, October 17 · 9:00 – 10:00am
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Or dial: (US) +1 267-553-6252 PIN: 321 261 890#
Subcommittee (ii) is charged with identifying current strategies, practices, and technology to mitigate fire risks, maximize evacuation of occupants, and allow for greater access and more expedient responses by emergency response professionals and will meet virtually on the following dates:
October 10, 2024 at 0900
SUBCOMMITTEE (ii) - HB823 Workgroup
Thursday, October 10 · 9:00 – 11:00am
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Or dial: (US) +1 978-939-6890 PIN: 426 021 038#
October 16, 2024 at 1100
SUBCOMMITTEE (ii) - HB823 Workgroup
Wednesday, October 16 · 11:00am – 1:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Or dial: (US) +1 716-800-3351 PIN: 532 451 035#
The Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland; created by HB468/CB950 is scheduled to meet on the following date:
Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM
Location: Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute University of Maryland 4500 Campus Drive, Classroom 3 College Park, MD 20742Virtual Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/uem-ajqi-jxn?hs=224
Commission to Advance Lithium-Ion Battery Safety in Maryland
Wednesday, November 6 · 9:00 – 12:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Or dial: (US) +1 262-843-5250 PIN: 401668942#
At the inaugural meeting of the Commission, four fact finding Subcommittees were formed as follows: Subcommittee (i) – Consumer and Transportation Applications, Subcommittee (ii) – Utility Applications, Subcommittee (iii) – Prevent, Detect and Suppress Lithium-Ion Fires at Recycling Facilities, and Subcommittee (iv) – Reusing, Recycling and Decommissioning Lithium-Ion Batteries. Meetings of these Subcommittees are not deemed to be a meeting of the parent public body and membership does not consist of a number of members of the parent body that would constitute a quorum of the members of the parent body. The Subcommittees are comprised only of members of the parent body and no assigned tasks include policy decisions.
*Members of the public are invited to audit the Subcommittee meetings.
The Subcommittees are charged with identifying lithium ion-battery fire safety risks and developing recommendations to the Commission for best practices, standards and guidelines to prevent, detect, and suppress lithium-ion battery fires, and reuse, recycle and decommission lithium-ion batteries.
The Subcommittees, created by the Commission at the meeting on October 2, 2024, is scheduled to meet on the following date:
HB468 Subcommittee Consumer & Transportation
Tuesday, October 29 · 10:00am – 12:00pm
Time zone: America/New York
HB468 Subcommittee Utility Applications
Thursday, October 31 · 11:30am – 1:00pm
Time zone: America/New York
HB468 Subcommittee - Prevent, Detect and Suppress Fires at Recycling Facilities
Wednesday, October 30 · 2:00 – 4:00pm
Time zone: America/New York
