| Vol 2. Number 2, October 2005 | KITCHEN HOODS |
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CODES – M60 Hood Interlock Language Upheld at ICC Conference Lack of industry support was evident at the ICC Conference hearings late last month and the M60-04/05 rule to the IMC or International Mechanical Code was adopted. While numerous organizations wrote strong and compelling challenges, many of those did not attend the actual hearings. Only five voices were raised to support a call to defeat or overturn the M60 language for hood interlocks on all cooking equipment. Click here for the full story. FIRE & SAFETY – NFPA 96 Seeking Comments on TIA Log No. 825 NFPA 96 in its Volume 9, Number 10 issue of NFPA NEWS is seeking comments from interested industry individuals regarding TIA Log No. 825. Comments are due December 7, 2005. This proposal calls for recognition of appliances tested by third party testing laboratories. At the heart of this request is language that clarifies a recent email from NFPA which has resulted in approvals being withheld by some local authorities. Click here for full story. FIRE & SAFETY – J.T.Somer resigns as Illinois State Fire Marshall In a surprise announcement, J.T. Somer, Illinois State Fire Marshall resigned stating personal reasons. Gov. Rod Blagojevich accepted his resignation on Friday, October 7, 2005. Somer’s Chief of Staff, Dave DeFraties was appointed Acting Director until a replacement is named. Mr. Somer, 57 years old, was appointed to the post in April 2004. He had been appointed as Illinois State Fire Marshall after serving 30 years with the Salem Fire Protection District in southern Illinois. He replaced Peter Vina who had been appointed less than a year earlier on July 17, 2003. The post reportedly pays $98,200 yearly. GRANDFATHERING – When is “Old”, Too Old? UP YOUR STACK™ was recently invited by Facilitec-USA to observe how a typical kitchen exhaust system cleaning is performed. In this instance we visited a suburban high school in the Chicago area that was built in the early 1950’s. During our visit, we found the school to be well cared for. However, when we began to look at the existing kitchen ventilation system, we began to ask ourselves questions about how long certain operational equipment should be “grandfathered”? Click here for the full story. EDUCATION - Minnesota’s Building Officials Announce AMBO Educational Institute Dates AMBO, the Association of Minnesota Building Officials founded only three years ago has announced their first AMBO Educational Institute. Scheduled for five days from February 6-10, 2005 in Brooklyn Park, MN. It features a Management/Leadership Academy for all levels of management level personnel and a two day trade show. AMBO was founded as a statewide professional organization for code enforcement personnel and individuals interested in the field of construction regulation to promote public safety. Click on http://www.iccsafe.org/training/AMBO/index.html for complete information. EDUCATION - B&F Technical Code Services Has Announced a New CKV Training Class B&F Technical Code Services President and Founder, Richard Piccolo has been in business for fifteen years. B&F plus the BFCA Building & Fire Code Academy serve code officials and other interested personnel in several mid-western states. They recently announced a new two day CKV Training class to be presented in several locations by both Mr. Piccolo and our own Jay Parikh. Click here to view the dates and locations in the UP YOUR STACK®.com Educational website. DESIGN TIPS – Rich Swierczyna Presents Tools for the Tool Box! Rich Swierczyna, P.E., is the General Manager of the Architectural Energy Corporation Lab located in Wood Dale, IL. Rich works closely with Don Fisher, P.E., President of Fisher-Nickel, Inc., in San Ramon, CA and together they have created a list of CKV design practices based on extensive laboratory testing at their two lab facilities. Both men are members of the ASHRAE TC5.10 Technical Committee for Kitchen Ventilation. Click here for their “Tools for the Tool Box”. PUBLISHER’S CORNER – UP YOUR STACK® is Making Changes! UP YOUR STACK® is making changes. The internet continues to change and morph into ways we never expected. We plan to keep pace. At an ever increasing rate, information is free. On October 17, 2005, we will be making all of our information FREE to the AHJ community, code officials, government officials, the military and educators. Click here for more information. REGISTER - Click here to register for this FREE Newsletter. This is the fourteenth edition of the UP YOUR STACK™ Newsletter. The newsletter is a valuable free publication available to anyone visiting our web site and signing on. We protect your privacy. Our mailing list will not be distributed to anyone or sold. Visit us at www.upyourstack.com now. Archived issues are posted with many interesting articles on design, codes and fire safety. |
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