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Chair: Jason M. Mowbray, Acting State Fire Marshal
Appointed by Governor: not yet appointed
Appointed by Senate President: Sara N. Love
Appointed by House Speaker: one vacancy
Ex officio: Edward S. Tochterman, Jr., Chair, State Fire Prevention Commission; Robert Phillips, President, Maryland Fire Chiefs Association; W. Newton (Skip) Carey, Jr., President, Maryland State Firemen's Association.
Staff:
Department of State Police, 1201 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
In June 2024, the Workgroup to Develop Fire Safety Best Practices for Pre–1974 High–Rise Apartment Buildings was authorized by the General Assembly (Chapter 744, Acts of 2024).
The Workgroup is to study fire safety risks in high–rise apartment buildings that do not have automatic sprinkler systems or other fire safety technology. It will consider 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. The Workgroup also is to develop recommendations and best practices for the improvement of fire safety in high–rise apartment buildings that do not have fire sprinkler systems and other fire safety technology.
In developing recommendations the Workgroup will consider the availability, feasibility, and degree of fire hazard mitigation of each alternative fire protection system or arrangement; the cost, design, installation, testing, and maintenance of each fire protection system; and the duration of installation for each alternative fire protection system and the intensity of the disruption of normal occupancy caused by installation.
Fourteen members constitute the Workgroup. Five members are appointed by the Governor, and the Senate President and House Speaker each appoint one member. Four members serve ex officio. The State Fire Marshal chairs the Workgroup.
Authorization for the Workgroup ends June 30, 2025.
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