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NIOSH will be holding a stakeholders'
meeting on March 22nd, 2006, from 9:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Washington
Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW,
Washington, D.C. The purpose of the
meeting is to seek input to ensure that
the FFFIPP is meeting the needs of stakeholders,
and to identify ways NIOSH might improve
upon the program to increase its impact
on the safety and health of fire fighters
across the United States. A similar
meeting was held in January 1998 to
provide valuable stakeholder input as
NIOSH was planning and establishing
the FFFIPP. NIOSH will compile and consider
all comments received at the meeting
and through the NIOSH docket (Docket
Number NIOSH-063), and use them in making
decisions on how to proceed with the
FFFIPP initiative. Detailed information
will be provided in a federal register
notice that will be posted in the near
future.
Registration
This meeting will be open to the public,
limited only by the space available.
The meeting room will accommodate approximately
120 people. Interested parties should
confirm their attendance at this meeting
by completing a registration form and
forwarding it by e-mail to npptlevents@cdc.gov
or faxing to the NIOSH Event Management
Office at (304) 225-2003. Interested
parties should make hotel reservations
directly with the Washington Court Hotel
(202-628-2100 or 800-321-3010) and reference
the NIOSH Fire Fighter Meeting.
Background materials and specific areas
of NIOSH interest for stakeholder input
The report "National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation
and Prevention Program, 1998-2005"
(found at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/fire/progress.html
) summarizes FFFIPP progress, possible
future directions, and specific areas
of NIOSH interest for stakeholder input.
Copies of the document will also be
available at the March 22nd meeting.
Agenda
Representatives from 7 stakeholder
groups have accepted invitations to
give 15 minute presentations on the
usefulness of the FFFIPP program and
products in their efforts to improve
fire fighter safety and health, and
their suggestions for enhancing the
impact of the program and future directions.
An opportunity to make oral presentations
will be provided to other interested
parties, given available time on the
agenda. The agenda currently includes
time for fifteen 5-minute presentations.
Requests to make 5-minute oral presentations
Requests to make such presentations
at the meeting should be made by e-mail
to the NIOSH Event Management Office
at npptlevents@cdc.gov. All requests
to present should include the name,
address, telephone number, relevant
business affiliations of the presenter,
and a brief summary of the presentation.
Oral presentations will be limited to
5 minutes.
Docket
Written comments without an oral presentation
are also encouraged, and should be submitted
to the NIOSH Docket Office. Written
comments on the usefulness of the FFFIPP
program and products for improving fire
fighter safety and health, and suggestions
for enhancing the impact of the program
and future directions should be mailed
to:
NIOSH Docket Office
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, M/S C34
4676 Columbia Parkway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
Telephone: 513-533-8303
Fax: 513-533-8285
Comments may also be submitted by e-mail
to niocindocket@cdc.gov. E-mail attachments
should be formatted in Microsoft Word.
Comments should be submitted to NIOSH
no later than April 22, 2006. Comments
regarding the Fire Fighter Fatality
Investigation and Prevention Program
should reference Docket Number NIOSH-063
in the subject heading.
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