Board backs interdepartmental effort to reconcile fire-code and water-code references

The board voted unanimously to support an interdepartmental reconciliation of fire-code references after staff explained differences in guidance used by the two departments. James Jensen told members that the Department of Water Supply references an Insurance Services Office guideline while the Fire Prevention Bureau follows NFPA One; "these two guidelines speak the same language, but there are nooks and crannies to them where they're not aligned," he said.