NFPA Combustible Dust Standards--An Update

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NFPA Combustible Dust Standards--An Update
Susan Bershad, NFPA Kevin Kreitman, City of Albany, OR Fire Department Paul Hart, American International Group, Inc. Mark Drake, Liberty Mutual Insurance Jason Reason, Lewellyn Technology, LLC Timothy Myers, Exponent, Inc. Mark Runyon, Marsh Risk Consulting

This presentation will provide an update of the NFPA combustible dust standards. Now that NFPA 652, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust, has been published, the presenter will review how the industry and commodity-specific dust standards (NFPA 664, 654, 61, and 484) interact with NFPA 652 to provide requirements for the protection of facilities with combustible dusts. An update will be provided on the status of the commodity specific standards and how they are evolving to correlate with NFPA 652.

Presented by:

Susan Bershad, NFPA
Susan Bershad is the Senior Chemical Engineer in the Industrial and Chemical Engineering Division at NFPA. She is staff liaison for the Combustible Dust project as well as the Industrial and Medical Gases and Hydrogen Technical Committees. She holds a BS and an MS in Chemical Engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Massachusetts. Prior to joining NFPA, she held a variety of positions in environmental, health, and safety management in the chemical processing industry, with a focus on environmental compliance and process safety management.

Kevin Kreitman, City of Albany, OR Fire Department
Chief Kreitman (Ret.) has 37 years' experience in the fire service dealing with the hazards of combustible metals and dust. He has been an instructor at the National Fire Academy and is a graduate of the National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer program. He is a principle member of the NFPA 484 and 400 committees and is Chair of the Combustible Dusts Correlating Committee. He has assisted NIOSH with an Injury Investigation Report involving combustible metals and is the author of several papers, articles, and presentations on the hazards of combustible metals and dusts. He currently serves as a Safety and Training volunteer with the City of Albany Oregon Fire Department.

Paul Hart, American International Group, Inc.
Paul Hart is a Regional Field Engineering Manager at AIG. He is Chairman of the NFPA 652, Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust. He is also a principal member on NFPA 484, Standard for Combustible Metals . He holds a B.S. in Fire Protection and Safety Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Illinois. Prior to joining AIG he held various positions at other property insurance companies and in the electric utility industry with focus on fossil fueled and nuclear power plants.

Mark Drake, Liberty Mutual Insurance
Mark Drake has been a Risk Engineer with Liberty Mutual Insurance for 29+ years with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville. He is the Chairman for the NFPA 484 technical committee, Combustible Metals Standard.

Jason Reason, Lewellyn Technology, LLC
Jason Reason is Senior Vice President of Safety and Health Services at Lewellyn Technology. He currently serves as the Chair of the NFPA Technical Committee for Wood and Cellulosic Materials Processing (NFPA 664), and as a principal member on several of t

Timothy Myers, Exponent, Inc.
Timothy J. Myers, CFEI, CFI, Exponent, Inc., is a chemical engineer. Timothy has been investigating fires and explosions for 16 years and has given presentations on the subject in many venues. He is active on several NFPA technical committees.

Mark Runyon, Marsh Risk Consulting
Mark L. Runyon, Vice President at Marsh Risk Consulting is a Property/ Casualty Risk Consultant. Mark is a Certified Safety Professional l (CSP) and a Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS). He is also as affiliate member of NFPA, Member of Society o