Bates Technical College, South Campus
2201 S 78th St, Tacoma WA 98409
Room B107 – Building B Greg Rogers, MS, FM, CFO MiFire
Regional Director | NFPA
GRogers@nfpa.org
Retired Deputy Chief Greg Rogers is currently an NFPA Regional Director and started his career as an instructor in 1992 at the Oklahoma State Fire Service Training Center. He continued as a Fire Safety Engineer with North Metro Fire Rescue in Broomfield, CO, and then onto WA state at South Kitsap Fire and Rescue for over 17 years and as the Deputy Chief with Spokane Valley Fire Department.
Chief Rogers has developed and taught several courses throughout the country, including CRR in Action, What Chiefs Need to Know about CRR, International Fire Code classes, Fire Company Officer Inspection classes, and Basic Understanding of the Fire Code and Basic Fire Investigations classes for Olympic College.
Greg is Internationally known for visionary community risk reduction and creative data solutions for decision-making and service delivery, he has presented sessions in the UK and Shanghai, China. As an Executive in the fire service, his focus is to make a meaningful difference in the industry through dedication to continuous self and organizational improvement through building coalitions and relationships with an emphasis on being results-driven and orientated, empowering, developing, and motivating people through business, associations, and volunteer organizations.
Greg has served in Executive roles such as fire service representative on the Washington State Fire Service Leadership Forum, Chair of the International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire and Life Safety Section, and served as Past Commissioner for the Commission on Professional Credentialing for the Center of Public Safety Excellence, Past-President of the Washington State Association of Fire Marshals, and the Washington Youth Soccer Association Board. These roles helped Greg Rogers create an understanding of how to balance competing needs, develop a proactive problem-solving approach, and make those difficult leadership decisions. Major fires on building construction sites continue to increase in size and monetary loss across the U.S. each year. There have also been recent tragedies that included loss of life, including civilian deaths and firefighter line-of-duty deaths (LODDs) in construction-related fires.
Fire codes and standards have included requirements for fire prevention on construction sites for many decades; however, sometimes there are challenges associated with fully implementing these requirements. This session will provide an overview of NFPA 241, Standard for Safeguarding Construction, Alteration, and Demolition Operations, including how NFPA 241 is referenced in the International Fire Code (IFC). The International Building Code (IBC) also references the IFC for construction site fire safety, and the connection between all three documents will be discussed.
