Witnesses:

Mr. Gregory B. Cade
United States Fire Administrator

Dr. Shyam-Sunder
Director of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory (BRFL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Chief Steven P. Westermann
President and Chief Fire Officer of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC)

Captain Robert Livingston
Captain of the Salem, Oregon Fire Department, and is the representative of the Oregon State Council of Firefighters of the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF)

Dr. John R. Hall
Assistant Vice President, Fire Analysis and Research at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Chief Gordon Henderson
Vice President of the Georgia State Firefighters’Association

The United States Fire Administration Reauthorization: Addressing the Priorities of the
Nation’s Fire Service

Hearing Charter