The National Fire Protection Association now has information about the upcoming NFPA 1901, Automotive Fire Apparatus, including a draft of the next edition.

The report on proposals and draft of the new standard are available on the NFPA Web site for review and comments by any interested party. Closing date for comments is Aug. 31. Click here to view the information.

Under "Revision Cycle Information" is a link to "Download the Report on Proposals." Farther down the page is a link to the "NFPA 1901 A2008 ROP Draft." When downloading the ROP, the first eight pages are boilerplate information, but they also contain a comment form. The document Web page has a feature that allows a person to sign up for automatic notification whenever the page changes. Use the "Alert me" button in the upper left of the page.

Those wanting to use the printed book or the CD to review this information will have to wait until about June 22, as those materials do not get produced until all the committee reports for the annual 2008 cycle are finished.