IICRC reopens S700 (fire/smoke) and S520 (mold), adds wildfire provisions
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IICRC is revising its fire and smoke standard to fold in wildfire cleaning methods, with the mold standard also in comment.
IICRC is revising S700 (fire and smoke) to fold in wildfire cleaning methods, with a member call that closed Jan 31; S520 (mold) and S700 drafts went through public comment that closed Feb 6.
Why it matters
Standards are what your scope, your training, and your defensibility in a dispute all rest on. Wildfire-specific S700 language is overdue given where the losses are.
Our assessment
A standards revision reads like paperwork you will deal with once it lands. The people who comment on the draft are the people who decide what you get judged against later, and almost nobody comments. Read the wildfire language in the fire and smoke draft, send one comment from your shop, and start training crews to the ash and soot methods before the standard is final.
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