Pat

I do not care anymore. You believe what you want and I will do the same. I tried working with you to develop some type of wording or idea that would be acceptable to you and the others intent without having the document shoved down my throat. It just seems there will always be at least two different thoughts on this subject.

No matter what I find as to a definition as to the Standard of Care you will not agree until it meets what your interpretation of the definition should be. You are inferring that the definition for the “Standard of Care” that appears in the Black’s Law Dictionary, only relates to the medical profession. If that is your opinion, fine with me. All you have to do is look at the one accepted by engineers and you will find it is right in line with the medical. I can not understand why fire investigation is different from the rest of the world.

Pat, I though you may be right so I had sever people look at what I typed from the Online Ethics Center against what you said I typed in misquoting them. You said, “Then you proceeded to misquote even the Online Ethics Center misquote.” They found not one word difference from what I typed and the definition from the Online Ethics Center, other than I did not include the references.

Pat do you agree to the following:

That the Standard of Care for a profession is based by the courts, as represented under our law, on the procedures (methodology) used by a professional that is supported by a responsible body of similar professionals?

For the person to violate the Standard of Care for a profession he or she would need to act below that degree of care which a reasonably prudent person should exercise under same or similar circumstances?

Do you believe that if the person is found to act with that degree of care which a reasonably prudent person should exercise under same or similar circumstances they can not be negligent?

Do you really believe that a good standard of care for our profession is a document that the publisher states, they do not independently test, evaluate, or verify the accuracy of any information or the soundness of any judgments contained within the document, that they make no guaranty or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any information published in the document, and the person using the document should rely on his or her own independent judgment or, as appropriate, seek the advice of a competent professional in determining the exercise of reasonable care in any given circumstances. Now leave me see, we have a document that the contents are not test, evaluate, or verify in it’s accuracy, that there is no guaranty or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness, and I as the user have the responsibility to use my own independent judgment or, as appropriate, seek the advice of a competent professional in determining the exercise of reasonable care. I am not say this is 921 but it is what NFPA is saying, so do I want to put my livelihood on the line knowing this information.