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July/August 2006

July/August 2006

COVER STORY

US firefighter fatalities in 2005
In 2005, a total of 87 on-duty firefighter deaths occurred in the U.S. The 87 on-duty deaths represent the lowest total since 1993, and the third lowest death toll since NFPA began tracking these deaths in 1977.
Rita F. Fahy & Paul R. LeBlanc

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FEATURES

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - From Pain to Empowerment
Every year in the United States, an estimated 4,700 children ages 14 and under are treated for injuries sustained from falling out of windows.
Lisa Braxton

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - Identifying and preventing water supply and sprinkler system impairments
In the NFPA’s study, U.S. Experience with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing Equipment, 65 percent of the system failures were due to the system being shut off, 16 percent were due to manual intervention in the operation of the system, and 11 percent were due to a lack of maintenance.
Charlie Bauroth

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - NFPA 150: Animal housing facilities
Traditional building and fire codes provide for broadly applied concepts to the facilities, but lack any specificity with regard to the unique nature of the Animal inhabitants.
Timothy A. Hawthorne and Hossein Davoodi

New generation of grease ducts
Grease duct fires may have met their match in the factory-built, no-weld grease duct with an integral fire-rated chase.
Jay Parikh

Vital records protection with NFPA 1600
Is there a need to expand NFPA 1600 to address vital records protection?
Van Carlisle

Firefighter fatality incidents
An in-depth look at some of 2005's fatalities.
Rita F. Fahy & Paul R. LeBlanc

U.S. firefighter deaths related to training, 1996 – 2005
Training is a vital part of fire department operations, but it too often results in unnecessary deaths and injuries.
Rita Fahy

Reaching out, reaching more
Unlike typical Risk Watch® lessons, this one was not held at a school, but at an emergency shelter for women and their children.
Lisa Braxton

Protecting IT
The heart of most businesses is information technology. NFPA 75 provides guidance for fire protection and business continuity.
Mark Conroy

COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

Just Ask NFPA 10 and its requirements for portable fire extinguishers. Mark Conroy		Mail Call Letters to the editor

Buzzwords Recent research and its impact on detection Wayne D. Moore, P.E.		Outreach There’s no time like now Judy Comoletti

Firewatch Power failure leads to fire loss Kenneth Tremblay		Research Implementing a research agenda for hydrogen infrastructure safety Kathleen Almand, P.E.

First Word Fireworks: We are sticking to our position Jim Shannon		Section News Section News is now Section Forum John Nicholson

Heads Up A trapeze act: Moving standards with the marketplace Russell P. Fleming, P.E.		Structural Ops Chief’s aide Russ Sanders and Ben Klaene

In Compliance Supervision of fire protection systems Chip Carson

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