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January/February 2010

January/February 2010

COVER STORY

Remembering Santika
From Thailand to Russia, the recipe for devastating nightclub fires is the same: too many people, too few exits, highly combustible building materials, and pyrotechnics, mixed with too few fire-safety regulations and little enforcement.
Pichaya Chantranuwat

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FEATURES

More Home, Less Nursing
Advocates look to NFPA for leadership on code changes that can make nursing homes more comfortable and humane.
Alan R. Earls

NFPA 99 and Wet Work Areas
Do operating rooms need additional protection against electrical shock? The debate continues.
Richard P. Bielen, P.E.

Special Needs
A 2009 fire that killed four residents of a New York board and care facility has raised questions about the code requirements for these occupancies.
Alan R. Earls

Butt Out
The number of fires in health care facilities has dropped over the past three decades, thanks in part to smoking bans. But bans haven’t eliminated smoking fires.
Marty Ahrens

The Right Response
An example of how preparation, training, and sprinklers can lower the risk to life and property in nursing home fires.
By Robert Solomon & Robert Duval

Back To Vegas
Previewing the upcoming Conference & Expo®.
Victor Bishop

COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

First Word A look back at the initiatives and programs NFPA launched in 2009 — and a look ahead at 2010. James M. Shannon		Outreach And the winner is... It’s award time at NFPA. Lisa Braxton

Perspectives USFA’s Kelvin Cochran, NFPA’s Nancy McNabb Paul D. Martin		The 70E Connection How committees prepare for the next edition of NFPA 70E. Jeffrey Sargent

Research Research focusing on the needs of the fire service will have a great impact on fireighter health and safety. Kathleen A. Almand, P.E., FSPE		In A Flash News & dispatches compiled by NFPA Journal staff Scott Sutherland

Heads Up Decades have passed since NFPA 13R was first published, but we’re still debating the issue of home fire sprinklers. Russell P. Fleming, P.E.		Firewatch Woman dies in home fire Ken Tremblay

Structural Ops Planning for a large fire in an occupied convention center. Ben Klaene & Russ Sanders		The Sections Be in the spotlight, share your expertise, and contribute to NFPA Journal's exclusive "Section Forum"

In Compliance Why protecting openings between floors is a must. Chip Carson, P.E.		Looking Back Katie Jane Nursing Home Fire. Kathleen Robinson

Buzzwords New alarm requirements to better protect the hearing-impaired. Wayne Moore, P.E., FSFPE

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