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Special Bonus Issue: NFPA + Wildfire

Special Bonus Issue: NFPA + Wildfire

COVER STORY

Working Together
Through its Wildland Fire Operations Division, NFPA is establishing itself as a global authority on wildfire.
Fred Durso, Jr.

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FEATURES

Informed + Prepared
The Firewise Communities Program teaches homeowners, builders, firefighters, and community leaders how to prepare homes to resist ignition from wildland fire.
Michele Steinberg

World of Opportunity
As NFPA launches new international initiatives, it draws energy and ideas from the relationships it has built over the past decade.
Molly Mowery

Stay or Go?
The stay-and-defend-or-leave-early model faces tough scrutiny in the aftermath of Australia’s disastrous and deadly 2009 wildfires.
Stephanie Schorrow

Hot + Hotter
NFPA plays an important role in education, research, and other areas related to the environmental factors of wildfire.
Alan Earls

Wildfire Standards
NFPA codes and standards provide a practical, effective blueprint for minimizing and managing the wildfire threat.
Ryan Depew

Life in the Interface
When weather, fuels, and topography align, they can create extreme fire behavior and major control problems for fire agencies.
Rick Trembath

COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

First Word The wildfire priority James M. Shannon		Wildfirewatch California wildfire destroys 82 homes. Ken Tremblay

Backyards & Beyond Conference Preview This year’s event emphasizes technological advancements in wildfire mitigation and preparedness. Fred Durso, Jr.		Fire Analysis + Research During the five-year period of 2004 to 2008, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated average of 356,800 brush, grass, and forest fires per year. Marty Ahrens

Perspectives Environmental historian Stephen Pyne on America’s complex (and unresolved) relationship with wildfire. Scott Sutherland		Looking Back The 50th anniversary of the Brentwood-Bel Air Fire. Kathleen Robinson

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