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January/February 2013

January/February 2013

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FEATURES

Prepping for the Worst
Hurricane Sandy tested emergency procedures at health care facilities all along the East Coast. Can new provisions in NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities, help ensure things go smoother during the next big storm?
Fred Durso, Jr.

Long Time Coming
On the eve of a new requirement that all U.S. nursing homes be sprinklered, a look back at 50 years of progress and the new challenges that continue to emerge.
Kathleen Robinson

Rebuilding a Hospital
How key lessons learned from the 2011 tornado in Joplin, Missouri, are being incorporated into the design, construction, and emergency planning of the new Mercy Hospital Joplin.
Scott Sutherland

Chicago View: A Preview of the 2013 NFPA Conference
Scores of education sessions and seminars, hundreds of displays of products and services, and countless opportunities forprofessional networking on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan.
Kaitlyn Greene

NEWS + ANALYSIS

In A Flash
Offering free home sprinklers is all in a day's work for homebuilder San Davis, the newest addtion to NFPA's Faces of Fire Campaign.

Looking Back
The Happy Land Social Club Fire
Kathleen Robinson

Firewatch
Man dies after reentering burning manufactured home.
Ken Trembley

COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

Wildfire Watch Costly wildfires can be pre-empted by effective planning. Molly Mowery		Structural Ops Starting operations with fewer than four firefighters puts them at risk. Ben Klaene & Russ Sanders

First Word Access + Mission James M. Shannon		In Compliance Changes in the Life Safety Code regarding placement of items in corridors of health care occupancies. Chip Carson, P.E.

Perspectives Ten years after the fire at The Station nightclub, survivor Robert Feeney tells how he became an advocate of sprinklers. Fred Durso, Jr.		Buzzwords A new chapter of NFPA 72® is dedicated solely to documentation. Wayne Moore, P.E., FSFPE

Research Can we design a sprinkler system without a full-scale fire test? Kathleen Almand, P.E., FSFPE		Outreach Smoke alarms need to be replaced every 10 years. Amy Lebeau

Heads Up From an inspection standpoint, NFPA 25 is not a design evaluation standard. Matt Klaus		Electrical Safety A feature of any emergency power system is a standby power source. Jeffrey Sargent

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