November/December 2002

November/December 2002

		ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

		Keeping Older Oil and Gas Facilities Safe: Assessments of one U.S. and two Latin American refineries show where and how to improve fire protection

		Model Establishes the Radiation and Exposure Protection Required for Refinery Storage Tanks

		Inside the Beltway: New program to hire more firefighters dropped out of homeland security bill.

		Fuel-Cell Vehicles—Coming Sooner Than You Think: Still, there are plenty of safety hurdles to master, including development of appropriate standards.

		Read how alternative fuels are becoming more common at filling stations (PDF*, 991 KB).

		Bonding Versus Grounding: Why NFPA 407 no longer specifies grounding for safety during aircraft fueling.

		Inside the Beltway: DOT looking at adopting NFPA 498 to protect shipments of explosives

		Inside the Beltway: OSHA all but adopts NFPA 101® for its new exit routes standard (Members only**)

		No Early Warning: German and French train fires illustrate need for alarms. (Members only**)

		Inside the Beltway: Budget woes for federal forest firefighting portend long-term problems. (Members only**)

		Inside the Beltway: NIOSH reviews comments on its draft standard for CBRN air-purifying respirators (Members only**)

from the magazine

COVER STORY

Slow Burn: Fire-Safe Cigarettes
The ongoing struggle to reduce fires ignited by cigarettes was one congressman´s legacy (PDF, 923 KB).
U.S. Representative Edward Markey

FEATURES

Pentagon After-Action Report
Arlington County, Virginia, starts implementing changes urged in 9/11 report (PDF, 1.3 MB).
Pam Weiger

Schooled in Fire
A new program helps drive campus fire-safety at our nation's colleges and universities (PDF, 792 KB).
Ed Comeau

COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

Buzzwords Who Controls System Reliability? Is the designer, installer, or owner responsible for the reliability of an alarm system installation? Wayne D. Moore		Just Ask Online Learning Opportunities NFPA increases web-based training with certificate programs. Mark Schofield

Fire Watch Sprinkler extinguishes flash fire in California Ken Tremblay		Looking Back ...at the 1947 President's Conference on Fire Prevention John Nicholson

First Word Fire-Safe Cigarettes: The Long Battle James M. Shannon		Meetings Is It That Time Already? Start planning now for two NFPA conferences that can help your career in 2003. Compiled by NFPA staff

Heads Up What Drives the Cost of Residential Sprinklers? Code requirements don't result in high installation costs. Community requirements do. Russell P. Fleming		Outreach Don't Let a Candle Fire Ruin Your Holiday Candle fires rise to a 19-year high after a decade-long decline. Meri-K Appy

In Compliance If Anything Can Go Wrong... Planning for an emergency at a petrochemical plant is the supreme test. Chip Carson, P.E.		Struct. Firefighting Expert Advisors Provide Strategic Support Cooperation and pre-incident planning are essential to fighting fires at large industrial facilities. Russ Sanders & Ben Klaene

Inside the Beltway Trying to Prevent Catastrophic Fireballs Senate committee moves to protect chemical facilities to keep them safe from terrorists. Stephen Barlas		Up To Code Not Your Average Haz-Mat Classification NFPA 5000™ and NFPA 1 identify levels of hazardous materials and offer safety requirements. Walter Sterling