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		LAX shootings reinforce need for airport fire department and emergency management preparedness LAX shootings reinforce need for airport fire department and emergency management preparedness.

		Inside the Beltway Inside the Beltway: Congress signals it wants USFA involved in equipment-standards research. (Members only**)

		Smoke-Alarm Research Smoke-Alarm Research: First such study in 25 years seeks data to create next-generation alarms. (Members only**)

		Making the Grade Making the Grade: NFPA certification programs allow members to benchmark their expertise and lead to career advancement.

		Inside the Beltway Inside the Beltway: Congressman presses new CPSC chair on fire safety for cigarettes and child sleepwear. (Members only**)

		Near Miss Near Miss: When one of the worst wildfires in Colorado history struck, Firewise communities were prepared. (Members only**)

		Read about the successes of Firewise Communities Workshops. Also: Read about the successes of Firewise Communities Workshops. (PDF*, 1.8 MB).

		New York City reviews its building code amid pleas from 9/11 victims' families New York City reviews its building code amid pleas from 9/11 victims' families

		Revamping Dusseldorf Airport Revamping Dusseldorf Airport (Members only*, PDF, 1.3 MB)

		The Future of AFFF The Future of AFFF (aqueous film-forming foam)

		UPDATE A recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for a lawsuit by family members over the deaths on July 3, 1996, when a cigarette spark set off fireworks at Ohio River Fireworks in Scottown. Lawyers for the victims' families have argued that the fire marshal's office, conducting an undercover operation of illegal fireworks at the store, discovered three days earlier that the sprinkler system had been disabled but did nothing.

		UPDATE UPDATE: In a surprise fire drill, office workers evacuated one tower of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia on 9/23/02, the first since a bomb scare in September 2001 forced the evacuation of both of the Petronas Twin Towers.