Cover Story

Collapse Aftermath

NFPA Journal®, November/December 2001

Collapse Aftermath - Engineering experts to study the World Trade Center events in a search for answers to why the buildings collapsed.
Evacuation - NFPA will revisit previous WTC study with an evacuation behavior follow-up.
Search and Rescue - NFPA standards guide the way officials search for WTC survivors and victims.
Terrorism - Impetus for Change - NFPA examines its role of providing fire service with standards that aid the response to terrorism.
First Responders - The real thing shows the need to refine first-responder preparedness and protective equipment for terrorism attacks.