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by Richard Bielen
Do operating rooms need additional protection against electrical shock? The debate continues.
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by Bill Buss
Defining a "qualified person"
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by Bill Buss
Arc flash and PPE
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by Stephen Badger
The following is a complete list of large-loss fires, which are listed in descending order of loss amount in each category.
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by Bill Buss
The importance of fine print notes.
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by Stephen Badger
Last year saw the fewest catastrophic fires, and the fewest related deaths, since 1987.
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by Lisa Braxton
Calling all Rolf Jensen Award nominees.
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by Stephen Badger
A breakdown of all the 2008 multiple-death fires.
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by Stephen Badger
The number of catastrophic fires is the second-lowest in the past decade, and the 103 deaths in such fires is the lowest number ever recorded.
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by Stephen Badger
Seventy-one fires resulted in losses of $5 million or more each. Together, these large-loss fires resulted in over $3.5 billion in direct property loss, killed 19 civilians, and injured 168 firefighters and 67 civilians.
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by Jen Boyer
Proponents of safer heliports call for stronger regulations designed to ensure heliport safety, and the 2011 edition of NFPA 418, Heliports, gives them a new tool for proactive regulatory authority.
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by Stephen Badger
Last year, catastrophic fires claimed the lives of 190 people, a figure that represents 5.5 percent of the total estimated U.S. fire death toll last year.
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by Bill Buss
More on the importance of Fine Print Notes
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by Melissa Barnard
When wildfire threatened a California hospital, there was only one thing left to do. But no one was entirely sure how to do it.
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by Stephen Badger
Last year, 23 catastrophic multiple-death fires resulted in 114 fire deaths, including 16 children under age six. An unusually high proportion of fires began with explosions.
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by Stephen Badger
Property loss in large-loss was down by $180 million.
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by Stephen Badger
The following is a complete list of large-loss fires, which are listed in descending order of loss amount in each category.
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by Richard Bielen
In the 25 years since NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities, was adopted, sweeping changes have reshaped the delivery of health care in this country. To keep up, NFPA 99 itself is being reinvented.
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by Stephen Badger
In 2012, U.S. firefighters responded to 1,375,000 reported fires, 17 of which killed five or more people in homes.
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by Wayne Boyd
The economic environment was fairly challenging in the first half of 2010 but did improve somewhat later in the year.
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by Bill Buss
Tailor-made PPE
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by Lisa Braxton
Why firefighters need to know if they are responding to persons with developmental disabilities.
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by Stephen Badger
Last year, 29 multiple-death fires in the United States killed 175 people, including 30 children.
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by Stephen Badger
For the fifth time in the past 10 years, the largest loss associated with fires and explosions occurred in wildlands, and for the second year in a row, it happened in Southern California.
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by Vincent Bollon
2008 revenue report
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by Lisa Braxton
The 2006 winner of the Rolf H. Jensen Memorial Public Education Award is the Tuscaloosa Fire & Rescue Service.
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by April Briggs
NFPA has come up with five important fire safety messages for preschoolers.
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by Stephen Badger
In 2011, 11 fires resulted in more than $20 million each in property damage, topped by the Bastrop County Complex wildfire in Texas that did $400 million in damage.
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by Victor Bishop
Previewing the upcoming Conference & Expo®.
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by Lisa Braxton
Candles, holidays, and fire prevention
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by Lisa Braxton
A look at a Texas fire department’s PSA program.
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by Stephen Badger
The Fourmile Canyon Fire near Boulder, Colorado, topped the list of the most expensive fires in terms of property loss in 2010.
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by Vincent Bollon
The economic environment made planning for 2009 very challenging.
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by Bill Buss
Tips for how to keep the lights on
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by Wayne Boyd
The economic environment remained very challenging for NFPA in 2011.
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by Vincent Bollon
NFPA's annual financial statement.
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by Victor Bishop
This time we’re in Chi-town. This summer, join the world’s leading experts in fire, life, and electrical safety to discuss codes and standards development and cutting-edge fire protection.
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by Lisa Braxton
A Massachusetts community reaches out to high-risk populations.
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by Stephen Badger
In the U.S., there were an estimated 1,602,000 fires and 3,675 fire-related deaths in 2005. Most of these fires, and the losses that resulted, could have been prevented with simple changes, including use and maintenance of smoke alarms and sprinklers.
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by Bill Buss
Identifying arc flash hazards.
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by Lisa Braxton
And the winner is... It’s award time at NFPA.
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by Stephen Badger
A breakdown of all the 2010 multiple-death fires.
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by Stephen Badger
The following is a complete list of large-loss fires, which are listed in descending order of loss amount in each category.
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by Victor Bishop
The 2008 World Safety Conference & Exposition is in Las Vegas.
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by Stephen Badger
For the second year in a row, the largest loss of life in a multiple-death fire occurred in a vehicle fire.
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by Stephen Badger
In 2009, 24 fires resulted in losses of $10 million or more each, for a total direct property loss of roughly $940 million.
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by Stephen Badger
A breakdown of all the 2009 multiple-death fires.
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by Bill Buss
Now is not the time to ignore your electrical power system.