NFPA Journal

Confronting rural America’s unique fire safety challenges.

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July/August 2017 Assembly Occupancies

In this issue, NFPA Journal looks at the many challenges that public safety officials in rural areas face—from a shrinking pool of volunteer firefighters to dwindling resources for public outreach—and what NFPA is doing to help. PLUS: the age of public safety drones may have finally arrived; the 2016 U.S. Firefighter Fatality report; emergency evacuation elevators; a new NFPA active shooter standard, and much more.

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The Rural Fire Problem

As populations and resources shrink, demographics shift, and volunteer fire departments struggle to staff their firehouses, rural America looks for answers to stem its growing fire concerns. Can NFPA help?

Firefighter Fatalities

Sixty-nine firefighters died in the line of duty last year in the United States. The largest share of deaths occurred while responding to or returning from alarms, not at the fire scene.

Drones

Confusing regulations and a lack of guidance have thus far stymied the widespread use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in public safety. But all of that is beginning to change, aided in part by NFPA’s new UAS standard. Are we at the dawn of a new era?

Emergency Alarms

Dizzying lights, loud music, and a variety of visual effects make today’s shows and concerts more of a spectacle than ever before. Can the systems and procedures in place to alert occupants in an emergency compete?