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July / August 2003

Home Security Bars, Alarms and Sleeping Kids, Gearing Up for Terrorism, Fighting SARS, Crowd Crush at Nightclubs.


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Contents

COVER STORY

Insecure: Dangers of Immobile Security Bars:
While they can lock criminals out, home security bars can just as effectively lock residents in.
John R. Paradise

FEATURES

Sound Asleep:
Research is needed to determine why children are sleeping through smoke alarms.
Shelly Reese

Gearing Up for New Threats:
First responders are training to prepare for possible terrorist threats. Is their equipment behind the curve?
Alan S. Brown

COLUMNS AND DEPARTMENTS

Building to Code
Can we afford to let a man's home be his castle?
JERRY WOOLDRIDGE		 Inside the Beltway
Aging firefighting air fleet may lead to a decrease in missions in 2003
Stephen Barlas
Buzzwords
National Fire Alarm Code® is updated for residential fire alarm systems
Wayne D. Moore		 Just Ask
NFPA's Document Coordination Project
Amy Spencer
Fire Watch
Fireworks starts house fire in Michigan
Kenneth J. Tremblay		 Looking Back
...at the Cold-Storage and Warehouse Fire, Worcester, MA
John Nicholson
First Word
Threats to our security require support for our first responders
James M. Shannon		 Meetings
Fall Education Conference heads to Reno
Brian Benstock
Heads Up
Researching cost-effective protection arrangements for solid shelf rack storage
Russell P. Fleming		 Out Reach
Home security when you're away from home
Meri-K Appy
In Compliance
Residential fire safety relies on education
Chip Carson		 Structural Ops
No fire should ever be considered routine
Russ Sanders & Ben Klaene
Ins and Outs
Shifing Gears
Jenna Padula