COVER STORY
US firefighter fatalities in 2005
In 2005, a total of 87 on-duty firefighter deaths occurred in the U.S. The 87 on-duty deaths represent the lowest total since 1993, and the third lowest death toll since NFPA began tracking these deaths in 1977.
Rita F. Fahy & Paul R. LeBlanc
FEATURES
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - From Pain to Empowerment
Every year in the United States, an estimated 4,700 children ages 14 and under are treated for injuries sustained from falling out of windows.
Lisa Braxton
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - Identifying and preventing water supply and sprinkler system impairments
In the NFPA’s study, U.S. Experience with Sprinklers and Other Fire Extinguishing Equipment, 65 percent of the system failures were due to the system being shut off, 16 percent were due to manual intervention in the operation of the system, and 11 percent were due to a lack of maintenance.
Charlie Bauroth
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE - NFPA 150: Animal housing facilities
Traditional building and fire codes provide for broadly applied concepts to the facilities, but lack any specificity with regard to the unique nature of the Animal inhabitants.
Timothy A. Hawthorne and Hossein Davoodi
New generation of grease ducts
Grease duct fires may have met their match in the factory-built, no-weld grease duct with an integral fire-rated chase.
Jay Parikh
Vital records protection with NFPA 1600
Is there a need to expand NFPA 1600 to address vital records protection?
Van Carlisle
Firefighter fatality incidents
An in-depth look at some of 2005's fatalities.
Rita F. Fahy & Paul R. LeBlanc
U.S. firefighter deaths related to training, 1996 – 2005
Training is a vital part of fire department operations, but it too often results in unnecessary deaths and injuries.
Rita Fahy
Reaching out, reaching more
Unlike typical Risk Watch® lessons, this one was not held at a school, but at an emergency shelter for women and their children.
Lisa Braxton
Protecting IT
The heart of most businesses is information technology. NFPA 75 provides guidance for fire protection and business continuity.
Mark Conroy
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