NFPA Journal - May/June 2012 - (Page 16)

>>in a flash IN BRIEF Tips Offered for Electrical Safety Month While May is officially Electrical Safety Month, NFPA urges it members to always place the utmost importance on all things electrical, no matter the date. Visit NFPA’s website for a plethora of materials on this issue, including electrical safety fast facts, relevant NFPA reports, and a toolkit on keeping your community safe and energized. Download all items at nfpa.org/electricalsafety. Educator of the Year Announced Marsha Giesler, public education officer of the Downers Grove Fire Department in Illinois, has been named NFPA’s 2012 Fire and Life Safety Educator of the Year. Giesler will receive a $1,000 honorarium and travel accommodations to an award presentation at NFPA’s Conference & Expo, June 11–14 in Las Vegas. Giesler’s accomplishments include visiting 17 public and private elementary schools each month and routinely conducting evacuation drills in her community. She’s also made NFPA’s fire safety education programs, including Risk Watch® and the Learn Not to Burn Preschool Program®, the cornerstone of her educational outreach. She also wrote the 400-page reference book Fire and Life Safety Educator. Massachusetts Fire Department Receives $5,000 Grant NFPA awarded the Brockton Fire Department in Massachusetts the 2012 Rolf H. Jensen Memorial Public Education Grant. The $5,000 grant will support the High-Rise Apartment Safety and Emergency Preparedness Program, the department’s fire and life safety public education initiative. The fire department will team up with the Brockton Housing Authority and the Brockton Emergency Management Agency to provide public education at high-rises and plans to expand outreach to other housing developments. The Jensen grant provides funding for fire departments that support a community-wide fire and life safety education program or campaign. For more information, visit nfpa.org/jensen. HOME FIRE SPRINKLERS A room from the VISION House exhibit at Epcot, which includes home fire sprinklers among the features of a “green” residence. Green + Sprinklered The Epcot theme park showcases a “green” building with sprinkler protection. Plus, highlights from a recent sprinkler summit and a new water-consumption study. By Fred durso, Jr. Since VISION House is expected to draw IT’S eASy going green. nearly six million people through its doors That’s the takeaway following a tour of annually, the potential to promote home an innovative green home called VISION fire sprinklers has never been greater, says House®, located in INNOVeNTIONS at Lorraine Carli, NFPA’s vice president of epcot® at the Walt Disney World® Resort. Communications. “We’ve always recogComplementing the exhibit’s electric nized that there’s a continuing need to eduvehicle and sustainable hardwood flooring cate consumers on the value of sprinklers,” are educational messages, sponsored by she says. “This new attraction allows us to NFPA in cooperation with the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition (HFSC), about the environmental benefits of home fire sprinklers. VIsIoN House is expected to draw Representatives from Green nearly six million people annually, and Builder Media, a media comthe potential to promote home fire pany focused on green buildsprinklers has never been greater. ing, talked with NFPA earlier this year about its new epcot get in front of so many people with not attraction in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. only a message about fire safety but with The company liked NFPA’s idea to add a another side to the sprinkler story, which is sprinkler-messaging component during the positive environmental impact.” the 20-minute VISION House guided tour For additional photos and videos from that would communicate the idea that the VISION House grand opening, visit sprinklers are environmentally friendly. According to a report conducted for HFSC, firesprinklerinitiative.org/visionhouse. automatic fire sprinklers reduce water usage needed to fight a home fire by upwards Sprinkler Summit More than 100 fire service representatives of 90 percent. There are also significant and others convened in Chicago on April reductions to water pollution, greenhouse 2 for NFPA’s Home Fire Sprinkler Sumgas emissions, and fire-damaged debris mit, a forum held to champion home fire sent to landfills. sprinkler requirements. The home is sponsored by nine product makers and NFPA and officially opened on Audiences heard from participants of April 22, earth Day. NFPA’s Faces of Fire Campaign, which 16 NFPA JOURNAL MAY/JUNE 2012 Photograph: Green Builder Media http://www.nfpa.org/electricalsafety http://www.firesprinklerinitiative.org/visionhouse http://www.nfpa.org/jensen

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - May/June 2012

Nfpa Journal - May/june 2012
Contents
First Word
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzz Words
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Treasurer's Report
Signal Concern
Giant Steps
13^3
Sprinklered Menagerie?
Free Samples
Eye on Health Care
Membership: The Sections
Expo Preview: Exhibitors' Showcase
Looking Back

NFPA Journal - May/June 2012