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20 | Outreach

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NFPA 72 Understanding private-mode
notification for health care facilities.
By Wayne Moore

NFPA 70 How the NEC® addresses the fire
hazards of Power Over Ethernet equipment.
By Derek Vigstol

NFPA 101 What NFPA 101 and NFPA 101A
say about fire sprinkler requirements for
nursing homes.
By Ron Coté

NFPA 13 Several major codes reference
NFPA 4. Here's what you need to know.
By Matt Klaus

Xchange A sampling of the conversations
happening on NFPA's online community.

JOURNAL ONLINE

My Fire

nfpa.org/
buildburnrepeat
Watch wildfire
research scientist
Jack Cohen discuss
the science behind
wildfire and home
ignition and how to
harden your home.

It's easy to think that fire could never
happen to you. Then it does.
By Lorraine Carli
22 | Safety Policy

Delay of Game

It's time to stop playing politics with
safety regulations and trust the code
adoption process.
By Meghan Housewright

Read NFPA's "Community Wildfire
Safety Through
Regulation" best
practices guide
for planners and
regulators.

50 | International

Considering Peru

The nation's all-volunteer fire service
turns to NFPA for assistance.
By Donald Bliss

nfpa.org/
perspectives
Watch as architect
Paul Erickson gives
a presentation at
NFPA's Responder
Forum on designing
cleaner fire stations.

52 | Research

The Modern Scourge
Suburban wildfires may present the
biggest fire protection challenge of
our time.
By Casey Grant

nfpa.org/
dispatches
Read an interview
with Los Angeles
Times photographer
Marcus Yam on how
he captured this
issue's striking "Wide
shot" image of the
Thomas Fire in
Ventura, California.

64 | First Responder

Tech Trap

Firewatch
page /

68

A collection of fire incidents in an assortment
of occupancies from across the United
States, compiled by NFPA's Research Group.

What do responders lose as they
increasingly rely on technology?
By Ken Willette
66 | Wildfire

Out with the Old
We need to challenge some of wildfire's
orthodoxies if we hope to somehow
address the problem.
By Lucian Deaton

88 | Looking Back
The Laurier Palace Theatre Fire of 1927
in Montreal, Quebec. By Angelo Verzoni

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