NFPA Journal - May/June 2019 - 24
Dispatches Ecosystem Watch
THE ECOSYSTEM EXPLAINED
NFPA believes that fire, life, and electrical safety are only
possible when a safety ecosystem exists to create a culture
of best practices and stakeholder accountability. To that end,
the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem is made up of eight key
elements: government responsibility; development and use
of current codes; referenced standards; investment in safety;
a skilled workforce; code compliance; preparedness and
emergency response; and an informed public. NFPA envisions
those components as cogs working together-when one cog
fails, the entire system can break down. The items below,
taken from recent news events, represent a survey of ecosystem successes and failures. For more on the NFPA Fire &
Life Safety Ecosystem, visit nfpa.org/ecosystem.
INFORMED
PUBLIC
GOVERNMENT
RESPONSIBILITY
EYES IN THE AIR
President Trump signs into
law the Wildfire Management Technology Advancement Act, which aims to
enhance safety for wildland
firefighters and the public
by requiring agencies to
outfit firefighting crews
with GPS locators and
increasing the use of
drones to provide realtime mapping data on
active fires.
INFIELD ABLAZE
A high school baseball
field in Connecticut is
doused in gasoline and
set on fire in an apparent
attempt to dry the field
before a game, causing
an estimated $50,000 in
damage. "It just wasn't a
smart move at all," one
town official noted.
ECOSYSTEM FAIL
ECOSYSTEM SUCCESS
INFORMED
PUBLIC
INVESTMENT
IN SAFETY
SMOKEY GETS A MAKEOVER
For his 75th birthday,
the US Forest Service's
Smokey Bear character is
turned into an animated
emoji that celebrities like
Stephen Colbert and Al Roker
can lend their voices to in
an effort to bring wildfire
prevention messaging to a
younger audience.
PREPAREDNESS
AND EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
SKILLED
WORKFORCE
ECOSYSTEM SUCCESS
WEATHERING THE STORM
Massachusetts General Hospital
unveils plans to invest $1 billion in a
new clinical facility built to withstand-and maintain operations
during-natural disasters like heat
waves, hurricanes, and floods.
SAFETY CODING
IBM, along with the engineering
college 42 Silicon Valley, host a
one-day "hackathon" in California
to promote work by coders, engineers, and others on tech projects
designed to enhance wildfire
preparedness and recovery.
ECOSYSTEM SUCCESS
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COOLING CATASTROPHE
The cause of the massive
blaze that destroyed Brazil's
National Museum in September 2018 is revealed to
be an improperly installed
air conditioning unit that
led to an electrical fire.
ECOSYSTEM FAIL
GETT Y IMAGES
ECOSYSTEM SUCCESS
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