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JULY/AUGUST 2013, VOL. 107, NO. 4 ® “ “We looked at our own industry and found that, even though there was plenty of valuable safety information available to us, best practices too often remained a mystery to the people who needed them most.” —From “Allied in Safety,” our story on the Event Safety Alliance and its creation of an Event Safety Guide, starting on page 52. COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Shutterstock >>ONLINE nfpa.org/2012fatalityreport Read the complete version of the NFPA report “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States, 2012.” 52 nfpa.org/eventsafety Visit the eventsafetyalliance.org website for more information on the Alliance and to provide editorial feedback on the work-inprogress Event Safety Guide. nfpa.org/cooking_research Download the “Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment” report. Download the “Home Cooking Fire Mitigation: Technology Assessment” report. Learn more about NFPA’s Fire Prevention Week theme, “Prevent Kitchen Fires.” Watch video interviews featuring Hughes Associates engineers responsible for the “Home Cooking Fire Mitigation: Technology Assessment” research. >>features 42 cOVER STORY: ASSEMBLY OccUpANciES LOUD + CLEAR What happens when a county fire marshal in Texas decides that a big new Formula One racetrack needs a mass notification system? BY SCOTT SUTHERLAND 58 RESEARcH FRONT BURNER COMING TO NFPA INSIDER Mark your calendar for the “NFPA Insider” Web presentation on July 25 at 2 p.m. For information and to register, visit nfpa.org/insider. NFPA Journal Winner of two 2012 EXCEL Awards for editorial excellence from Association Media & Publishing A look at the formation of the Event Safety Alliance and its creation of a new guide to help industry professionals work safely and create safer events. BY STEVEN A. ADELMAN A project conducted under the auspices of the Fire Protection Research Foundation aims to help develop standardized fire scenarios and performance test methods for cooking-fire mitigation technologies. BY FRED DURSO, JR. 52 ASSEMBLY OccUpANciES ALLIED IN SAFETY 64 NFpA REpORTS FIREFIGHTER FATALITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012 Last year, 64 U.S. firefighters died while on duty, the lowest number recorded since NFPA first began to study firefighter fatalities. BY RITA F. FAHY, PH.D, PAUL R. LEBLANC, AND JOSEPH L. MOLIS Copyright © 2013 NFPA. All rights reserved. PRINTED IN USA. NFPA Journal (ISSN 1054-8793) is a membership magazine published bimonthly by NFPA, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471. NFPA annual dues: $165; this includes a $45 subscription to NFPA Journal. Periodicals postage rates paid at Boston, Massachusetts, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to NFPA Journal, NFPA, P.O. Box 9101, Quincy, MA 02269-9101. All issues of NFPA Journal are available in microfilm from University Microfilms, International, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106. NFPA JOURNAL JULY/AUGUST 2013 3 http://www.nfpa.org/2012fatalityreport http://www.nfpa.org/eventsafety http://www.eventsafetyalliance.org http://www.nfpa.org/cooking_research http://www.nfpa.org/insider

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NFPA Journal - July/August 2013

NFPA Journal - July/August 2013
Contents
First Word
In a Flash
Perspectives
Firewatch
Research
Heads Up
Structural Ops
In Compliance
Buzzwords
Outreach
Electrical Safety
Wildfire Watch
Loud + Clear
Allied in Safety
Front Burner
Firefighter Fatalities in the United States, 2012
Fire Analysis + Research
Section Spotlight
What’s Hot
Looking Back

NFPA Journal - July/August 2013