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JANUARY/ FEBRUARY 2015, VOL. 109, NO. 1 ® COVER ILLUSTRATION Sean McCabe FOR NFPA JOURNAL » ONLINE nfpa.org/firetactics Watch videos of residential property test burns conducted by UL and NIST. Watch video of the presentation given by Stephen Kerber and Dan Madrzykowski on their research findings. " 46 I don't think there is a nationally accepted level of understanding and requirements for training and the types of PPE that fire departments should have. -From our feature story "Mr. PPE" Read the position paper on new firefighting tactics drafted by the Urban Fire Forum. » FEATURES nfpa.org/ppe " 38 COVER STORY New Fires, New Tactics Read the InterAgency Board document, created in October, to assist first responders with recommendations for the selection and use of PPE against Ebola exposure hazards. Watch a video of our PPE photo shoot. Think it's easy getting into these things? Think again. nfpa.org/cory Watch a slideshow of a sprinkler installation, part of a home renovation for a former U.S. Army Ranger wounded in Afghanistan. As modern furnishings and construction methods lead to bigger, more aggressive fires, a wealth of new research is leading the fire service to reexamine fundamental practices for fighting residential fires. 2 NFPA JOURNAL JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2015 The case for streamlining the many complex layers of health care regulations, which can impact hospitals and patient care in numerous ways. BY CHAD BEEBE BY JESSE ROMAN 46 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Mr. PPE Personal protective equipment expert William Haskell weighs in on PPE lessons learned from the recent Ebola outbreak. BY JESSE ROMAN GET YOUR JOURNAL APP Our easy-to-navigate app lets you read the complete NFPA Journal anywhere, anytime. View videos, link to websites, and share articles with colleagues. And it's free. nfpa.org/journalapp 52 HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES Fault Lines NFPA Journal An award-winning member of Association Media & Publishing 60 HEALTH CARE OCCUPANCIES Old & New New sprinkler requirements led an older nursing home to retrofit a new sprinkler system-all with patients still in the building. BY ASHLEY SMITH Copyright © 2015 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. Photograph: Jesse Burke http://www.nfpa.org/firetactics http://www.nfpa.org/ppe http://www.nfpa.org/cory http://www.nfpa.org/journalapp

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NFPA Journal - January/February 2015