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JULY/AUGUST 2016, VOL. 110, NO. 4 ® COVER PHOTO Revelers at the Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas in 2014. Courtesy Insomniac. » ONLINE nfpa.org/festivalmedicine Watch a video detailing how the drug testing tent works at the Shambhala music festival. Watch the trailer for the 2016 Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, which took place in June. Read a comprehensive how-to guide for drug checking at festivals, written by the drug checkers at Shambhala and funded by the British Columbia government. nfpa.org/subway Read the complete report by the National Transportation Safety Board on the 2015 smoke incident on the Washington, D.C., Metro system. " 14 Sometimes we have to take risks, but there is no reason to drive 80 mph to a fire, not wearing your seatbelt, blowing a red light, and getting killed. That's ridiculous . " -From "Perspectives," page 14 » FEATURES 42 COVER STORY: ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES Medicine, Technology, & Harm Reduction: The New Face of Festival Life Safety As the worldwide festival industry has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business, event organizers are embracing innovative new methods designed to maximize life safety for revelers. BY JESSE ROMAN nfpa.org/upstairslounge Watch trailers for the documentary film "Upstairs Inferno" about the Up Stairs Lounge fire. Read the 1974 NFPA investigation of the Up Stairs Lounge fire. nfpa.org/cirque Watch a video on life safety at Cirque du Soleil touring productions. 52 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES 58 ASSEMBLY OCCUPANCIES 68 Report: U.S. Firefighter Tunnel Trouble Safety Under the Tent Fatalities in 2015 A spate of recent fire and at Cirque du Soleil Sixty-eight firefighters smoke incidents in Washington, D.C.'s Metro highlights fire and life safety concerns in subway systems worldwide. Achieving life safety compliance for its spectacale-packed performances can be its own high-wire act. BY ALEXANDER REID BY RON COTE & JEAN-FRANCOIS SIMARD nfpa.org/journalapps One for Apple iOS, one for Android devices. These easy-tonavigate apps let you read the complete NFPA Journal anywhere, anytime. View videos, link to websites, and share articles with colleagues. And they're free. 2 NFPA JOURNAL JULY/AUGUST 2016 NFPA Journal An award-winning member of Association Media & Publishing died in the line of duty last year, keeping with a recent downward trend. BY RITA FAHY, PAUL LEBLANC, & JOSEPH MOLIS Copyright © 2016 NFPA. All rights reserved. PRINTED IN USA. NFPA Journal (ISSN 1054-8793) is a membership magazine published bimonthly, with occasional additional special issues, by NFPA, One Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA, 02169-7471. NFPA annual dues are $165 and include 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. http://www.nfpa.org/festivalmedicine http://www.nfpa.org/subway http://www.nfpa.org/upstairslounge http://www.nfpa.org/cirque http://www.nfpa.org/journalapps

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