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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016, VOL. 110, NO. 5 ® COVER ILLUSTRATION Peter Bollinger » ONLINE nfpa.org/marijuana Watch a video by Jesse Roman on marijuana industry safety concerns in Colorado. Read more about the work of an NFPA task group drafting a chapter for NFPA 1, Fire Code. Read a reference guide, produced by the Fire Marshal's Association of Colorado, on regulations related to the marijuana industry. Read the Denver Fire Department's guideline for commercial marijuana extraction facilities. " I am very much convinced, as are my colleagues, that the actual population of 9/11 responders with cancer is increasing. And I don't think we have them all yet . -From "Perspectives," page 12 44 COVER STORY: FIRE + LIFE SAFETY IN THE U.S. MARIJUANA INDUSTRY Welcome to the Jungle Legalization forced Colorado officials to blaze their own path to clean up and regulate commerical marijuana grow and extraction facilities. Now, with the pot industry poised to expand nationwide, the state offers some of its hard-won lessons learned. Read a full version of NFPA's 2015 U.S. Fire Loss report. BY JESSE ROMAN nfpa.org/catastrophic 54 bestroommatesevah.org Read more on the new off-campus fire safety program designed to help fire educators, college safety officials, and others inform college students on fire safety, including working smoke alarms and having two ways out. EDUCATIONAL OCCUPANCIES High-Rise Science How a university dealt with the challenge of locating science laboratories on the upper floors of a new research facility. BY WAYMON JACKSON & JOSHUA LAMBERT 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 " » FEATURES nfpa.org/fireloss Read the a full version of NFPA's 2015 Catastrophic MultipleDeath Fire report. 12 NFPA JOURNAL SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2016 NFPA Journal An award-winning member of Association Media & Publishing 62 NFPA REPORTS Fire Loss in the United States During 2015 70 NFPA REPORTS Report: Catastrophic Multiple-Death Fires in 2015 Most structure fires occured in one- and two-family homes, while a spike in highway vehicle fires is cause for concern. Last year had the lowest nunber of catastrophic fires ever recorded, with nine fires resulting in 42 deaths. BY HYLTON HAYNES BY STEPHEN G. BADGER 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/marijuana http://www.nfpa.org/fireloss http://www.nfpa.org/catastrophic http://www.bestroommatesevah.org http://www.nfpa.org/journalapps

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