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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 * Vol. 114 | No. 1

Features

Dispatches
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30

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12

Lights Out Planned power shutoffs raise
concerns for patients dependent on in-home
medical equipment. By Rich Bielen
Drone Safety FEMA taps NFPA to create
a compliance program for the fire service.

Wide Shot Illegal cooking sparks a deadly
fire on a train in Pakistan.

Ecosystem Watch Incidents through
the lens of the NFPA Fire & Life Safety
Ecosystem.
International Fires endanger Australia's
koala population, and more.

Camp Fire Doc A new film about the
California wildfire generates Oscar buzz.

NFPA 3000 One city's journey to fully
adopt NFPA's active shooter standard.

Oddities A brief compendium of
head-scratching fire and life safety incidents.
Cover Story

When a Tesla crashed into a highway divider in Mountain View, California, severing its
battery and scattering energized cells across the road, even one of the most EV-savvy
fire departments in the country wasn't sure how to handle the situation. They aren't alone:
as powerful batteries become ubiquitous in vehicles and buildings across the world,
researchers warn there's still a long way to go to prepare first responders for what's to come.

Perspectives
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By Jesse Roman

46 | Health Care

Critical Condition
Deadly hospital fires have become all too common around the world, but economic
globalization is spurring new approaches to improve fire safety in health care facilities.

By Angelo Verzoni

62 | Health Care

EMS Revolution

With health care costs spiraling ever higher and EMS systems nationwide on the brink
of collapse, a new model of home care promises to help fix a broken system.

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Guarding the Getty
Even as wildfires crept to the doorstep of
Los Angeles's renowned art museum last
October, engineers were confident that the
building's cutting-edge design would keep
the flames at bay.
By Angelo Verzoni

By Jesse Roman

06 | First Word By Jim Pauley
08 | Editor's Note By Scott Sutherland

4 | NFPA JOURNAL * J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 0

DANIEL HERTZBERG

The Stranded Energy Problem



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