NFPA Journal - September/October 2020 - 6

NFPA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

OFFICERS
Amy R. Acton, Chair
The Phoenix Society for
Burn Survivors, Inc.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
James Pauley, President
President and CEO, NFPA
Quincy, Massachusetts
Russell B. Leavitt, First Vice Chair
Telgian Corp.
Tempe, Arizona

First Word

R. David Paulison, Second Vice Chair
Global Emergency Solutions
Davie, Florida

by Jim Pauley

NFPA President

John D. Bonney, Secretary
Alendi Consulting Ltd.
Ropley, United Kingdom
Donald R. Cook, Assistant Secretary
Shelby County Department of
Development Services
Pelham, Alabama
Roger W. Montembeault, Treasurer
The Montembeault Group, Inc.
Tampa, Florida
Kwame Cooper, Assistant Treasurer
Los Angeles Fire Department, retired
Los Angeles, California
Keith E. Williams,
Immediate Past Chair
Underwriters Laboratories, retired
Northbrook, Illinois

Crucial Link
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and property are protected from harm
everywhere. It is our job to help you solve
problems. Our chief object in shifting the
way we deliver content to you is to help all
of you do your jobs better.
It is also about more fully achieving our
mission. A few years ago, we began to talk
about safety in terms of the NFPA Fire &
Life Safety Ecosystem™, the framework
of connected cogs that work together to

*Paul DeFronzo, Staff Officer
Chief Financial Officer, NFPA
Quincy, Massachusetts
Terms Expire 2021
Brion Callori
FM Global
Johnston, Rhode Island
Martha Connors
Digital Media & Marketing Consultant
Newton, Massachusetts
Reginald D. Freeman
Hartford Fire Department
Hartford, Connecticut
William J. Fries
Department of Defense
Washington, DC
Louis Paulson
California Professional Firefighters
Walnut Creek, California

NFPA LiNK will help
us fundamentally
change the way we
deliver information.

reduce loss. What we see when tragedies
occur is that people are looking at safety
through their own lens and not connecting
the dots. But we also realize that those dots
are sometimes missed because it isn't easy
to find all the information in one place.
With NFPA LiNK, users get the connected
pieces. I'm convinced that NFPA LiNK will
revolutionize safety through access to not
just information but connected information.
That will lead to more lives saved and more
property protected.
Most importantly, NFPA LiNK represents
our continued collaboration with all of you
to make the world a safer place.

Michael Wallace
West Palm Beach, Florida
Terms Expire 2022
Hatem Kheir
Kheir Group
Cairo, Egypt
Patrick J. Morrison
International Association
of Fire Fighters
Washington, DC
Teresa L. Deloach Reed
Oakland Fire Department, retired
Oakland, California
Stacy N. Welch
Marriott International
Bethesda, Maryland
Term Expires 2023
Dr. Denis Onieal
US Fire Administration,
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, retired
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

*Not a board member

NFPA

have used this column a
number of times recently
to more than just hint that
NFPA is changing how we do
business. I have stressed our
need to be more digital, more global, and
more connected to address fire, electrical,
and other hazards, and to meet the needs of
those who rely on us to do their jobs.
NFPA LiNK™, our new digital content
platform that we previewed in August,
will be available this month. NFPA LiNK
is a major component in how we will fundamentally change the way we deliver
information. When it is fully developed,
NFPA LiNK will deliver intuitive, seamless,
situation-based, and code-based information on demand-not just the code itself,
but additional information as well. It is a
true digital transformation that will help us
evolve from a book publisher to an information and knowledge provider.
NFPA LiNK is the exciting outcome of
what we heard from many of you: that a
physical code book or a static digital version
of a book are not the best means to help
solve problems in real time. You want information faster, on multiple devices, and with
an easy-to-use interface. You don't just want
the text of a code or standard-you want
context and insights to help understand
problems and develop solutions. 
As a mission-based organization, it is
incumbent upon us to provide you with
the tools you need to ensure that people

*Sally P. Everett, Assistant Secretary
Secretary of the Corporation, NFPA
Quincy, Massachusetts

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