NFPA Journal - Summer 2021 - 10

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

Danger & Potential
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the way back to 1897, the NEC continues
today, rooted in committees of professionals
from all walks of the electrical infrastructure. In addition to the NEC, NFPA 70E,
Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, is an important tool worldwide for
enhancing the safety of electrical workers as
they carry out their tasks.
The NEC and NFPA 70E both made
early appearances in NFPA LiNK (nfpa.
org/link), our new digital codes and standards platform, because of their wide use

*Sally P. Everett, Assistant Secretary
Secretary of the Corporation, NFPA
Quincy, Massachusetts
*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
Michael Wallace
West Palm Beach, Florida

It is our collective
responsibility to
understand electricity's
danger as well as
its potential.

and significant impact on electrical safety.
NFPA LiNK makes this important information more readily available around the
world, resulting in safer installations and
workplaces. For even more NFPA electrical
resources, visit our electrical solutions section online at nfpa.org/electricalsolutions.
Together we can work to promote and
improve electrical safety worldwide. Let's
use Electrical Safety Month to build on
our own understanding and to teach those
around us about electrical safety.

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

lectricity has transformed
our world. From the early
days of Thomas Edison and
Nikola Tesla to modern-day
energy production, storage,
and distribution, our lives are better as a
result of electricity.
But with great transformation comes
great responsibility. Electricity is dangerous. According to the National Center for
Biotechnology Information, approximately
1,000 people in the United States are killed
each year as a result of electrical injuries;
among adults, these occur mostly in occupational settings and are among the leading
causes of workplace-related traumatic
death. Another 30,000 non-fatal shock incidents occur each year. This is why it's our
collective responsibility to understand electricity's danger as well as its potential.
May is National Electrical Safety Month.
It's a time when we put added focus on
how each of us can be safer in and around
electricity. It's an especially important
event here at NFPA, which has played a
leading role in electrical safety for well
over a century. That role has included the
creation of codes and standards dedicated
to electrical safety, including the National
Electrical Code, the premier electrical safety
installation document around the world.
More kilowatt-hours of electricity flow
through systems designed and installed in
accordance with the NEC than any other
electrical installation standard. Dating all

Keith E. Williams,
Immediate Past Chair
Underwriters Laboratories, retired
Northbrook, Illinois

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