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FALL 2022 * Vol. 116 | No. 3
Features
Dispatches
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Cover Story
The New Foam
Since the 1960s, aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF, has been the most trusted substance
for extinguishing dangerous liquid fuel fires. Now, with AFFF being rapidly phased out
around the world due to health and environmental concerns, the fire protection community
braces for what comes next.
By Jesse Roman
42 | Emerging Issues
E-Bikes and E-Scooters
At the current pace, New York City will experience nearly 200 fires involving e-bikes
and e-scooters in 2022, smashing last year's record number. As the popularity of these
battery-powered transportation devices surges worldwide, safety experts are sounding
the alarm that more regulation is badly needed.
By Angelo Verzoni
56 | Emerging Issues
Fire Investigation: A Work in Progress
On the 30th anniversary of NFPA 921, the groundbreaking guide for fire
investigations, an influential new report presents a sobering assessment
of just how far the discipline of fire investigation has yet to go.
By Scott Sutherland
Perspectives
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Is Anyone Listening? Hundreds of mass
shootings occur in the US each year, and yet
NFPA 3000 still struggles to gain traction.
By Angelo Verzoni
Oddities Stuck in a chocolate tank,
puppies and tortoises, a flood of tahini. 11
International A Canadian test offers
insight into fires in mass timber buildings.
Plus, global PV fires, and more. 14
NFPA 715 A new standard on gas detection
aims to slow an increasing threat. 16
Storm Prep Climate change threats spur
efforts to promote modern codes. 17
Briefs Firefighting is ruled carcinogenic
to humans, NFPA mourns loss of longtime
board member, and more. 18
Tech Session Debate on the 2023 NEC
headlined the first NFPA Technical Meeting
to be held in person since 2019. 20
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'Breakdowns at Every Point'
Journalists Madison Hopkins and Cecilia
Reyes recently won a Pulitzer Prize for their
investigative series that uncovered dangerous
flaws in how Chicago handles building code
enforcement. Now they want to see the city
do something about it.
By Jesse Roman
4 | First Word By Jim Pauley
6 | Editor's Note By Scott Sutherland
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