NFPA Journal - Spring 2024 - 5

NFPA JOURNAL
Codes & Tech
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Selections from NFPA blogs on codes,
standards, compliance, and technology
NFPA 1001 & NFPA 1010 The
NFPA standards for firefighter
qualifications celebrate milestones
and significant changes.
By Bob Fash
NFPA 1020 NFPA's professional
qualifications standard for fire officers may
soon include guidance for EMS officers.
By Chelsea Rubadou
Myth vs. Fact Debunking some common
misconceptions around hazardous materials,
open doors, and electric vehicles.
By Shawn Mahoney
Research
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Summaries of NFPA research reports on
U.S. catastrophic multiple-death fires and
explosions, U.S. firefighter injuries, and U.S.
firefighter injuries on the fireground in 2022.
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WINTER 2023
POWER SURGE
PREPARING THE FIRE SERVICE TO FIGHT
RESIDENTIAL LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FIRES
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WINTER 2023
POWER SURGE
PREPARING THE FIRE SERVICE TO FIGHT
RESIDENTIAL LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FIRES
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Columns
20 | Research
The Smoke Problem
A new study suggests that wildfire
smoke can have a greater impact on
losses than the actual fires.
By Birgitte Messerschmidt
34 | Wildfire
Survey Says
A project to better understand
perceptions around wildfire mitigation
for homes yields a few surprises.
By Michele Steinberg
50 | Outreach
Forward Progress
Outreach and incentive programs
around home fire sprinklers are
starting to move the needle with
builders and the public.
By Lorraine Carli
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perspectives
Listen to an extended
interview with Karla
Klas on the
NFPA Podcast.
Learn more about
the Veto Violence
program and
the Michigan
ACE dashboard.
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datareboot
Watch two recent
webinars featuring
U.S. Fire Administrator
Lori Moore-Merrell
discussing NERIS, the
new fire service data
collection system.
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Listen to an NFPA
Podcast interview
with Preet Bassi, the
CEO of the Center
for Public Safety
Looking Back
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Excellence, about the
future of AI in the
fire service.
nfpa.org/dispatches
Learn more about
80
Super Outbreak
50 years after one of the largest and
deadliest tornado events in U.S. history.
By Scott Sutherland
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