NFPA Journal - Summer 2024 - 5

NFPA JOURNAL
Codes & Tech
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Selections from NFPA blogs on codes,
standards, compliance, and technology
NFPA 241 A fire at a theme park under
construction in Sweden highlights the
importance of proper safeguards.
By Shawn Mahoney
NFPA 440 and 460 A crash in Japan
illlustrates the importance of NFPA's aircraft
rescue and firefighting documents.
By Ken Holland
NFPA 1142 A primer on the guidance for
minimum water supplies for suburban and
rural firefighting. By Barry Chase
Research
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66
NFPA research summary reports on U.S. largeloss
fires and explosions, home fire sprinklers,
and firefighter fitness and injuries.
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The promise and challenge of ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE for fire and life safety
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Columns
JOURNAL ONLINE
45 | Outreach
Ecosystem Connections
A recent conference experience
underscores the importance and
relevance of the NFPA Fire & Life
Safety Ecosystem.
By Lorraine Carli
56 | Research
Supply & Demand
We need new young talent in fire
protection-related fields, or our hopes
of addressing critical safety challenges
in decades to come will go up in smoke.
By Birgitte Messerschmidt
64 | Wildfire
Definition Problem
What precisely is the wildland/
urban interface? We're not quite sure,
and that lack of clarity has wideranging
consequences.
By Michele Steinberg
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perspectives
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Podcast interview
with Jeff Dill of the
Firefighter Behavioral
Health Alliance.
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Looking Back
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Listen to an NFPA
Podcast interview
with researchers at
the Centre for Collaborative
Research
on Hoarding.
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120
Ten years after the Carlton Complex Fire,
one of the largest wildfires in Washington
state history. By Scott Sutherland
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