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• NFPA Journal looks back at the LaSalle Hotel fire

  
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  It was billed as the largest, safest, most modern hotel west of New York City. But it wasnt. Built in 1909, Chicago’s 22-story LaSalle Hotel had a walnut-paneled lobby with marble floors, several dining rooms, and a roof garden. A central elevator shaft provided access to 1,000 guest rooms.It also had combustible ...
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• Play in Sprinklers – Day 10 of 30 Days of Keeping Kids Busy During the Summer

  
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  One way to handle that chronic complaint of “it’s too hot to play outside” is to let the kids play in sprinklers. A Slip N Slide and other such toys can work too. Just give them the chance to get soaking wet. Kids can be pretty funny about playing in sprinklers. Some find the water way too cold, while others ...
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• Faces of Fire: Fire sprinkler battle highlights massive house fire featured in Faces of Fire

  
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  Massive fire at Meadowood Ct. in Loudon, VA changed four firefighters lives forever CBS-DC  recently ran a story about the raging home fire sprinkler debate between the contractors who build the homes and firefighters who say they (new homes) are akin to living in a matchbox. Documenting the “extensive ...
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• 7 Best Ways to Save Money on Your Water Bill for 2013

  
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  As the heat of summer is slowly rolling in, and the drought of last year is still in our near term memory, I am reminded each month how much I spent on my water bills last year. Since moving into my house, last year I used more water per month than I ever had in the any of the previous eights years. Part of the issue ...
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• NFPA Journal talks about protecting sprinklers from earthquakes

  
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  According to Matt Klaus in his column "Shakin All Over" in the latest issue of NFPA Journal, the NFPA 13 requirements addressing earthquake protection of automatic sprinkler systems may be the hardest to understand, largely because they deal more with structural engineering issues than hydraulics, the topic of most of ...
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• NFPA Journal chats with the Pentagons fire marshal about building improvements following the September 11 terrorist attacks

  
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  Renovations were already under way at the Pentagon when American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the building on September 11, killing 184 people. "After 9/11, we took a step back and said, What lessons were learned?" William Fries, the Pentagons fire marshal tells NFPA Journal in the latest issue. "We had a major ...
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• Read more about recent fires in NFPA Journal

  
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  A fire in a single-family home filled with items piled 3 to 4 feet (0.9 to 1 meter) high took the lives of a 78-year-old woman and her 81-year-old husband. Responding firefighters immediately tried to drag hose lines into position for a rescue, but the lines became hung up on items stored outside the house, delaying ...
  3 weeks ago

• Two Out of Three

  
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  “I fixed that one last week. Apparently not. . . .” The Suburban Trifecta — 1.  Yard Work  2.  Sprinklers  3.  House Work During the Middle Ages, there were several waves of the Black Death that swept through what was eventually to become Europe. You remember. It was the only part of that World ...
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• MA state representative: how I got involved in the fight for home fire sprinklers

  
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  Ruth B. Balser is the State Representative for the 12th Middlesex District, Massachusetts. Now serving her eighth term, she continues to be an independent progressive voice, fighting for the values and priorities of her community. After a nine-year battle to require sprinklers in commercial properties ("It is really ...
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• Work in Progress: America Burning at 40 - Fire prevention and protection

  
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  This is the fourth in a series of posts about the 40th anniversary of America Burning and the related article, “Work in Progress” in this month’s NFPA Journal. The report stresses prevention, with a call for more fire department emphasis on fire prevention, fire safety education, and inspections. They also ...
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• Science Question: What Happens When You Put Fire Near A Fire Sprinkler?

  
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  I wasn’t the best at science in high school and in college the two science classes I took were a non-difficult space themed class and then a class about weather forecasting ( I love college ) so I think I either just missed out on this entirely or learned it and forgot, but: What happens when you put fire near an ...
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• NFPA Journal: The 2014 edition of NFPA 25 features an assortment of major changes

  
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  Water-based fire protection systems may have an excellent performance record, but regular wear and tear can decrease the reliability of these systems. Provisions addressing this concern are found within NFPA 25, Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance (ITM) of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems. The 2014 edition of the ...
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