ESS Prep
Battery-powered energy storage systems
are cropping up everywhere. For the fire
service, improved ESS training and
regulation are keys to a safe coexistence
with this evolving and complex hazard.
Battery-powered energy storage systems
are cropping up everywhere. For the fire
service, improved ESS training and
regulation are keys to a safe coexistence
with this evolving and complex hazard.
On the eve of yet another punishing Russian offensive, a top-ranking official with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine talks to NFPA Journal about the realities faced by firefighters in a war zone
Read articleWILDFIRE
Letter from Grizzly Flats
The manager of NFPA’s Firewise USA program recounts a recent visit to a fire-ravaged California town. Read article.
PUBLIC EDUCATION
A Little Help
As the number of people over 65 rises, NFPA is taking a new approach to try to prevent falls and fires. Read article.
Lessons from Grizzly Flats
For more than a decade, the small, wooded town of Grizzly Flats, California has participated in Firewise USA, an NFPA program where residents voluntarily work together on community projects to lessen their risks from wildfire. In August 2021, however, the Caldor Fire tore through Grizzly Flats, putting its mitigation efforts through a major test. Today on the podcast, we talk to Megan Fitzgerald-McGowan, the manager of the Firewise USA program, about what she discovered on her recent visit to the fire-ravaged community, and what lessons Grizzly Flats’ experience could provide to residents in other fire prone areas.
Read the latest print issue
Training firefighters to handle the boom in energy storage systems; drugs, falls, and fires; a special report on Ukraine; and much more. Plus, your guide to the 2022 NFPA Conference & Expo. It’s all in the Summer 2022 issue of NFPA Journal.
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