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It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Fire: Lightweight construction has fire prevention implications, too

It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Fire

Lightweight construction has fire prevention implications, too

By Jim Crawford

“It’s not your grandfather’s fire.”

That phrase was used by Bob Backstrom of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) to describe the kind of fire produced by modern contents, construction techniques and… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on November 2, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Reinventing Fire Prevention: Creative ways to enhance efficiency are welcome, but we can’t take it too far

Reinventing Fire Prevention

Creative ways to enhance efficiency are welcome, but we can’t take it too far

By Jim Crawford

The current economic crisis has put a great deal of pressure on local governments to stop doing business as usual. Costs of doing that business continue to rise, when most government revenues are shrinking. As a result, we’ve been challenged to reinvent ourselves. How do we balance the fact that we can only do so much with… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on June 1, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

The Rhythm Nightclub Fire: Tragic lessons many of us never heard about

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An Untold History

The Rhythm Nightclub Fire provides tragic lessons, but many of us never heard about it

By Jim Crawford

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the February issue of FireRescue magazine. We're sharing it here to mark the anniversary of the Rhythm Nightclub Fire.

February is Black History Month. I was born in 1954, and I… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on April 23, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

A Dirty Chore Made a Little Easier

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A Dirty Chore Made a Little Easier

Determining who’s qualified to test commercial cooking appliances isn’t easy, but 1 organization can help

By Jim Crawford

How does a local fire marshal determine whether the person conducting work on fire protection systems is qualified to do the work? And how do we prevent low-bidding, incompetent contractors from duping unsuspecting business owners with an “economical solution” that’s… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on March 5, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

“Ready, Set, Go!” program simplifies & emphasizes wildland fire safety education

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The SoCal Way

“Ready, Set, Go!” program simplifies & emphasizes wildland fire safety education

By Jim Crawford

By the time this article is published, the wildfire season will have passed yet again. Although people continue to argue about whether and how much climate change is caused by humans, the intensity and duration of the fire season seems to be getting worse.

Southern California is to wildfire… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on October 26, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments

The Sprinkler Wars: How to effectively influence decision-makers to support residential fire sprinklers

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Hearts & Minds

Our argument for residential fire sprinklers must effectively influence decision-makers

By Jim Crawford

You may have thought the effort to include fire sprinklers in all new construction of one- and two-family dwellings ended with the passage of the requirements in the International Residential Code (IRC), published by the International Code Council (ICC); residential sprinklers have been required for some years… Continue

Added by Fire Rescue Magazine on June 10, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments