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EGSA-Certified Technicians Can Offer Solutions To Smoking Generators

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EGSA Member Recommend Solutions To Prevent Older Generators From Smoking

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Diesel Oxidation Catalyst, Diesel Particular Filter Can Prevent Generator Smoke

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Emergency Preparedness Plans Should Address Issues From IT To Staff

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Identify Most Critical Risks As Basis For Your Disaster Plan

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7x24 Exchange Helps Guide Data Center Disaster Planning

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Data Center Redundancy Requires More Than Just Equipment

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Good Organization Skills Important for Successful Reactive Maintenance Program

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When It Comes To Natural Disasters, A Plan Is Essential

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Managers Discuss Challenges in Preparing for, Responding to Crises

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Political Convention Security Planning Requires Risk Assessment, Efficient Communication

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Experts: Communication is Most Important Part of Emergency Preparedness

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Owner Buy-In Critical To Physical Security Upgrades

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How Crouse Hospital Upgraded Its Chilled Water and Emergency Power Systems

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College Campus Shootings Prompt New Emergency Preparedness Steps

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Public Safety, Police and Security Professionals Can Help Assess Campus Security Threats

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Campus Layout Can Help Mitigate Threats, But Good Security Plan Needed

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Policies, Training Are Keys to Keeping Campus Safe

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Capitalize on Fire Alarm Systems Advanced Communications Capabilities

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Creating a "Red Book" Can Save Your Assets During an Incident

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Crisis Management: Why you need to be concerned

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Incident Trends in Educational Institutions

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Tips for Creating a Crisis Coordinator Program

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Why the First 2-3 Minutes of an Incident are so Important

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Understanding Technology Supported Emergency Response Initiatives

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Successful Temporary Cooling Requires Understanding Facility Needs

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Temporary Cooling: Buy or Rent Equipment?

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Managers Need to Understand Temporary Cooling System Options

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Several Key Issues Can Spell Success in Equipment Rental

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Equipment Rental Discussions Must Cover Safety

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Avoiding Problems with Equipment Rental Contracts

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Robert Lang: Security Road Map Can Improve Decisions in Emergencies

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Portable Cooling: Cooling-Load Estimates Not Enough

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New Technologies Require Life-Cycle-Cost Analysis

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Trained Immediate Responders Can Provide Swift In-House Action When Trouble Strikes

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Business Continuity Planning: Ten Key Steps

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What Do Facility Managers Need in Business Continuity Plans?

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Business Continuity Strategy: Keep a Plan Up to Date

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Business Continuity Planning: Drilling and Tabletop Exercises

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Business Continuity Strategy: Implement a Shelter-In-Place Plan

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Business Continuity Planning: Develop a Chain of Command

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Business Continuity Plan: Use Checklists for Most Important Steps

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How to Define a Business Continuity Plan

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How To Calculate Temporary Cooling Loads

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Business Continuity Strategy: 10 Key Steps

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Temporary Cooling: Prepare Before an Outage

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Developing an Effective Emergency Communication Program

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Funding an Emergency Communication System

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Integrating Emergency Communications Systems

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Emergency Planning: Materials and Training

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Emergency Planning: Five Ideas to Protect Technicians

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Emergency Planning: Conduct a Business Impact Analysis

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Emergency Planning: OSHA Offers Training Materials

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Emergency Planning: Develop Materials and Equipment Inventory

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Emergency Planning: Protecting Front-Line Workers

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Emergency Planning: First Responders Get Attention

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Emergency Preparedness: Common Hazards Facing Front-Line Workers

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Worker Safety: Key OSHA Regulations

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Facility Managers Can Help To Lessen Stress Of Elevator Stranding

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Accessibility: Planning for Emergencies

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Emergency Preparedness: Three Door-Hardware Issues

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Communication with Occupants, Local Authorities Key to Emergency Planning

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Being Prepared for an Emergency Requires a Regularly Updated Emergency Plan

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Practice Emergency Plans so Occupants are Prepared

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UPS: A Maintenance Checklist

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Power Management: Common UPS Technology

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Security Threats to Facilities are Changing as Terrorists Becoming Decentralized

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Networking Helping FMs Get Things Done

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Facility Managers Should Reassess Security Plans as Terrorist Networks Become Decentralized

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Managers Discuss Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Planning

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Proactive Emergency Planning Avoids Managers Getting Burned

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Fire Safety and Human Nature

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Maintaining a Fire/Emergency Response Plan

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Facility Professionals Advised to Have Fire Emergency Plan in Place

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Communication Key to Successful Fire Evacuation Plan

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Fire-Alarm Systems: Inspection Checklist

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Developing a Business Continuity Plan with Sean Nelson

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New NFPA Code for Emergency Communcations Systems

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Schools and Universities Should Examine Emergency Response Plans

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Lessons in Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response with Dan Heater

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Managers Must Prepare for HVAC Emergencies

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Developing an HVAC Emergency-Preparedness Plan

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Emergency Preparedness: Consider Heating and Cooling Loads

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Where Is the Best Place to Install Temporary HVAC Equipment?

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Equipment Rental: HVAC Equipment Integral to Disaster Planning

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Guidelines for Choosing a UPS

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CDC Tackles Swine Flu with H1N1 Guide for Small Businesses

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H1N1 Webcast Encourages Planning Now for Fall Swine Flu Season

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Feds Update H1N1 Flu Guidelines for Schools

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NOAA Lowers Hurricane Season Outlook

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Mass Notification System Audio Messaging

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Flood Emergency Response Plans: Lessons Learned

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Uninterruptible Power Supplies: Flywheels Can Replace Batteries

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Uninterruptible Power Supplies: Specification Strategies

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Rent or Buy Cooling Equipment? Three Considerations

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Facility Staff Essential to BAS Success

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Anticipating an Emergency

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How One Hospital Improved Its Emergency Cooling Plan

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Emergency-Lighting Systems Give Managers Flexibility

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Bearing Problems Negatively Impact Emergency-Power Systems

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Evacuating During A Fire

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Prepare for Emergencies by Networking with First Responders

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Much Unknown About Stairwell Evacuation Behavior, Study Finds

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Responding to Security Incidents on Campus

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An Emergency Planning Guide for Facilities

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How to Categorize Risk

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Preparing for an Emergency

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Emergency Notification Systems: Three Choices To Consider

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Maintenance's Role in Emergency Management

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Emergency Preparedness: Develop an Operations Matrix

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Emergency Preparedness: Securing Water and Power Supplies

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Planning for Emergency Recovery

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Emergency Planning and ADA

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National Emergency Communications Plan Released

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FM Global Study Reveals Most Large Companies Unprepared for to Natural Disasters

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Homeland Security Department Pushes for Emergency Preparedness Certification Program

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Emergency Preparedness Checklist

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Documents and Guidelines for Emergency Preparedness

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Education Department Funds Emergency-Management Plans

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OSHA Seeks Comments on Workplace Plans for Pandemic Influenza

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DHS Awards $844 Million to Secure Critical Infrastructure

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Mass Notification Comes of Age

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Plan on Earthquake Hazards Open for Comment

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Establishing Emergency Response Procedures With Outsourced Service Providers

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NIST Report Highlights Efforts for Safer Buildings

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Fire Safety - Practice Makes Perfect

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Emergency Planning and ADA

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Communicating During an Emergency

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Rethinking the Rallying Point

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ISO Benchmark Targets Emergencies and Continuity

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NIST Conference to Address Elevator Use in Emergencies

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DHS Creates Culture of Preparedness Among Schools

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Federal Emergency Preparedness Directive Issued

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ANSI/ASSE Set New Date for Fall-Protection Code

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Local Health Departments Prepared for Emergencies But Need Federal Funding, Survey Finds

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ASIS International Publishes All Hazards Risk Management Draft Best Practices Standard

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GSA Emergency Chief Says Agency Better Prepared for Crises

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Planning for Trouble

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New Planning Tool Targets Hospitals' Emergency Response

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Cooling in a Pinch

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NFPA Publishes New Disaster and Emergency Management Standard

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Power When It Counts

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New Emergency Preparedness Office Announced

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Emergencies and Beyond: Planning for the Unexpected

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JCAHO Alert Targets Emergency Electrical Power System Failures

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Light to the End of the Tunnel

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Restoring Reliability to Emergency-Power Systems

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HVAC Focus: On-Demand Cooling

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Before trouble strikes

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Emergency Preparedness: Path to Safety

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In Case of Emergency, Show Occupants the Door

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Cooling in a Pinch

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Power

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AEDs

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Preventing Power Predicaments

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Paths to Safety

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Keeping Cool in a Crisis

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On-Site Power Insights

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Distributed Generation: A Closer Look

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In the Heat of Fire, Is Code Enough?

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Pushing the Envelope

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Evacuation: The ADA Link

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A Lesson from Isabel

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Fallout

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Static on the Power Lines

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Haywire

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Security and Energy

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Risks, Not Risk

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Homeland Security Hits Home

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What's Next?

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Safer approaches to fire and life safety

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Something Old, Something New

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Standby Power: Ready for Action

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