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27. Death by Fire? Probably Not

Mar 23, 2011
19:46
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
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2
Underappreciated Improvements in Fire Safety
01:50 • 2min
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3
Fire Sprinklers and the Station Fire
03:58 • 2min
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4
Are We Ready for Automatic Fire Sprinklers?
05:58 • 2min
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5
Fire Safety
08:11 • 2min
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6
The Fire in the Ash Building
10:29 • 3min
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7
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
13:18 • 2min
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8
Building Fire Alarm Systems - How Did We Get There?
14:52 • 2min
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9
Fire Protection
16:41 • 3min
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Fire deaths in the U.S. have fallen 90 percent over the past 100 years, a great and greatly underappreciated gain. How did it happen -- and could we ever get to zero?

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