NFPA President and CEO Jim Pauley went straight to the point at the opening session of the 2018 NFPA Conference and Expo June 11-14 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Pauley noted the number of structure fires is down, but today a person is more likely to die in a fire than they were 20 years ago. “We have the tools to prevent these damaging fires with sprinklers, smoke alarms, codes and enforcement,” he said. “But they are met with resistance. They are underused, ignored or allowed to become outdated.”