As of late in the afternoon on Monday, there were 8,430 registered attendees at this year's Congress. These members and guests have come from more than 50 countries for NFPA s 105 th annual meeting. Reiss took the stage. He addressed the advancement of fire safety and said that while NFPA has expanded its mission to include other hazards, fire safety is still at the heart of the Association's work. He said there is still important work to be done.
Most deaths remain in the very places people feel safest their homes.
That's also the location where regulations are least tolerated. The failure to appreciate one's risk of fire coupled with a lack of regulation can be a deadly combination. And while it isn't possible to go door to door teaching individuals how to make their homes safer, we can do many things to help. And we should. He said that while we recognize these individuals for their impressive talents, many people don't know that everyone on the list has been personally touched by a fire-related loss.