The Book List 2018

5 Books to Read in 2019 from Aaron Johnson

Here are the books I was reading in 2018:

Non-Fiction

The Supermodel and the Brillo Box - Don Thompson

The Inevitable City - Scott Cowen

The Black Swan - Nassim Taleb

How to Write Copy That Sells - Ray Edwards

Growing Your Business - Mark LeBlanc

How to Talk to Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere - Larry King

Good Guys, Wise Guys, and Putting Up Buildings: A Life in Construction - Samuel Florman

Crisis Leadership - Gene Klann

American Ground - William Langewiesche

Warrior Politics - Robert Kaplan

The Million-Dollar One-Person Business - Elaine Pofeldt

Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book - Diane Muldrow

Everyone’s a Coach - Don Shula and  Ken Blanchard

Consulting Success - Michael Zipursky

Strategic Pastor - Matt Pilot

Fiction

The Mugger - Ed McBain

Lemons Never Lie - Richard Stark

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories - Pronzini/Greenberg

Even the Wicked - Lawrence Block

Aftershock & Others - F. Paul Wilson

The Extradionist - Todd Merer

The Winter of Frankie Machine - Don Winslow

The Patriot Game - George V. Higgins

Candyland - Evan Hunter/Ed McBain

The McBain Brief - Ed McBain

Everybody Dies - Lawrence Block

Top of the Heap - Erle Stanley Gardner

Cinnamon Skin - John D. MacDonald

A Flash of Green - John D. MacDonald

Binary - Michael Crichton as John Lange

A Long Time Dead - Mickey Spillane/Max Allan Collins

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Top Viewed Posts of 2018

I hope that 2018 brought all that you hoped it would. As we wind down the year and look toward 2019 here are the top 10 most viewed posts from TheCodeCoach.com.

Top viewed posts of 2018:

1. Fire Sprinkler Design Guide [for AHJ's]
2. Understanding Pre-Action Sprinkler Systems
3. COAL WAS WEALTH
4. How to Conduct NFPA 80 Inspections
5. How to Conduct Hydrant Flow Testing
6. Sprinkler Obstructions and Discharge Patterns
7. Fire Sprinkler Design: An Illustrated Guide for AHJ's [BOOK]
8. Overwhelmed Fire Inspectors
9. Building a Car Wash
10. Guide to NFPA 13 Occupancy and Commodity Classifications

Reader Survey 2018

I could really use your help, right now. In an effort to make this blog more relevant to your needs and interests I have created the 2018 Reader Survey. 

Would you please take a couple minutes and fill out the brief survey?  By doing so you will be helping yourself, by helping me create more interesting and relevant content.

Your input is important to me.  The survey is less than 12 questions, and should take less than 5 minutes. Also, there are no 'required' responses to hang you up.

For those of you who take the time to fill out the survey, you will be entered into a drawing to receive a package of fire prevention tools and resources. You must enter you e-mail at the end of the survey to be eligible for this.

Top Posts of All Time

Today we celebrate 500 posts on www.TheCodeCoach.com! Started in 2009 as a project to educate other fire inspectors and fire prevention personnel, this site now gets 15,000 views per month (plus, many more on LinkedIn and Medium) with an email list of almost 4,000 subscribers. 

Thank you for supporting The Code Coach, through your reading and valuable input!

Top 10 Posts of All Time

1. Understanding Pre-Action Sprinkler Systems
2. Eating Your Own Cooking
3. Building a Kiosk
4. How to Conduct NFPA 80 Inspections
5. COAL WAS WEALTH
6. Fire Sprinkler Design Guide [for AHJ's]
7. Overwhelmed Fire Inspectors
8. When Is A Fire Watch Required?
9. The FPO Effectiveness Tool
10. NFPA, IBC, and ISO Construction Classifications, in Comparison

NFPA 101 Code Changes for Aviation Facilities

The new editions of any code or standard often bring significant changes. The 2018 edition of NFPA 101, Life Safety Code has several changes to life safety at aviation facilities. Though there were multiple text deletions and revisions, there were several instance in which new material was added. Listed below, are the most significant revisions that may require action or operational changes.

Airport Traffic Control Towers (101:11.3.4)

• Terminology changed from “air traffic control tower” to “airport traffic control tower” (11.3.4)
• Language changed to clarify permissible uses of tower accessory levels. Language now clearly states, “uses that support tower operations”. (11.3.4.2)
• Added two additional requirements for allowance of a single exit (11.3.4.4.1):
• Fire alarm system is required in accordance with 9.6
• Smokeproof enclosures are to be provided in accordance with 7.2.3
• New requirement has been added for the provision of an emergency command center (11.3.4.8).
• Only applies to towers having an occupiable story 75’ above the lowest level of fire department access
• Provides a list of items and control functions that are to be located within and controllable from the emergency command center
• New requirement has been added for the development and provision of an Emergency Action Plan.
• The EAP should be developed and written in accordance with the guidance of NFPA 101:4.8.
• Annual fire drills for tower employees are required.
• Tower employees are to receive annual training on the emergency action plan

Two other sections of the Life Safety Code specifically apply to aircraft storage and servicing areas.  These are Chapter 40, Industrial Occupancies and Chapter 42, Storage Occupancies.  While their are no changes to the aviation specific sections of these chapters the chapters, as a whole, do have a few changes that should be observed.

• During construction, alteration, or demolition operations the requirements of NFPA 241 must be met. Sections 101:40.1.1.6 and 101:42.1.1.4 provide a directional pointer to this standard as referenced in NFPA 101:4.6.10.2.
• If hazardous materials are used the additional egress requirements of NFPA 101:7.12.2 must be met. (40.2.11.3; 42.2.11.3)
• Integrated testing is required in accordance with NFPA 101:9.11.4, which points to NFPA 4. (40.7.4; 42.9.4)

Related Posts:

• Fire Protection for Control Towers
• How to Write an Airport Emergency Plan
• Hazardous Materials
• When Is Integrated Testing Required?