Fire Protection Engineer Lewis Barbe and NAID Executive Director Bob Johnson co-authored the article Fire: The Secure Destruction Industry’s Most Feared Four-Letter Word, an article written to examine, in more depth, the issue and threat of fire to both manufacturers and service providers throughout the secure destruction industry. Both Barbe and Johnson take care to examine the common causes of fire throughout the industry, how often they occur, and how they can be better avoided in the future.