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Looking to collect, analyze and use data to improve your fire department? Start by watching this “limited run” webinar on the National Fire Data System

  Quick. Time is running out for free access to the National Fire Data System (NFDS) update webinar. Are you interested in improving the way that your department applies data to better inform policies, reinforce gut instinct, or communicate

Those in safety care about standards, but others should too

  As the head of one of the world’s recognized standards developing organizations (SDOs), imagine my pure delight in reading an opinion piece in this Sunday’s New York Times entitled The Joy of Standards – Life is a lot easier

Journal NOW: Remembering the Manhattan State Hospital fire 96 years later

    This article was first published in the January/February 2019 issue of NFPA Journal.    At 5 a.m. on February 18, 1923, attendants at the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, located on Ward’s Island in New York City,

NFPA 1: Fire protection ratings and fire resistance ratings, what is the difference? #FireCodefridays

Today’s blog was written by Val Ziavras, a Fire Protection Engineer at NFPA. Special thanks to Val for her contribution to this blog and discussing one of the many subjects addressed in the Fire Code! Fire-resistance-rated assemblies play a vital

Now available: February 2019 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter

The February 2019 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available.   In this issue:   New project on Fire Service Analysts and Informational Technical Specialists Professional Qualifications New projects

Journal NOW: Behind the Push to Reduce Violence Against Responders

Jennifer Taylor, left, working with San Diego firefighter Ben Vernon, who was stabbed by a patient in 2015.   As detailed in the January/February issue of NFPA Journal, violence against first responders has become a serious issue in many countries

#TBT From The NFPA Archives: “IGNITZE” the Fire Monster

From Volunteer Firemen v.6, no.3 (1939): “Ignitze” is an ingenious public education device designed by F.L. McCament of the U.S. Forest Service and used at the New Mexico State Fair with the help of the Albuquerque Fire Department. Operated

SPECIAL NOTICE/ACTION REQUIRED for First Responder Agencies Concerning Electricity Dependent Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Populations

Earlier this week, NFPA was contacted by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS/ASPR) Division, as the agency has made a change in the system platform they use to monitor the location of

Celebrating Engineers Week!

Ever wonder what engineers actually do? There are so many disciplines within engineering today that it can be difficult to keep up! Since NFPA employs many engineers, the Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) group at NFPA

Journal NOW: Parkland shooting report lacks ‘whole community’ approach outlined in NFPA 3000

Getty Images     The findings of a nine-month investigation by the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDHS) Public Safety Commission into the MSDHS shooting, which left 14 students and three staff members dead in Parkland, Florida, on