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NFPA 1: Crowd management, egress capacity, occupant load and other code issues on Black Friday #FireCodefridays (Wednesday edition)

This week, shoppers will line up hours before the stores open, often in the middle of the night, to be the first in line for sales and bargains.  Crowds rush the store as the doors open.  "Black Friday", the gateway to the holiday shopping

Does the code require inventory of all sprinklers in my health care facility?

Failure to adequately maintain fire suppression systems in health care facilities is consistently ranked as a most frequently cited deficiency by accreditation organizations. In fact, the Joint Commission indicates that this was cited as “not

Does the code require inventory of all sprinklers in my healthcare facility?

Failure to adequately maintain fire suppression systems in health care facilities is consistently ranked as a most frequently cited deficiency by accreditation organizations. In fact, the Joint Commission indicates that this was cited as “not

Journal NOW: Remembering the Farmington, WV, mine explosion 50 years later

Associated Press Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the Farmington, West Virginia, mine explosion, which killed 78 people. It was the deadliest fire or explosion in the United States in 1968, according to NFPA.    The incident is

NFPA 1: Fire Code requirements for laboratories at college and universities, #FireCodefridays

Chatting with representatives from the college and university community last week reminded me of another topic I often get questions about and that is regarding the application of NFPA 1 to laboratories on college campuses. First, laboratories must be

#TBT From The NFPA Archives: Maverick Square Fire – November 15, 1942

Seventy-six years ago today, an early morning fire at the Luongo’s Tap restaurant in Boston, MA took the lives of six firefighters and injured forty-five others. The fire started in the ceiling above the kitchen on the first floor of the building

Advocate urges action following home fire death of disabled person

Journal NOW: Wildfires continue to top list of large-loss fires

Each year, NFPA compiles a list of the costliest fires in the United States, a list increasingly dominated by destructive wildfires; 2017 was no different.   According to the NFPA report, “Large-Loss Fires and Explosions,” published in

Now available: November 2018 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter

The November 2018 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available. In this issue: New project on Fuel Gases Detection Proposed Tentative Interim Amendments seeking comments on NFPA 31, NFPA 130, NFPA 1964, and

Fire sprinkler coalition honors leaders in fire safety