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A better understanding of NFPA 70E: Where did the 40 cal/cm2 limit go?

There must be an increase in the need to perform justified, energized work on equipment with high incident energy levels. Questions have come in regarding the restriction for incident energies above 40 cal/cm2. Many believed that NFPA 70E®, Standard

SUPDET 2018 interrupted by Hurricane Florence

Since 1997, the Fire Protection Research Foundation has organized SUPDET®, an annual symposium which brings together leading experts in the field of fire protection engineering for the purpose of sharing recent research and development on techniques

You can help NFPA track which local jurisdictions require home fire sprinklers

9/11: A Remembrance from FDNY's Former Chief of Safety

Today marks the seventeenth anniversary of 9/11, and is one of those days that always makes me stop and reflect on those we lost and on all the lives affected.  On this day last year, I shared a remembrance from Stephen King who I

NFPA 1: Requirements for concession stands, fairs and festivals, #FireCodefridays

  A couple weeks ago, I was in Minneapolis attending the second week of Technical Committee meetings for NFPA 101 and NFPA 5000 working on the development of the 2021 edition of the Codes. I found out that week that I was scheduled to leave

Mom of Sandy Hook victim applauds governor, state leaders and NFPA for bringing police, fire, EMS and education officials together for school active shooter symposiums

    Michele Gay is all too familiar with the heartbreak of active shooter incidents. Gay’s daughter Josephine Grace was among the 20 children and six staff members killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on

Journal NOW: New issue of NFPA Journal looks at campus security in the age of active shooters, protection challenges for old courthouses, and more

The September/October issue of NFPA Journal features a cover story on how colleges and universities are addressing the threat of active shooters and other hostile events.   In his story, “The New Normal,” associate editor Jesse Roman

#TBT From The NFPA Archives: The Great Fire of London - 1666

London, England had recently gotten over a plague outbreak that had killed 68 people in the previous two years. (1) The city was primarily constructed with wood and the structures were very close together which made them susceptible to fire. There was no

NFPA’s hot work training, borne out of Boston firefighter fatalities, earns top award

  NFPA’s hot work safe practices training received a gold medal from the most prestigious awards program for the learning, talent and business executive industry. The Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards hailed NFPA’s Hot Work Safe

Disasters don’t plan ahead. You can. Help communities prepare for emergencies during National Preparedness Month

Wildfires, earthquakes, tornadoes and floods; this past year Mother Nature has spoken loudly and clearly about the importance of preparing ahead. Today, it’s not a matter of “if” a natural disaster will occur where we live, but when.