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Will your hands fill these gloves and be a part of the wildfire safety solution?

Bed Bugs and Sprinklers? What’s the Connection?

Bed bugs have been around for thousands of years and were thought to have been eradicated in the developed world around 1940. However, since about 1995, there has been a resurgence, most likely due to a number of reasons such as the banning of certain

How to determine if electrical work is justified to be performed while energized

  Keeping employees safe from electrical hazards is a number one priority in a facility; it is also the law. Developing and implementing an electrical safety program (ESP) is a key step to creating a workplace that doesn’t put employees in

From bad to worse: U.S. wildfires continue to break hearts, records

Enter the SUPDET 2018 ESS Design Challenge

Energy Storage Systems (ESS) play an integral role for attaining a resilient and efficient electrical grid - providing a means of storing electrical energy generated from other renewable energy sources. However, ESS pose unique challenges with respect to

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

The July 2018 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available. In this issue you'll find: Proposed TIAs seeking comments on NFPA 10, NFPA 13, NFPA 25, NFPA 68, NFPA 72, NFPA 101, NFPA 1994, NFPA 1999, and NFPA 5000

New issue of NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative newsletter emphasizes concerns with homes' open floor plans

Register for the Fire Protection Research Foundation’s 2018 SUPDET now for early bird pricing!

Early bird registration is open until August 28 for the Foundation's 2018 SUPDET® symposium, which will be held at the Embassy Suites Raleigh-Durham-Research Triangle East, Cary, NC from September 11-14, 2018.  This year's symposium will

A better understanding of NFPA 70E: The hierarchy of risk controls and an electrically safe work condition

  It is good to hear that this blog is getting those involved with electrical safety to think and talk about what they are doing to protect employees from electrical injury. I have been asked to explain what it means to use the hierarchy of risk

Full webinar: NFPA 13, 2016-2019 Changes Webinar

  Hit the ground running with the reorganized 2019 edition of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems by watching this recording of a webinar I recently hosted on the topic. The 1-hour webinar recording examines how the revised