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Journal NOW: The stories that shaped NFPA 3000—Brian Murphy

    This is the first in a series of three videos featuring the personal stories of NFPA 3000 technical committee members.  Brian Murphy isn’t shy about telling his story. A retired law enforcement officer who now works for a

#TBT From the NFPA Archives: Cle Elum Fire of 1918

  June 25th marks the one hundredth anniversary of the biggest disaster in the history of Cle Elum, Washington. On this day in 1918, a massive fire tore through the mining town, destroying half of the business district and 205 homes. 

New standards seeking public input: NFPA 1802 and NFPA 1891

NFPA 1802, Standard on Two-Way, Portable RF Voice Communications Devices for Use by Emergency Services Personnel in the Hazard Zone, and NFPA 1891, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Hazardous Materials Clothing and Equipment, are seeking

In this state, civilian fire fatalities up an astounding 40 percent over last year

NFPA 1: What is NFPA 4? Requirements for integrated system testing.

Today’s post is from NFPA staff, Jacqueline Wilmot (@JWilmot_NFPA). Jacqueline is a Fire Protection Engineer in the Building and Life Safety Department where she serves as Staff Liaison to multiple NFPA Technical Committees, including Commissioning

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

The June 2018 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available.   In this issue: Proposed Tentative Interim Amendments seeking comments on NFPA 1, NFPA 10, NFPA 13, NFPA 25, NFPA 68, NFPA 72, NFPA 260, NFPA

2018 Technical Meeting Results, Thursday, June 14, 2018

During today's NFPA Technical Meeting in Las Vegas, the following action has taken place on NFPA 13D, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One-and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes   13D-1 Motion to Reject Second Revision

NFPA members consider 11 documents at Technical Meeting in Las Vegas

NFPA's 2018 Conference & Expo in Las Vegas officially wraps up today with our Technical Meeting, This is where members get to consider and vote on proposed changes to NFPA codes and standards.    Before the meeting started, NFPA

Journal NOW: One year after Grenfell, a user of NFPA's facade fire risk assessment tool praises its effectiveness

Today is the one-year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed over 70 people in West London. I wrote about the incident in an article for NFPA Journal published in August called "London Calling." The blaze was the deadliest in modern

Fire sprinklers get its share of the spotlight at NFPA's Conference and Expo