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Latest edition of NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative newsletter highlights events during inaugural Home Fire Sprinkler Day

Compliance with referenced codes and standards: required, not optional

  A lot of people know what referenced standards are but lack the detailed understanding of their impact on almost every job they do and the role they play in keeping buildings, occupants, and contents safe. Whether you’re an architect, a

NFPA interviews Las Vegas fire marshal about city's landmark ordinance to fire sprinkler its new homes

Journal NOW: NFPA Conference begins Monday with eye toward future

NFPA’s annual Super Bowl, the NFPA Conference & Expo, kicks off this Monday in Las Vegas and NFPA Journal has you covered whether you plan to attend or not.   The 2018 conference has a decidedly forward-looking bent, tackling myriad

#TBT From the NFPA Archives: Firefighter Training in the 1930’s

  The young New York student firefighters seen in the photograph above hold out a net as one of their colleagues leaps into it from a “burning” building. All student firefighters were provided rigorous training at the fire

Journal NOW: In the May/June NFPA Journal, a firsthand account of firefighter post-traumatic stress disorder

Each year, more firefighters and emergency medical services workers are likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty. That's part of of the context for "Back From the Brink," our Perspectives piece in the May/June NFPA Journal that details one

A better understanding of NFPA 70E: The stages of an electrically safe work condition

  An important issue has arisen with NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace® and what it takes to establish an electrically safe work condition (ESWC). There have been some misinterpretations of the content. The issue

Journal NOW: Storm season starts early as Harvard study details devastation of Hurricane Maria

The Atlantic hurricane season officially begins tomorrow, but it got off to an early start when Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall along the Florida Panhandle on Monday. As the storm headed north, two journalists covering the weather in North Carolina

#TBT From the NFPA Archives: Memorial Day 1936 – Wichita, Kansas

  Late in the day on May 31st, 1936, a large fire consumed a three-story department store in downtown Wichita, Kansas. A dozen firefighters and several other bystanders suffered injuries due to falling glass and timber. Materials and stock in

Your home/building electrical system meets the NEC®; 3 easy tests you can conduct to stay safe from electrical hazards

Electrical safety is a shared, ongoing responsibility and while you may not be an electrician, inspector, facility manager, or engineer, or have a copy of the National Electrical Code®, NFPA 70, you can play an active role in helping to ensure