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Building safety and security workshop concludes with goal of delivering recommendations and guidelines for increasing occupant safety during active shooter and hostile events

Participants of NFPA's two-day Building Safety & Security workshop in Quincy, MA   NFPA’s Building Safety and Security workshop wrapped up this afternoon, with attendees reporting on key conclusions from breakout sessions held over the

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

The May 2018 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available. In this issue: NFPA 921 public input extended NFPA  3000™ (PS) issued by Council NFPA 277 ceasing standards development Call for

Building Safety & Security Workshop kicks off at NFPA with goal of finding ways to best protect occupants during active shooter/hostile events while continuing to ensure adequate safeguards from fire and other emergencies

  NFPA held a School Safety, Codes and Security workshop in December 2014 that addressed the need to balance fire safety against security safety in response to a number of active shooter and hostile events that had occurred in recent years. While

#TBT From the NFPA Archives: Ellsworth Conflagration of 1933

Eighty-five years ago, the city of Ellsworth, Maine was almost completely destroyed by fire on May 7, 1933. Combustible wood frame construction, wooden shingle roofs, limited water supplies, and high winds were responsible for the speed and destruction

NFPA, fire safety experts explain science behind fire spread in today's new homes

Standards Council issues Tentative Interim Amendments to six NFPA codes and standards: NFPA 13, NFPA 31, NFPA 58, NFPA 70, NFPA 99, and NFPA 130

At its April 2018 meeting, the NFPA Standards Council considered the issuance of several proposed Tentative Interim Amendments (TIAs).  The following TIAs on NFPA 13, NFPA 31, NFPA 58, NFPA 70, NFPA 99, and NFPA 130 were issued on April 10, 2018 by

Journal NOW: May/June NFPA Journal highlights NFPA 3000, upcoming Conference & Expo

The making of a groundbreaking new standard shares the spotlight with the upcoming NFPA Conference & Expo in the May/June issue of NFPA Journal. Our cover story offers a deep dive on NFPA 3000™ (PS), Active Shooter/Hostile Event Response

NFPA Standards Council issues preliminary minutes from the April 2018 meeting

At NFPA's Standards Council meeting April 10-11 in New Orleans, the Council acted on various agenda items, including the issuance of Tentative Interim Amendments (TIAs).  Some of the topics the Council addressed at the meeting

NFPA 1: Storage of combustible materials, #FireCodefridays

This past week was a busy one for NFPA 1.  I finished some of the final pieces for the 2018 edition of the Fire Code Handbook (shelf date June 2018) and at the same time began preparation for the upcoming 2021 revision cycle (stay tuned for a future

New home fire survey spotlighted in latest edition of NFPA's Fire Sprinkler Initiative newsletter