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Journal NOW: The Boston Marathon bombing five years later

Under a cold and hard-driving rain, about 30,000 determined runners gathered Monday morning in Hopkinton, Massachusetts at the start of the 122nd Boston Marathon. The race, held since 1897, is one of Boston’s most cherished events. It’s also

Red Cross survey identifies disturbing misconceptions about home fires

NFPA 1: Code requirements for open fires, #FireCodefridays

This past march New England was hit with three Nor’easter storms in less than two weeks.  The storms left behind many downed trees and branches and extensive property damage.  When the surrounding streets look like this (below photo:

When CMS conducts an audit of the fire doors at your healthcare facility, will you be ready?

Which doors in healthcare facility must be inspected and tested in accordance with NFPA 80, Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives? Which doors are required to be fire protection rated, and how are those ratings different from fire

NFPA Standards Council votes to cease standards development of NFPA 277, Standard Methods of Tests for Evaluating Fire and Ignition Resistance of Upholstered Furniture Using a Flaming Ignition Source

  After reviewing the entire record before it, the NFPA Standards Council voted today to cease standards development of NFPA 277, Standard Methods of Tests for Evaluating Fire and Ignition Resistance of Upholstered Furniture Using a Flaming

Following fire at Trump Tower, safety advocate reinforces need for fire sprinklers in all settings

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

The April 2018 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available.   In this issue:   Standards development sessions at the Conference & Expo Annual 2018 Motions Committee Report available Proposed

Journal NOW: Waste fires are more common than you might think

Photo: Associated Press  A Google News search reveals just how widespread fires involving trash are in the United States. Last week alone, there were trash fires reported in Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Virginia, and Washington, at least two

NFPA 1: Occupancy classification of a building containing marijuana growing or extraction operations, #FireCodefridays

It’s back! After missing out on a few Fridays, I am happy to be back with a Fire Code Friday post!  The past few weeks have been busy here at NFPA.  I have been working most days preparing the (almost) finishing touches for the 2018 NFPA

A better understanding of NFPA 70E: Will our industry head backward?

A very troubling trend is being used by some in the electric industry. That trend is performing energized work without justification. They believe that performing energized work is defensible since they know how to protect their employee from death