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NFPA 1: Requirements for haunted houses, #FireCodefridays

Before getting into this week’s Fire Code topic I want to highlight my coworker’s latest blog post, Planning for the unthinkable in assembly venues with the Life Safety Code.  Greg, a Principal Engineer in the Building Fire Protection

What are the rules for visiting dignitaries when they want to go into a live burn building?

  Since 1986, the NFPA has been publishing NFPA 1403, Standard on Live Fire Training Evolutions. As we prepare for the release of the 2018 version of the standard I'm often asked what has changed since 2012 and how best to apply the standard to

Should NFPA develop an all-new standard on PPE contaminant control or roll the requirements into NFPA 1581?

  The NFPA Standards Council has received a New Project Initiation Request from the fire service asking NFPA consider developing an ANSI Accredited Standard to establish the minimum requirements for the effective contamination control of fire

Why we do this! Technical Committee members reinforce need for development of NFPA 3000; preparedness and response to active shooter/hostile events

October 3rd marks my 1year anniversary at the NFPA.  It has been incredibly rewarding to work in a place where the mission is to help responders perform their work in a safe and organized manner.  I am grateful for the opportunities afforded to

#101Wednesdays: Planning for the unthinkable in assembly venues with the Life Safety Code

As we all try to wrap our heads around this past Sunday’s horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas, my heart goes out to all those who were affected by this senseless act. I also struggle with what I, as a life safety professional, can meaningfully

C&E Spotlight: On-Demand Mobile Fueling—Enforcing Existing Regulations and Evaluating Future Needs

Andrew Klein, Principle with AS Klein Engineering, and Lynne Kilpatrick, Fire Marshal in Sunnyvale, CA led an education session on ‘On-Demand Mobile Fueling; Enforcing Existing Regulations and Evaluating Future Needs” at NFPA Conference &

HERo Day Shines a Spotlight on Progress in Women’s Firefighting

A recent news story in WREG highlighted HERo Day, an annual program, in its third year now, founded by the Memphis Fire Department and the Girl Scouts Heart of the South. The program aims to give nearly 200 young girls in the Memphis, Tennessee

Las Vegas: First responders need to work as a team, can’t 'unsee' what they’ve seen

Photos courtesy of AP/Worldwide   At least 58 people are dead and more than 500 are injured after a gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel opened fire on a crowd at an outdoor music festival. The Sunday night shooting is now the

Homebuilders may use "loophole" to circumvent new fire sprinkler law

Birgitte Messerschmidt joins NFPA Research group

NFPA is pleased to announce the addition of Birgitte Messerschmidt (Collins) as the Director of our Applied Research Group. Birgitte comes to us from a long career at Rockwool Industries, a Danish-based mineral wool and fire protection manufacturing