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NFPA 1: Back to school - Requirements for operating features in educational occupancies #FireCodefridays

This past Monday I returned to work after being on maternity leave for 3 months.  It was an exciting time at home with my family.  Preparing to come back to work this week brought back memories of being a kid and preparing to go back to school

Four key electrical safety considerations in light of Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey continues to pound areas along the Texas coastline and surrounding towns and cities bringing with it high winds, torrential rain and extreme flooding. In some areas, while residents have not been directly affected by severe

A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Risk Control - Awareness and Administrative Controls

With the issuance of the 2018 edition of NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace, a risk assessment must consider the outcome of human error during the performance of a task. The three most effective controls are less affected by

How much foam is enough for a High Hazard Flammable Train?

The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF), the research affiliate of NFPA, has released a report on Foam Application for High Hazard Flammable Train (HHFT) Fires for the first responder community. Trains with a continuous block of tank cars loaded

NIST report: Human frailty a contributing factor in home fire deaths

Need funding? FEMA Disaster Mitigation Funding can be used to help communities work towards reducing their risk of loss to wildfire

Firefighter contamination and cancer: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire

When it comes to contamination and firefighter cancer, the old adage, “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” comes to mind. First, there’s the obvious correlation to what firefighters do – battle smoke and fire. Then

NEMA provides safety guidelines for safe handling of damaged electrical equipment in floods caused by Tropical Storm Harvey

  Local news reports have reported that Tropical Storm Harvey, a Category 1 hurricane, will make landfall along the Texas coast by early Saturday morning. With this storm comes days of high winds, torrential rains and significant flooding. It is

Influence of gap size around swinging doors on fire and smoke development addressed at upcoming, free webinar

Because fire development and smoke movement are affected by the gap sizes around a fire door (i.e,. between the frame and the hinge side(s) of the door; between the latch side(s) of the door; between the frame and the top of the door; and between the

'Change' is a bad word in the fire service, but so is 'cancer'

  These were the words of Captain Peter Berger of Hallandale Beach Fire Rescue as he spoke to a full house of fire service industry leaders — along with his partner Captain Greg Moulin of DFW Airport Fire Services — on the topic of