National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)'s Blog, page 173

Opportunity to submit a proposal for a new Foundation project

A Request for Proposals for Project Contractor has been issued for a new project on Smoke Detector Spacing for High Ceiling Spaces. Proposals should be submitted by May 24, 5:00 pm EDT.   For more details on submitting proposals,

NFPA blog reader responds to news story on family's fire death and inaction from politicians on developing laws for home fire sprinklers

Blog series offers insight and a better understanding of NFPA 70E and electrical workplace safety

ele   May is Electrical Safety Month and throughout the month, NFPA and ESFI have been raising awareness of potential electrical hazards and the importance of electrical fire safety on the job. We’re dedicated to providing valuable,

Calling All Fire Service Data, Software and Technology Vendors

NFPA is planning a Fire Data Vendor Summit for June 21st, 2017 at NFPA Headquarters in Quincy Mass. If your company works with, sells software to, or otherwise helps fire departments collect, manage, analyze or share data we'd love to have you join us.

NFPA releases RfP to build National Fire Data System infrastructure

NFPA is soliciting proposals for an established and experienced firm to develop a flexible, scalable, system-agnostic, proof-of-concept data infrastructure and software to ingest, process, store and share fire service activity data from fire departments

As U.S. fire departments struggle to provide firefighters with adequate PPE and SCBA, upcoming NFPA webinar identifies where they’re falling short

Many U.S. fire departments are struggling to provide firefighters with the PPE and SCBA needed to keep them safe from contaminant exposure. That’s according to NFPA’s Fourth Needs Assessment survey, which was sent to every fire department in

Good Morning America segment on children's response to smoke alarms reinforces need for home fire sprinklers

May/June issue of NFPA Journal previews Conference & Expo, looks at firefighter cancer and hot work incidents

              The latest issue of NFPA Journal®, the official magazine for the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), previews the 2017 Conference & Expo with stories covering a number of issues that will

Wildfire Community Preparedness Day is celebrated by hundreds of communities nationwide today, May 6

NFPA provides arson and historical perspective in new Crime Scene podcast

NFPA's Senior Fire Investigator and New England Regional Director, Bob Duval provides code and arson perspective in a new podcast, produced by Lohud, a news division serving Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam counties in the Lower Hudson Valley