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As the solar industry in the U.S. continues to grow, NFPA offers resource page devoted to photovoltaics

  Next week GT Research and the Solar Energy Industry will release their U.S. Solar Market Insight report indicating that the U.S. solar market experienced its biggest year with a 95 percent increase in megawatts installed, year over year.

Fire started by portable space heater kills six in Oregon

Picture courtesy of The Oregonian   A portable space heater being used as a replacement for a malfunctioning fireplace is responsible for the fire that killed six, including five children, in Riddle, Oregon. According to news reports, combustible

NFPA 1: Where are portable fire extinguishers required? #FireCodefridays

I don't find March too appealing. It's a long, cold month. Today it has barely reached 32 degrees with a balmy windchill of 22 degrees here in Quincy, MA.  Last week us New Englanders were soaking up the sun and near record heat.  How quickly

Got Propane?

Happy March! Unfortunately, winter isn’t over yet…we still have cold weather and the potential for more snow & ice ahead. To heat our homes and offices, propane is a popular and clean fuel to use. However, propane also has some

Today in fire history: Conflagration wreaks havoc on ancient Japanese city

Today marks the 360th anniversary of what is likely one of the deadliest fires in history. On March 2, 1657, a fire began in Edo, Japan—what is now Tokyo—that would destroy almost two-thirds of the city and kill thousands. Death toll

#TBT From the NFPA Archives: Mice Caused This Fire

Pictured: The point of origin of a fire that occurred in 1923, in a tenant manufacturing building in Everett, MA.   From the NFPA Quarterly v.17, no. 1, 1923: "The fire started inside of a hollow wooden partition on the fifth floor. The photograph

#101Wednesdays: NFPA 101 and hazardous areas

You’ll sometimes hear users of the Life Safety Code refer to hazardous areas, protection from hazards, special hazards, and other variations on the same theme. So what exactly is a hazardous area and what sort of protection does it need? The

Webinar focuses on fire departments’ response capabilities to wildfires

More and more U.S. municipal fire departments are being called upon to respond to wildfire incidents. Is your fire department one of them? Do they have the capability to handle these unusually challenging events?   This question was the focus of a

Winners of NFPA's fire sprinkler grant share how they cleverly advocated for home safety

Boston Fire joins with Dana Farber to look at contaminant exposure in firehouses

The issue of firefighter cancer has been widely covered in recent years, and rightly so. One department in particular, Boston Fire (BFD), has proactively and creatively advocated for firefighter health and wellness, as well as public education about