National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)'s Blog, page 194

Top 10 stories on home fire sprinklers that grabbed your attention in 2016

Proposals wanted for two new opportunities from the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation has recently issued two Request for Proposals: Economic Impact of Residential Fire Sprinkler Legislation in California Measurement of the Economic Impact of Fire Both can be found on the Foundation website.  Proposals are

Register for free webinar on findings from the Fourth Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service

In Fall 2015, NFPA, in collaboration with other national stakeholders, conducted the 4th Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service. The primary objective of this effort was to identify U.S. fire departments' needs, gaps and challenges. The insights

New NFPA video underscores long-lasting realities of home fire survivors

Answering the call: NFPA and its partners give free overview of home fire sprinklers to building inspectors

Promptly dispose of Christmas trees after the holiday season!

  Dragging your heels on taking down the Christmas tree? Here’s a fact to motivate you: Nearly 40 percent of U.S. home fires that begin with Christmas trees occur in January. That's why NFPA strongly encourages people to remove

High-rise fire in Manhattan reinforces that sometimes staying is place is safest option

Photo credit: Karsten Moran/New York Times   A fire occurred at a high-rise building in Manhattan’s Upper West Side early this morning, where nine people escaped to the roof to wait out the fire and were safely removed. Their actions

Standards Council Approves TIA on NFPA 1982 PASS Audibility

  At its December meeting, the NFPA Standards Council approved TIA 13-2 to the 2013 edition of NFPA 1982, Standard on Personal Alert Safety Systems. The TIA is effective December 21, 2016.   The TIA was submitted to address concerns related to

Errata issued on NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, 2017 edition

NFPA has issued the following errata on NFPA 70, National Electrical Code®: NFPA 70, Errata 70-17-2, referencing 840.3(G) of the 2017 edition, issued 12/16/2016 An errata is a correction issued to an NFPA Standard, published in NFPA News, Codes

What is NFPA doing with data?

NFPA is creating a comprehensive data collection, analysis, and application system to meet our stakeholders' needs. At the NFPA Responder Forum in Charlotte in November, Dr. Nathaniel Lin, NFPA's data & analytics lead, shared the organization's plan