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Hot work activities are involved in an average of 4,440 U.S. structure fires per year

Hot work is an important part of manufacturing, repair, renovation, construction and demolition activities. Professional contractors and do-it-yourselfers can get in trouble when they don’t follow the basic safety precautions.  NFPA’s

Public comments sought on proposed Tentative Interim Amendment on NFPA 70

The following proposed Tentative Interim Amendment (TIA) for NFPA 70, National Electrical Code®, is being published for public review and comment: NFPA 70, proposed TIA No. 1244, referencing  590.4(G) of the 2017 edition Anyone may submit

New smoke alarm regulations take effect in Massachusetts

Effective December 1, Massachusetts requires one- and two-family homes built before 1975 to have working, up-to-date smoke alarms. Fire inspectors, checking alarms during the home sale process, will be looking to ensure that smoke alarms are up-to-date

NFPA 1: My reflection on the past week's fire events and the importance of the Fire Code. #FireCodefridays

By now, we are all aware of the horrible tragedy that occurred in Oakland, CA, where 36 people lost their lives in a horrific fire event at the Ghost Ship warehouse (the Ghost Ship housed assembly uses, residential uses, business use and others), which

2017 NEC Handbook New Features

The 2017 edition of the National Electrical Code® Handbook is now available! Take a look at this brief walk-through, which highlights the new features of this edition.

#TBT from the NFPA Archives: The Winecoff Hotel fire - December 7, 1946

1946 was a devastating and difficult year for hotel fires in the United States. Pictured here is the canopy that covered the marquee at the Hotel Winecoff in Atlanta, Georgia.   From NFPA Journal v.110, no.3, 2016 Of the 304 guests in the hotel

Ok, I have to evacuate, but where should I go?

This is a brief summary of the third in the ten part series on personal disaster planning available in the December 2016 issue of e-ACCESS.   There are two definitions of evacuate that really fit what we’re talking about, the second being much

California AHJ’s get training on changes between 2011 and 2014 NEC editions

Last week NFPA Regional Electrical Code Specialist Tim McClintock and I were in Southern California. We met with  AHJs (Authorities Having Jurisdiction) who received an early holiday gift in the form of free 2016 editions of the CA Electrical Code

NFPA commends Wales--in person--for sprinklering all of its new homes

Wind Driven Fire Contributed to Cambridge MA Blaze

Watching the videos and listening to the Cambridge Fire Alarm audio  of the 10 alarm fire that occurred in Cambridge, MA on December 3, all personnel at that scene did an awesome job! This was not a room and contents fire that extended to the floor