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Burn survivor mocked for her injuries gives valuable lesson in overcoming adversity

NFPA 70E Series: Are you putting your employees at undue risk

  I am shocked at the number of questions received regarding a misuse of NFPA 70E®. The questions were not on a specific issue but it was the subsequent conversations that sent a shiver down my spine. The crux of the concern is that the tables

Arson in the wildland: a destructive and under-recognized problem

Drought, record-breaking heat, and arson ignite wildfires

Errata issued on NFPA 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code

NFPA has issued the following errata on NFPA 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code: NFPA 58, Errata 58-17-1, referencing Table 5.9.4.1(B), 11.4.1.16, and Table 16.1(i), Table Note 3 of the 2017 edition, issued on November 28, 2016. An errata is a

New video underscores momentum for home fire sprinklers building in Canada

#DoItForDon: Advocacy group initiates call to action on holiday fire safety following family's fire death

Fires in high-rise buildings are usually smaller than fires in shorter buildings

When many of us think of fire in high-rise buildings, our minds go first to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. That means that we remember the deadliest high-rise fire in world history.  In

NFPA and CPSC use live burn demonstration to show the dangers of turkey fryers

NFPA joins CPSC to demonstrate the fire dangers of turkey fryers in this live burn. NFPA strongly discourages the use of turkey fryers and continues to believe that turkey fryers that use cooking oil, as currently designed, are not suitable for

NFPA 70E Series: A preference between the PPE Category Method and the Incident Energy Analysis Method

There are many statements being made in the field that NFPA 70E® has a preference to use the incident energy analysis method over the PPE category method. One of the stated reasons for this has been that it is first in the standard and the first