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NFPA Glossary of Terms: over 15,000 definitions for free!

The updated 2016 edition of the NFPA Glossary of Terms (GOT) has been published and is available for FREE online. Visit www.nfpa.org/got to download your copy.   The GOT is a list of the defined terms in all of NFPA's published codes, standards,

Senior housing provides varying degrees of fire safety

Older adults are more vulnerable to fires compared to the general population; at age 65, people are twice as likely to be killed or injured by fire. That's why it's important for older adults to carefully consider their living environments, and to make

Congratulations to the Kirkville Fire Company for winning our Fire Prevention Week photo contest!

Congratulations to the Kirkville Fire Company, a volunteer fire department in Kirkville, NY - they're the winners of our first-ever "Get Ready for Your Close-Up" catalog contest! Along with being featured on the cover of next year's Fire Prevention Week

Press release: SUNY-Purchase fire shows the need for New York to mandate fire sprinklers in college dorms

A recent 4-alarm fire, which broke out Labor Day Weekend in a student housing building at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Purchase College highlights the importance of requiring all college dormitories to have automatic fire sprinklers,

NFPA Meets Hawaii Governor Ige for Fire Prevention Week Proclamation

I was at a State Fire Council Fire Prevention Committee meeting for the adoption of the 2015 NFPA 1, Fire Code, last week.  The group took a break and went to the Capitol where Governor Ige signed the 2016 proclamation for Fire Prevention

Read the Motions Committee Report for Fall 2016 Standards with certified amending motions: NFPA 10, 285, 730 and 1403

The Report of the Motions Committee addresses four Fall 2016 NFPA Standards with certified amending motions that may be presented at the NFPA Technical Meeting (Tech Session) in Boston, MA on June 4-7, 2017: NFPA 10, Standard for Portable Fire

In October's issue of NFPA News: proposed TIAs on NFPA 1616 and 1982; Committee seeking users of tactical video equipment; and more...

The October 2016 issue of NFPA News, our free monthly codes and standards newsletter, is now available.   In this issue: Comments sought on proposed Tentative Interim Amendments to NFPA 1616 and NFPA 1982 NFPA Technical Committee seeking users of

International Association of Fire Chiefs' president praises NFPA's efforts on home fire sprinklers

Will your smoke alarms protect you in a fire? 8 ways to make sure they will

  Check out this new smoke alarm slideshow, which highlights key ways to ensure that smoke alarms are fully functioning in the home and will alert everyone in the event of a fire.   In support of Fire Prevention Week, feel free to share the

Fighting wildfires “Smarter”; data driven technologies help wildland firefighters