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Quiz/Sweepstakes helps college students test their cooking fire safety knowledge during Campus Fire Safety Month

#TBT from the NFPA Archives: explaining the hazard of matches to school children, 1920

From the NFPA Quarterly v. 14, no. 1 Captain Stephen E. Sanislo of the Seattle Fire Department.  Captain Sanislo served in the Tank Corps in WWI, and upon his return from the war he served the department by providing fire protection

Massachusetts Lt. Governor Karyn Polito declares September Campus Fire Safety Month

NFPA 70E Series: Being a contract employer is a tough thing

I sure am glad that I am not a contract employer. The calls I get from them always end up with same statement being made at one point or another. That statement is “if I don’t do it my competitor will”. Take the job and get paid or

NEW NFPA 70E BLOG SERIES: A different view of things

NFPA 70E Series: Where's the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)?   It is coming up on Labor Day. A day for honoring the American worker. It seems an appropriate time to launch a new blog series on NFPA 70E®, Standard for Electrical Safety in

New NFPA training! NFPA 25: Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems (2017) 1-Day Classroom Training

New! NFPA 25 1-Day Classroom Training: NFPA 25: Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems (2017)   Introducing NFPA® classroom training on the 2017 edition NFPA 25: Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of

Is a tiny house safe? Codes and issues facing tiny houses

What is a tiny house? While the definition varies depending on who you talk to, typically it is considered any house under 400 sq ft. You could fit 6.5 tiny houses inside the average American home (which is around 2,600 sq ft). The tiny house movement is

Ernest Mitchell, Jr. named Honorary Member of Metro Chiefs

The Metropolitan “Metro” Fire Chiefs Association, (which is a section of IAFC and NFPA), just named Ernest Mitchell, Jr. an Honorary Member.   Chief Mitchell, FEMA's U.S. Fire Administrator, is the third person to have received this

NFPA has booth 1309 at the National VPPPA Safety and Health Conference in Kissimmee, Florida

August 29-31, NFPA has booth 1309 at the National VPPPA Safety and Health Conference at the Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee, Florida. We were so excited to talk with so many people on opening day! We've had the biggest interest in the NFPA 350 Confined Space

NEMA provides safety guidelines for safe handling of damaged electrical equipment in floods and wildfire

As fires rage across the state of California and devastating floods continue to affect thousands in Louisiana, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published new editions of its safety guides and has supplied hundreds of copies to