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At least 52 dead in factory fire; Ecosystem failures continue in Bangladesh

Once again, a factory fire in Bangladesh has taken the lives of more than 50 workers and injured at least 20, underscoring catastrophic and systemic life safety challenges in that country. The latest incident is a prime example of a region that is and has been for quite some time, challenged by every component of the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem™.
According to Reuters, the building featured...



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2023 National Electrical Code Aims to Make the World Safer, Collectively Through Public Feedback

As NFPA celebrates its 125th anniversary, we thank all of you for helping us protect this world, making it a safer place. We cannot be successful without your important contributions. One such example is the first draft of the 2023 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code® (NEC®), which posted publicly on June 28. Over 4,000 public inputs for the 2023 NEC were received and evaluated by the NEC Code...



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Fire Protection Research Foundation publishes a literature review report on firefighter exposure to fireground carcinogens

The Fire Protection Research Foundation (FPRF), the research affiliate of NFPA, recently published a comprehensive literature review research report on the “Fireground Exposure of Firefighters.” The objective of the project was to assimilate the existing peer reviewed literature into a framework to understand the matrix of carcinogen exposure risks that firefighters face while performing their...



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New NFPA 3D artwork with pop-up descriptions showcases 125 years of safety incidents, initiatives, and influencers

NFPA invites safety professionals and practitioners, as well as the public, to peruse some of the most prominent issues, emerging threats, and forward-thinkers on display in a new, dynamic 3D artwork piece that was commissioned to celebrate the 125th anniversary of NFPA.
“How do you capture people’s attention and break through the clutter to tell a story that began 125 years ago, a story that...



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NFPA completes election of Board of Directors

NFPA completed the election of its current slate of directors, including one new member, during the organization’s virtual annual meeting this week.
Amy Acton, a burn survivor, former burn nurse and nurse manager, and CEO of the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors, is serving her second year of a two-year term as chair. Acton became the second female chair of the NFPA Board in the organization’s...



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Save the date for SUPDET/AUBE

Interested in learning the latest developments in research, technology and applications for suppression and detection? If so, get ready to immerse yourself with authors from around the globe to discuss the latest studies of smoke detection in aircrafts and vehicles, vent gas analysis of lithium batteries, algorithms for early wildfire detection and more.
The 17th SUPDET/AUBE conference will take...



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A Guide to Fire Alarm Basics - Supervision

A fire alarm system is a crucial part of the overall fire protection and life safety strategy of a building . A fire alarm system serves many functions and the differences between the functions can be a bit confusing, so I created a visual guide to fire alarm basics. The objective of this blog series is to discuss some of the major components and functions of a fire alarm system. For an overview...



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NFPA to host “Community Risk Reduction: Insights into Action,” a one-day virtual event providing solutions, tools, and strategies to effectively identify and mitigate community risks

NFPA will be hosting “Community Risk Reduction: Insights into Action,” an online event that focuses on the issues fire departments and other public safety officials often face in mitigating safety risks, along with solutions, tools, and strategies to address them. To be held on Tuesday, July 20, the full-day program is part of the association’s virtual 125th Anniversary Conference Series, which...



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The Basics of Sprinkler Thermal Characteristics

There are many different decisions that need to be made when it comes to designing a sprinkler system, such as what type of sprinkler system should be installed (check out this blog for more information on that topic), what type of piping should be used, and even which sprinkler should be selected. When manufacturers have well over a hundred different types of sprinklers it can be challenging to...



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A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Comparing Electrical Fatalities in Specific Occupations

Each year I have given a summary of fatalities linked to the electrical industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has not yet published the fatality numbers for 2020. My blogs have occasional pointed out that electrical fatalities do not just happen to those in electrical occupations. I decided to look at fatalities specifically due to exposure to electricity in various occupations. ...



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