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The Human Toll: Understanding the Physical, Emotional, and Psychological Issues Associated with Electrical Burn Injuries

NFPA has dedicated its efforts to raising awareness and helping educate workers, employers, and the public about the hazards associated with electricity both on the job and at home so that one day no one will have to suffer the effects of electrical burn injuries. Supporting ESFI and its annual Electrical Safety Month campaign provides an important platform for us to remind people about these...



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Considerations for Single-Family Residential Electrical Services Based on the 2020 NEC

For those who regularly install single-family residential electrical services, the work can often seem repetitive. Resulting in a step-by-step process that leaves many with the impression that they can do the work in their sleep. And many likely could. Then there are those who do not have much experience with residential electrical services and are trying to navigate the basics of what goes into...



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New fact sheet highlights updates to NFPA 30

In January, NFPA released the 2021 edition of NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code which includes changes to the nomenclature used throughout the code and revised sections addressing warehouse and tank storage, as well as piping. To highlight some of these changes, a new fact sheet has been developed.
Changes in Terminology
The nomenclature adjustments were made to reduce the confusion...



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Stories of gasoline hoarding raise fire safety concerns

With the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies 45% of the East Coast’s gasoline, being shut down since a ransomware attack on May 7, gas prices on the East Coast of the US have risen above three dollars a gallon and continue to rise. Because of this, many people are scrambling to fill up gas tanks in their cars, and to even fill up additional tanks to hold onto should the shortage continue.
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Research Foundation webinar recording on “Fire Safety Challenges of ‘Green’ Buildings and Attributes” is now available

The Fire Protection Research Foundation hosted a webinar on Fire Safety Challenges of ‘Green’ Buildings and Attributes on April 14, 2021. The full recording of this webinar is available here. This webinar presented highlights from a comprehensive information review of how the landscape of fire safety challenges associated with “green” attributes of buildings has developed since 2012. This was a...



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Mexico Suffocated by Wildfires

Mexico City experienced an environmental contingency on April 27, the second in less than a week as decreed by the Environmental Commission of the Metropolitan Area (CAME). Jorge Zavala, coordinator of the National Meteorological Service, explained that ongoing forest fires that contributed smoke to the center of the country were observed and complicated the situation in the capital, which was...



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NFPA Anniversary Learning Series Puts Electrical Safety at Your Fingertips with Virtual Electrical Program on May 18

This time last year, I wrote a blog for National Electrical Safety Month about electrical safety being the gift that keeps on giving. That thought resonates even more today. Working safely around electricity gives us the ability to see another tomorrow and spend time with who, and what, we love most. In my blog I referred to the acronym “KAR” that has helped me over the years to focus on what’s...



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México Asfixiado por Incendios Forestales

This blog appears in English after the Spanish version.
La Ciudad de México experimentó una contingencia ambiental el pasado 27 de abril, la segunda en menos de una semana según lo decretado por la Comisión Ambiental del Área Metropolitana (CAME). Jorge Zavala, coordinador del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional, explicó que se observaron continuos incendios forestales que aportaron humo al centro...



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Occupancy Classifications in Codes

One of the most critical steps in applying NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, and other building and fire codes to a space is identifying the correct occupancy classification. The occupancy classification drives the requirements for many different fire and life safety features. These requirements reflect the unique and expected characteristics of the anticipated occupants of that space such as,...



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Occupancy Classifications and Model Codes

One of the most critical steps in applying NFPA 101, Life Safety Code, and other building and fire codes to a space is identifying the correct occupancy classification. The occupancy classification drives the requirements for many different fire and life safety features. These requirements reflect the unique and expected characteristics of the anticipated occupants of that space such as,...



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