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Journal NOW: In the new NFPA Journal, a look at key changes to the 2020 edition of NFPA 25

  Electric sprinklers, automated inspection and testing, energized controllers, and much more: those are just a few of the topics addressed in a new feature story on the important changes to the 2020 edition of NFPA 25, Standard for the Inspection,

NFPA announces “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape!” as theme for Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, 2019

  The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has announced “Not Every Hero Wears a Cape. Plan and Practice Your Escape™!” as the theme for Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, 2019. This year’s campaign focuses on the

NFPA 1: Proper Use and Location of Grills and Other Cooking Equipment, #FireCodefridays

Are you responsible for enforcing apartment buildings where residents want to use grills?  Have you been faced with landlords or condo associations who are seeking education on the risk of grills and cooking appliances?  Do you see office

Journal NOW: Highlights of the new NFPA standard on energy storage systems

In just a few weeks, on June 20, NFPA members will convene in San Antonio, Texas, for the annual NFPA Technical Meeting to cap off the 2019 NFPA Conference & Expo. NFPA 855, Standard for the Installation of Stationary Energy Storage

Assessing Safety Performance with the Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem

Rio de Janeiro and Nowata County, Oklahoma—worlds away but not that far apart.  One a city of over six million people, the other, a rural county of less than ten thousand people northeast of Tulsa.  Two places, worlds apart, but

I have the most recent iPhone and an app for measuring dB levels. Why can’t I use it for evaluations and inspections?

  NFPA 72®, National Fire Alarm & Signaling Code®, requires that “…the performance, location, and mounting of notification appliances used to initiate or direct evacuation or relocation of the occupants, or for

#TBT From The NFPA Archives: A Well Installed “Ham Shack”, circa 1920

CQ CQ CQ… This is KB1JOY. Welcome back for another installment of our Throwback Thursday blog! As part of our National Electrical Safety Month coverage, the NFPA Research Library & Archives thought we would share a piece from the archives

Live burn at NFPA headquarters showcases the power of home fire sprinklers

An unsprinklered room reaches flashover in less than two minutes.   If you have a fire in your home today you are more likely to die than you were in 1980. Home fire sprinklers can significantly cut fire risks and are the most critical technology

#101Wednesdays – Home Fire Sprinkler Week: Protection of One- and Two-Family Dwellings

Photo by Tom Rumble on Unsplash This week is the NFPA Fire Sprinkler Initiative's (FSI) Home Fire Sprinkler Week. So it's a good time to highlight the requirements in NFPA 101 pertaining to the protection of one- and two-family

During Electrical Safety Month, NFPA Introduces Training that Provides First-Hand Look at How to Develop an Electrical Safety Program

Over the last couple of years, NFPA has been working on the best way to deliver a new kind of NPFA 70E® training. Training that doesn’t just tell you what is in the book but rather, training that gives attendees a first-hand look at what it's