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National EMS Week 2019 - Beyond the Call

President Trump has declared the week of May 19-25, 2019 National EMS Week.  The theme for this year’s week is “EMS Strong: Beyond the Call.” Those words convey an incredibly powerful message about the EMS profession. EMS goes

Journal NOW: Prioritizing Responder Roadside Safety

    On May 12, Atlanta firefighter Sgt. Darrow Harden lost one leg and had his other mangled when he was struck by a vehicle stepping out of his fire truck to assist at a roadside crash. The accident, which happened along Interstate 85 in

Staying Current with Electrical Technology? Get Back on Track at NFPA’s Conference & Expo!

The electrical world is changing, are you keeping up? As demand for high-performance smart buildings increases, the solutions needed to support that demand are evolving.  NFPA and our community of experienced professionals are working hard to make

Journal NOW: Upstate New York blaze illustrates need for film and TV set fire safety

In March 2018, a fire on the set of the movie "Motherless Brooklyn," in Harlem, New York City, left one firefighter dead. (Newscom)  Last week, a fire in the upstate New York town of Ellenville destroyed a car dealership where filming of an

#TBT From The NFPA Archives: Repair, Replace or Report!

May is National Electrical Safety Month and we are excited to have the opportunity to share some of the safety messaging NFPA has distributed throughout its lengthy history.   This week we are have a classic public service advertisement from 1964

#101Wednesdays: Who is an AHJ and what is their role?

Photo Credit: By Bill Dickinson (websites [2][3]) - [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...   Generally when people walk into a building, they assume that the building will provide a reasonable degree of life

In the new NFPA Journal, a preview of high-profile topics from the upcoming NFPA Conference & Expo

  Energy storage systems, community risk reduction, and important changes to the 2020 editions of NFPA 25 and the NEC—those are just some of the highlights of the new May/June NFPA Journal, which previews the upcoming NFPA Conference &

Grill with safety in mind this Memorial Day weekend and beyond: May through July are the leading months for home grilling fires

  Often considered the unofficial kick-off to summer, Memorial Day weekend includes lots of celebrations featuring cookouts and barbeques. But it also means the increased risk of grilling fires, as May is among the leading months for home grilling

Soliciting public comments on proposed Tentative Interim Amendments to NFPA 51B, NFPA 101, NFPA 1992, NFPA 1994, and NFPA 5000

The following nine proposed Tentative Interim Amendments (TIAs) for NFPA 51B, Standard for Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work;  NFPA 101, Life Safety Code®; NFPA 1992, Standard on Liquid

NFPA 58: A Preview of Proposed Changes for 2020

Some significant changes are on the horizon for NFPA 58, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code. Although the changes that have been proposed so far in the code development process are not groundbreaking, they are worthy of your attention if the work you do is