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NFPA launches electrical, fire and life safety podcast series

June 30, 2020
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New episodes will air on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, and can be accessed on Spotify, Apple Music, and many other popular podcast platforms.


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The new standard in flue gas venting safety

Stakeholders must take the issue of life safety seriously when it comes to FGV installations.
Gaetano Altomare
November 18, 2019
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Homeowners are exposed to the possibility of a life safety hazard every day, and their safety is in your hands.


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Jacqueline Wilmot: How to complete acceptance testing for wet chemical systems

Methods include puff tests, balloon tests, bag tests and flow tests.
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Jacqueline R. Wilmot
May 21, 2019
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Wet chemical extinguishing systems are most commonly used to provide fire protection for commercial cooking operations.


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Ed McMenamin: Notre Dame Cathedral blaze underscores fire protection

Vigilance is required to protect what’s in our control.
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Ed McMenamin
May 13, 2019
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Notre Dame Cathedral burned as I finished the Fire Protection & Design Special Section for this month’s magazine, a tragic coincidence.


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Jacqueline Wilmot: Navigating the 2019 edition of NFPA 13

What you need to know about the restructured standard.
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Jacqueline R. Wilmot
March 11, 2019
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Have you opened the latest edition of NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, to check on a specific requirement and wondered if you opened the right book?


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Jacqueline Wilmot: New NFPA tool helps engineers seek out latest codes

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Jacqueline R. Wilmot
August 21, 2018
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CodeFinder identifies what is on the books and used by specific jurisdictions.


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2018 NFPA Conference and Expo looks to fix 'ecosystem'

2018 NFPA Conference and Expo looks to fix 'ecosystem'

NFPA looks to fix the ‘ecosystem’ during annual conference
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John McNally
July 20, 2018
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2018 event in Las Vegas shows where industry can set a better course in design, construction and daily life.


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John McNally: 2018 NFPA Expo sets a new course for emergency situations

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John McNally
July 11, 2018
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Looking at a wider landscape.


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Jacqueline Wilmot: You’ll know about NFPA 4 soon enough

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Jacqueline R. Wilmot
May 18, 2018
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Standard provides minimum requirements for testing integrated fire-protection and life-safety systems.


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What’s in your water?

Backflow-prevention devices guard fire protection water entering potable supply.
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Jacqueline R. Wilmot
October 26, 2017
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Have you ever wondered if the water in your fire-sprinkler system is capable of flowing backward into the water supply it came from? And, if it did, how might it impact the water supply?


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Air Vents and Corrosion: New Requirements of NFPA 13

On Demand Jurisdictions are adopting the International Building Code 2018 edition and the 2018 edition of NFPA 101: Life Safety Code that adopt the 2016 edition if NFPA 13 by reference. This program will address technical changes specific to corrosion and air vents for the 2016 edition of NFPA 13. A task group concluded that venting the trapped air in a wet system can decrease water delivery time, reduce alarm ring delay, reduce water flow alarm cyclic ringing, and reduce corrosion activity.

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2018 NFPA Conference and Expo at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

2018 NFPA Conference and Expo

The National Fire Protection Association hosted its annual conference June 11-14 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Photos by John McNally/pme

July 20, 2018

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