NFPA 70E, known as the “Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace,” plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of workers handling electrical systems. While still a voluntary standard issued by ...

While studying the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code — a standard designed to help protect people during fires by ensuring safe exits, proper detection systems and clear evacuation routes — one recent ...

July 20, 2020 — As states continue working to find ways to safely re-open, many jurisdictions have allowed the use of tents among restaurants and other businesses. In response, the National Fire ...

he National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has announced the addition of the 2021 edition of NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®, to NFPA LiNKâ„¢, the Association’s new information delivery platform that ...

OSHA's job is to ensure safety in the workplace, but in many cases, the agency leaves the methods for achieving safety to other standard-setting bodies. An excellent example of this arc flash safety.

The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA, established in 1896, is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and ...

Don Schmidt is CEO of risk consulting company Preparedness LLC and a 20-year member and chair of the technical committee that writes the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600 standard. He ...