The House Committee on Fire Protection/Construction Code Task Force met on Monday as members work on a consistent fire code for residential and commercial construction. Louisiana builders often ...

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 ...

The 2006 editions of the International Code Council (ICC) plumbing (IPC) and building (IBC) codes, and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) NFPA 101 Life Safety Code are now available. As ...

The primary responsibility of any fire prevention official is to enforce the fire codes adopted by their respective jurisdiction. The common highest goal in any fire prevention effort is providing ...

Anyone who has spent time in the business of designing, installing, maintaining and monitoring fire alarm systems has come to realize they are regulated by codes and standards. The document used the ...

Smoke, not flames, caused the deaths of 25 people in a nightclub fire at Arpora, exposing serious lapses in fire safety enforcement, planning, and preparedness in high-occupancy entertainment venues.

The late speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tip O'Neill, once said, "All politics is local." The same can be said of the nation's fire codes. Perhaps it is because of the highly-localized, ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) launched A Code for Every Moment, one of the most significant public awareness campaigns in its more than 125-year history, to educate the public and ...

Pender County Commissioners have adopted an updated fire code meant to help ensure safety and responsible development.