YARMOUTH, Maine—Come this fall, you won't have to flip through the several hundred pages of NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, to find documentation requirements. Now, in the new ...

The annual NFPA Conference and ExpO in Chicago I attended in June consisted of several pay-per-view seminars and committee meetings. The exposition wasn’t as well attended as past shows, which was ...

QUINCY, Mass.- As the proposal phase for the 2006 edition of NFPA 72 closes this month, one of the biggest potential changes is the inclusion of recommendations to recognize mass notification systems.

Greg Kessinger is SD&I’s fire alarm and codes expert and a regular contributor. Email him your fire & life safety questions at [email protected]. A new year brings with it an opportunity for a fresh ...

During residential inspections, my biggest challenge is getting electricians and contractors to accept that the “old” way of installing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors is no longer ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) just updated its code on fire and CO detection alarms for sleeping locations. Campuses in jurisdictions that have ...

When designing and installing voice evacuation and mass notification systems, intelligibility is required to be achieved. NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code requires a 0.70 Speech ...