National Fire Protection Association


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National Fire Protection Association

An organization devoted to all aspects of fire safety.
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Therefore, the National Fire Protection Association recommends an annual TST for firefighters (6).([dagger]) Fire department compliance with this consensus-based standard is not legally required; however, many departments use this guidance to develop their occupational examination requirements.
Evaluation of results from occupational tuberculin skin tests--Mississippi, 2006
In 2002, fires started by fireworks caused $26 million in direct property damage to structures, and fireworks-related fires have caused roughly $20 million in property loss to structures per year in inflation-adjusted dollars in the past decade, according to the National Fire Protection Association.
A bigger bang: for recent Independence Day celebrations, sponsoring organizations have been requiring pyrotechnics companies to carry higher limits of insurance coverage
These protective garments are designed to offer protection against electrical arcs, a growing area in FR apparel, to meet National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E regulations.
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THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION has released its controversial NFPA 730 and 731, premises security guidelines (NFPA 730) and installation standards (NFPA 731).
The National Fire Protection Association
Jones & Bartlett (Sudbury, MA) has acquired a large portion of the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA; Quincy, MA) professional reference and textbook publishing program.
Jones & Bartlett acquires Association Publishing Assets
IF THE QUINCY, MASS.--BASED National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has its way, newly constructed one- and two-family residential dwellings will be required to have fire sprinklers.
Fire, fire: a new voluntary standard could force sprinklers in some residential units
The National Fire Protection Association is urging the public to focus on candle safety during Fire Prevention Week 2005, scheduled for Oct.
Fire prevention week highlights candle safety
The National Fire Protection Association cites more than 78,000 firefighter injuries annually.
Firefighters face danger--from heart attacks
* Regulatory Information: National Fire Protection Association publications and federal and international regulations.
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Cabinets are manufactured to National Fire Protection Association Flammable and Combustible Liquid Code #30, to meet OSHA requirements.
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Use of PrevEx analyzers, according to the company, reduces ventilation air without affecting existing production rates or violating National Fire Protection Association safety directives; boosts production speed without increasing air or fuel costs; reuses rather than expels some of a hot exhaust stream back into an oven zone; and reduces oven exhaust rates to lower demand on destruction oxidizers.
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