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NFPA 101 Changes

An examination of changes to NFPA 101 and how they apply to health care facilities.

November 7, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

The tricky part of this is that one must look not only at the changes occurring with the 2012 edition...

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Fire Safety Requirements

The final rule was recently adopted for the health care industry as it relates to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid.

October 7, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

Those of you involved in the U.S. health care industry are probably aware that on May 3, 2016, the Centers...

Ferguson Acquires 13 Companies in Fiscal Year 2016

Starts new fiscal year with acquisition of Westfield Lighting.

September 14, 2016

Starts new fiscal year with acquisition of Westfield Lighting. Ferguson purchased 13 companies in fiscal year 2016. The acquisitions spanned...

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Fighting Fire

September 8, 2016

Max Rohr

There isn’t a specific documented day in history that humans first controlled fire. However, my guess is that less than...

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Louisville Warehouse Fire

September 6, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

Before 7 a.m. on April 3, 2015, a fire occurred at Building 6 at the General Electric Appliance Park in...

Johnson Controls, Tyco Complete Merger

September 6, 2016

A newly formed Johnson Controls began operations Sept. 6 following the successful completion of its merger with Tyco. By uniting...

Code Update

Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems

September 6, 2016

Ron George

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) publishes the industry standard for automatic fire sprinkler systems. The standard is titled “NFPA...

Rack ‘em up, NFPA 30 then and now

August 10, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

In 1992, I designed the fire protection systems for a Hazardous Materials Storage Building. The building had a separate area...

Life safety sprinkler systems challenge workshop

July 11, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

NFPA recently published the report summarizing the results of this workshop. Sponsored by NFPA, it took place December 14-15, 2015,...

Testing pressure-regulating standpipe hose valves

June 6, 2016

Samuel S. Dannaway

My April column on the One Meridian Plaza Fire discussed the fire’s impact on the use of pressure-regulating hose valves...

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NFPA 101 Changes

Fire Safety Requirements

Ferguson Acquires 13 Companies in Fiscal Year 2016

Fighting Fire

Louisville Warehouse Fire

Johnson Controls, Tyco Complete Merger

Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems

Rack ‘em up, NFPA 30 then and now

Life safety sprinkler systems challenge workshop

Testing pressure-regulating standpipe hose valves

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