With the release last month of the new NFPA 5000 Building Construction and Safety Code by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the anticipated battle of building codes is officially under ...

The state of California has adopted model building and fire codes of the nonprofit NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) to protect public safety in the nation’s most populous state. The ...

In a city where skyscrapers meet curbside diners, commercial cooking is on the rise and industry experts say our fire ...

WASHINGTON, DC — After participating in a multi-year effort to produce a single set of national model building codes aimed at ensuring public health and safety while preserving housing affordability, ...

Each column, a new author will feature an article from one of the International Code Council (ICC) building, fire, mechanical, plumbing, residential (one and two family), energy conservation, and ...

The nonprofit NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) today called upon its Technical Committee on Assembly Occupancies to convene in Quincy, MA for an immediate review of the safety issues ...

View Partners in Progress: From Homes to High Rises via Firehouse’s proprietary digital platform Clarity. Retrofitting a new automatic sprinkler system into an existing building increases the fire ...