Can We Improve Sprinkler Protection for Warehouses?
After a series of large and destructive warehouse and big-box store fires, Vyto Babrauskas examines how the fire safety profession may improve.
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New Engineering Guide on Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings from SFPE, ICC, and Springer Publishing
The 2021 edition of “Fire Safety for Very Tall Buildings” provides information on the fire safety performance of tall, very tall, and super tall buildings.
Taming the Fire Environment: ICC Code Voting Validation
For the upcoming ICC final code action hearings in Kansas City, let your voice count by validating fire department members to vote. Find out more about it from Jack Murphy.
Firefighters, Register Now for Remote ICC Final Code Hearings Voting
Do you feel comfortable reading the outside of a building? Jack Murphy and Sean DeCrane urge you to join fellow firefighters in voting at the ICC Code Development Final Hearings in Long Beach, California.
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CSB Chair Applauds Changes to ICC Codes Addressing Gas Blow Pipe Cleaning Operations
The chairperson of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today commended the International Code Council (ICC) and its members for revising the International Fire Code (IFC) and International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC) to prohibit the unsafe practice that killed six workers in a tragic explosion at the Kleen Energy power generation facility in Middletown, Connecticut.