Explosion Rocks Food Plant Under Construction
Firefighters in Greeley, Colorado recently responded to a propane tank explosion at the Leprino Foods construction site, where they found a cargo container destroyed by the explosion. The Leprino Foods plant is currently under…
NFPA Releases Report on High-Rise Building Fires
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released a new report this month, which focused on High-Rise Building Fires. For the purposes of this report, a high-rise building was defined as a building more than 75 feet in…
Fire Protection Engineering Degree Program Options Expand
While there are still only a handful of colleges and universities throughout the United States that offer fire protection engineering degree programs, the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and the University of Maryland…
How to Save Construction Costs Without Compromising Fire Safety
Last week’s blog, What If You Did Have A Fire Protection Engineer?, discussed how building owners, developers, architects, and project team engineers do not normally include a fire protection engineer early in the…
NFPA Releases 2010 Large-Loss Fire Report
Every year, NFPA provides information for the previous year’s large-loss fires. Large-loss fires are defined as any event that results in at least $10 million worth of property damages. This year, the Large-Loss Fire Report…
Fire Safety Solutions for Data Centers
Fire safety solutions are a major concern for data centers, according to Info-Tech research Group: A major consideration in any data center renovation is fire protection and suppression. These renovation decisions are not…
NFPA Develops Useful Tools for Fire Prevention Week
The first observation of Fire Prevention Day was on October 9, 1920. It was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in remembrance of the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred on October 8, 1871. Fire Prevention Day was later…
Harrington Group, Inc. is…Public Fire Department Response Down 1.3%
Estimates from data received by NFPA’s 2010 National Fire Experience Survey indicate that public fire departments responded to approximately 1,331,500 fires in the United States last year, down 1.3% from the previous year. This…
US Senate Designates September as Campus Fire Safety Month
As students return to their colleges and universities, the US Senate has unanimously declared September as Campus Fire Safety Month. The bill is referred to as Senate Resolution 104 and stresses the need to educate young people…
Experienced Fire Protection Engineers Add Value To Buildings
Proper sprinkler system design takes a depth of knowledge gained through years of collective experience. An experienced fire protection engineer can assess a building owner’s current and future fire protection needs and will…
Six Ways to Prevent Your Lift Trucks from Starting a Fire
If you use powered lift trucks in your…
Georgia Manufacturer Cited for Combustible Dust
OSHA has recently cited a Norcross, Georgia tea and coffee manufacturer, Excelso Coffee and Tea Co., for 19 violations related to combustible dust and other hazards. The proposed penalties total over $45,000. Among fourteen…
Fire protection…The Case Of Mysterious Pipe Corrosion
A few months ago, we were approached by a pharmaceutical client because another fire protection consultant recommended a treatment that would have done nothing to eliminate the actual cause and would have created recurring…