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NFPA (fire) Code Issues Links
NFPA (fire) Code Issues
Associations & User Groups
The mission of NFPA, which was organized in 1896, is to reduce the burden of fire on the quality of life by advocating scientifically based consensus codes and standards, research and education for fire and related safety issues.
Commercial Vendors
fire protection in LPG sphere
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. (BakerRisk) provides services to industries and governments around the world to assess the risks associated with potentially catastrophic events including explosions, fires and toxic material releases.
Free access to fire protection web applications for determining earth quake seismic forces, fire pump sizing, fire hydrant logarithmic flow test charts, trapeze member sizing and more.
Consulting engineering firm that specializes in the provision of fire protection engineering services. Established in 1986 by Jonathan Rubes and Fred Leber. Offices are located in Toronto and Ottawa. A full-time staff of 22 is employed.
Download over 75,000 industry standards from ASTM, ANSI, API, ASME, IEC, IEEE, ISO and more. We also feature the best prices on technical books, training materials, market research, and materials specifications.
MountainStar provides state-of-the-art fire, life safety, building and fire code consulting services to building owners, designers and builders.
Education Training and Testing
1 and 2 day fire protection seminars, most are hands-on, meaning demo fires, pump and water flow testing, wet, dry, pre-action, deluge demos with working equipment.
General Information
Free access to the FM Approval Guide for fire protection and building materials and products. Products with the "FM" diamond are listed in this web site. Good for anyone that reviews building or fire protection plans.
Free Access to the FM Global Property Loss Prevention Data Sheets are engineering guidelines written to help reduce the chance of property loss due to fire, weather conditions and failure of electrical or mechanical equipment.
Software and Downloads
Perform hydraulic calculations in seconds. Instantly see the effects of pipe size changes in our patented ôOptimizerö. It even calculates in real time through pipe in externally referenced files!