Fire doors are required to close and latch in order to provide protection during a fire. One strategy for locking classroom doors quickly is to leave the door hardware locked at all times but prevent ...

In recent years, concerns about school safety have intensified, prompting educators and administrators to seek effective ways to protect students and staff from a variety of threats. From active ...

While studying the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code — a standard designed to help protect people during fires by ensuring safe exits, proper detection systems and clear evacuation routes — one recent ...

At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago on Oct. 27, Alice Epstein, director of risk control at CNA HealthPro, presented on compliance essentials for the life safety code in ...

In response to changes to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Life Safety Code, CannonDesign has launched REALIZE Life Safety Solutions — a suite of services and software solutions ...

Even before the pandemic, the traditional American office building was on life support. Now, real estate developers across the country are reinventing existing properties, often converting them into ...

August 4, 2021 – The NFPA Fire & Life Safety Policy Institute announced the launch of the Ecosystem Assessment Tool that will help users identify gaps in a community’s capacity to support safety and ...

Firefighters respond to a five-alarm fire in a row of apartment buildings in Queens, N.Y., on Jan. 6. (Gardiner Anderson/New York Daily News/TNS) A New Year’s celebration in the Swiss Alps turned ...

Emergency lighting must provide sufficient illumination for safe egress during power outages, with performance validated through on-site testing and AHJ approval. Codes like NFPA 101 and the NEC set ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- Officials with the City of Johnson City announced Friday evening that the Haven of Mercy, located at 123 W. Millard St., has been ordered to temporarily close “due to ...