To save lives, a safety culture must be created to include the water tank, fire protection system, tank owners, and those who perform work on the tank.

Premature closing of sprinkler valves seems to stem from a belief that sprinklers are there to hold the fire in check until the fire service arrives, and...

What does cybersecurity have to do with fire protection? Plenty, finds a new webinar from the NFPA Research Foundation.

Shared responsibility goes beyond the organization and calls for the involvement of everyone – not just industry, government or civilian – in preparedness...

Each monitor nozzle must have a clear path to the protected object and the monitor must be placed close enough for the discharging water to reach the object...

To date, there has been a century’s worth of ammonium nitrate (AN) disasters within transportation and storage facilities.

Managing a disaster on the scale of the World Trade Center is different from managing a simple car fire. Different mindsets apply when trying to impose...

Today’s drones leverage advanced technologies to protect public safety while safeguarding firefighters on scene.

Preplanning: The need to test assumptions

In contrast to a centralized, rules-based leadership system, mission-driven culture relies on disciplined individual initiative and professional judgment in...