Tag: Lorraine Carli
Home sprinkler installation costs drop nationwide
October 22, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
QUINCY, Mass.—The cost of installing home fire sprinklers has decreased nationwide, and states that mandate home fire sprinklers have even lower installation costs, a new study by the Fire Protection Research Foundation has found.
“In the two states with statewide regulations, Maryland and California, significantly lower costs were found there than in the sample as a whole,” Kathleen Almand, executive director of the foundation, told Security Systems News. The foundation is an...
NFPA show: electric car safety, expo on ADA accessibility and additional educational sessions
March 18, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
QUINCY, Mass.—The 2013 National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo will be held in Chicago in June, and highlights of the show include additional education sessions and an electric vehicle safety showcase that will address safety considerations regarding the growing number of charging stations installed in homes, businesses and public spaces.
The show also will include a new Accessibility Expo featuring fire and life safety products designed to comply with the Americans with Disabilities...
Want to be in the know? Come to the NFPA show
March 14, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
QUINCY, Mass.—The 2013 edition of NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, will come out this fall. And one of the best ways to learn about content changes in the code is at the 2012 National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo this June in Las Vegas, according to Lorraine Carli, VP of communications for the NFPA, based here.
That's because the annual show, which runs this year from June 11-14, will have three separate panel presentations on significant content...
New NFPA conference now in second year
September 14, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
QUINCY, Mass.—Small and personal, more focused and very hands-on.
Those words describe the National Fire Protection Association's second annual Fire & Life Safety Conference, to be held Dec. 12-14 in Orlando, Fla., according to Lorraine Carli, NFPA VP of communications.
“We actually started this last year and it was very successful so we've brought it back this year,” she told Security Systems News. “And really it's a very different conference from our annual...