Tag: NFPA Conference & Expo
NFPA conference set for San Antonio next month
May 8, 2019Paul Ragusa
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) will host its annual Conference & Expo at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, June 17-20. This comprehensive event brings together thousands of the industry's leading professionals who will attend more than 120 educational sessions and special events addressing the latest issues, challenges and trends in the world of fire, electrical, and life safety.
This year's expo, featuring more than 325 exhibitors, brings to life...
New NFPA leader 'not a stranger' to organization
July 11, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
QUINCY, Mass.—Jim Pauley became the new president of the National Fire Protection Association on July 1, but he's already familiar to many at the organization.“The good news for me is that, although I'm new to this chair, I'm not a stranger to NFPA at all,” Pauley told Security Systems News. “I've been actually involved with NFPA for 20-plus years. I've been a member, a volunteer, a technical committee member and a chairman … of the standards council. So I've really gotten...
Georgia fire officers win national anthem contest for NFPA's 2014 Conference & Expo
May 16, 2014SSN Staff
LAS VEGAS—Capt. Mark Ware of the Sandy Springs Fire Department in Sandy Springs, Ga., and Lt. Rodney Brooks of the Henry County Fire Department in McDonough, Ga., are the winners of the National Anthem singer contest sponsored by the National Fire Protection Association.
The two will perform the national anthem in front of more than 3,000 attendees during the opening general session of the NFPA 2014 Conference & Expo, to be held here June 9-12.
Ware and Brooks submitted their audition...
NFPA Conference & Expo in Las Vegas this year
January 27, 2014SSN Staff
LAS VEGAS—The 2014 National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo will be held June 9-12 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center here, the association announced Jan. 24.
In addition to 100 education sessions featuring continuing education, hands-on training and product displays, the conference will focus on health care and sustainability, according to the news release. Attendees will have the chance to learn about code changes, research and technology related to fire protection, security,...
SimplexGrinnell: New notification appliances 'revolutionary'
June 10, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
CHICAGO—SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco fire and life safety company, says it has “reinvented every aspect of notification” in bringing to market a new family of intelligent notification appliances it's showcasing at the 2013 NFPA Conference & Expo here this week.“We think it's a revolutionary development in the industry that will really change the nature of notification,” Chris Woodcock, director of marketing communications for Westminster, Mass.-based SimplexGrinnell, told...
NFPA show offers wide variety of choices
May 28, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
WAUNAKEE, Wis.—Carter Rierson, president of Best Defense Security & Fire Protection, said attending the National Fire Protection Association's Conference & Expo for the first time this year will be like being “a kid in a candy store.”
“I've never done NFPA before,” said Rierson, whose company is based here. “I'm planning on taking the NFPA 25 session over the weekend, but other than that I'm just going to leave myself wide open to just to go...
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...
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NFPA's annual conference to colocate with new expo
October 31, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
The National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo will be held in Chicago in 2013, from June 10 through 12.
And the NFPA just announced that it will be colocating the annual event with a brand new expo, one featuring information and products designed to improve safety for people with disabilities. For a conference that's all about how to save lives, it sounds like a great match. Here's more from an NFPA press release on the event, to be held at Chicago's McCormick Place:
The...
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First day at NFPA: SimplexGrinnell and Tyco split; Siemens guarantees no false alarms; and social media ROI
June 13, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
How the Tyco International split this fall will benefit SimplexGrinnell; Siemens' no-false-alarm guarantee; and how to maximize your ROI using social media are among things I learned about at my first day here at the annual NFPA Conference & Expo, being held in Las Vegas this week.
I started Tuesday morning at a pre-show reception where SimplexGrinnell president Bob Chauvin talked about Tyco International's pending split into three publicly traded companies Oct. 1. The new companies will be ADT North...
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...