The mission of the international nonprofit NFPA, established in 1896, is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.
The world's leading advocate of fire prevention and an authoritative source on public safety, NFPA develops, publishes, and disseminates more than 300 consensus codes and standards intended to minimize the possibility and effects of fire and other risks.
NFPA membership totals more than 70,000 individuals around the world.
Fields of Expertise
Fire Engineering; Non-Profit Org. / Assoc. / Gov't; Research Institute
Robert Solomon, NFPA discussed the Leadership in Life Safety Design (LLSD) model at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai. This is an initiative underway...
As the global urban landscape witnesses a resurgence of the skyscraper, NFPA and its affiliated Research Foundation, are exploring emerging safety challenges and solutions. The...
LLSD is one model that can be considered by developers, owners and the design community to measure the impact of providing some redundant system, feature...
Robert Solomon, NFPA discussed the Leadership in Life Safety Design (LLSD) model at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai. This is an initiative underway...
Robert Solomon, NFPA discussed the Leadership in Life Safety Design (LLSD) model at the CTBUH 8th World Congress in Dubai. This is an initiative underway...
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Kathleen Almand & Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association
As the global urban landscape witnesses a resurgence of the skyscraper, NFPA and its affiliated Research Foundation, are exploring emerging safety challenges and solutions. The...
Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association
LLSD is one model that can be considered by developers, owners and the design community to measure the impact of providing some redundant system, feature...
Balancing life safety with historic preservation goals in historic buildings presents unique challenges. These challenges are further compounded when the historic building is also a...
Douglas Beller, NFPA International; Greg Foliente, CSIRO Building; Brian Meacham, Arup
Performance-based codes distinguish themselves from their prescriptive counterparts by specifying objectives (or goals) and functional requirements (also, functional statements or objectives), which are qualitative, and...
Guylène Proulx, National Research Council Canada; Rita F. Fahy, National Fire Protection Association
The evacuation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was not the first evacuation of the 100-storey high towers. Partial and full evacuations...
Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association
The safety of occupants in the tall building environment has been a primary concern since multiple story buildings were advocated. As new structures “towered” to...
Robert E. Solomon & Brian Hagglund, National Fire Protection Association
The US code system is now moving to incorporate performance design options as an alternative to the long established, time tested, prescriptive design that has...
Kathleen Almand & Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association
As the global urban landscape witnesses a resurgence of the skyscraper, NFPA and its affiliated Research Foundation, are exploring emerging safety challenges and solutions. The...
Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association
LLSD is one model that can be considered by developers, owners and the design community to measure the impact of providing some redundant system, feature...
Balancing life safety with historic preservation goals in historic buildings presents unique challenges. These challenges are further compounded when the historic building is also a...
Douglas Beller, NFPA International; Greg Foliente, CSIRO Building; Brian Meacham, Arup
Performance-based codes distinguish themselves from their prescriptive counterparts by specifying objectives (or goals) and functional requirements (also, functional statements or objectives), which are qualitative, and...
Guylène Proulx, National Research Council Canada; Rita F. Fahy, National Fire Protection Association
The evacuation of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was not the first evacuation of the 100-storey high towers. Partial and full evacuations...
Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association
The safety of occupants in the tall building environment has been a primary concern since multiple story buildings were advocated. As new structures “towered” to...
Robert E. Solomon & Brian Hagglund, National Fire Protection Association
The US code system is now moving to incorporate performance design options as an alternative to the long established, time tested, prescriptive design that has...
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CTBUH Initiatives Involving National Fire Protection Association
CTBUH Façade Fire Performance Workshop at University of Sydney
29 October 2017
One day before the CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference, delegates convened at the University of Sydney facilities in Darlington for the Fire Performance of Façades workshop.
CTBUH Joins Chicago Seminar on Mass Timber Buildings
08 June 2017
CTBUH joined a CCHRB seminar on "The Heavy Timber High Rise: Building Tall with Wood in the 21st Century," focused on new applications of wood as a structural material.
After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.
NFPA Releases Tall-Building Action Plan Guide
12 March 2014
The National Fire Protection Association’s High-Rise Building Safety Advisory Committee has recently completed and published a new document.
CTBUH 2008 Dubai Conference Bronze Sponsor
03–05 March 2008
The Congress hosted presentations, seminars and workshops covering virtually every aspect of tall building development, with a particular emphasis on sustainability.
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