National Fire Protection Association

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National Fire Protection Association

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Member Since: 2001

Member Offices: Boston

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

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Member Since

2001

Member Offices

Boston

Videos

05 March 2008

Measuring Optimum and Code-Plus Design Criteria for the High Rise Environment

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...

Research

26 October 2015

Emerging Issues for Fire Safety in Tall Buildings: A view from the NFPA HRBSAC and FPRF

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...

Research

03 March 2008

Measuring Optimum and Code-Plus Design Criteria For the High Rise Environment

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...

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05 March 2008 | Dubai

Measuring Optimum and Code-Plus Design Criteria for the High Rise Environment

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...

05 March 2008 | Dubai

Measuring Optimum and Code-Plus Design Criteria for the High Rise Environment

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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Research

26 October 2015

Emerging Issues for Fire Safety in Tall Buildings: A view from the NFPA HRBSAC and FPRF

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...

03 March 2008

Measuring Optimum and Code-Plus Design Criteria For the High Rise Environment

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...

10 October 2004

Balancing Life Safety with the Historic Preservation of Tall Buildings

Milosh Puchovsky, NFPA

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...

20 October 2003

Qualitative Versus Quantitative Aspects of Performance-Based Regulations

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...

20 October 2003

Evacuation of the World Trade Center: What Went Right?

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...

20 October 2003

Fire Protection Engineering: Where are We Heading from Here? A Look at Present and Future Research Agendas in Tall Buildings

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...

20 October 2003

Hostile Acts as a Design Approach

Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association

The next decade will introduce a new generation of code specified criteria in building codes and life safety codes in the United States as well...

26 February 2001

Performance Code Requirements in the Tall Building Environment

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...

26 October 2015

Emerging Issues for Fire Safety in Tall Buildings: A view from the NFPA HRBSAC and FPRF

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...

03 March 2008

Measuring Optimum and Code-Plus Design Criteria For the High Rise Environment

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...

10 October 2004

Balancing Life Safety with the Historic Preservation of Tall Buildings

Milosh Puchovsky, NFPA

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...

20 October 2003

Qualitative Versus Quantitative Aspects of Performance-Based Regulations

Douglas Beller, NFPA International; Greg Foliente, CSIRO Building; Brian Meacham, Arup

20 October 2003

Evacuation of the World Trade Center: What Went Right?

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...

20 October 2003

Fire Protection Engineering: Where are We Heading from Here? A Look at Present and Future Research Agendas in Tall Buildings

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...

20 October 2003

Hostile Acts as a Design Approach

Robert Solomon, National Fire Protection Association

The next decade will introduce a new generation of code specified criteria in building codes and life safety codes in the United States as well...

26 February 2001

Performance Code Requirements in the Tall Building Environment

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.

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference Silver Sponsor

26–30 October 2015

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.

Ctbuh Leaders At National Fire Protection Association

CTBUH Working Group: Fire Performance of Façades, 2017 – Present

Kathleen Almand

Boston

CTBUH Annual Conference, Presenter, 2008

Robert Solomon

Boston