Consulting-Specifying Engineer most-viewed fire and life safety articles in 2023

Read the best articles about fire and life safety including fire pump electrical design, medical gas storage and NFPA 101 changes.

By Chris Vavra August 28, 2023
Courtesy: Affiliated Engineers Inc.

Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s top 5 articles online about fire and life safety included stories on fire pump electrical design, medical gas storage and NFPA 101 changes.

1. Back to basics: Fire pump electrical design guide

This quick reference offers a guide for fire pump electrical design

2. Back to basics: Medical gas storage under NFPA 99

This covers the basics of medical gas storage and the requirements for health care spaces detailed in NFPA 99

3. A guide to upcoming changes in the 2024 edition of NFPA 101

Important changes in the 2024 edition of NFPA 101 include modular rooms, portable fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detection and alternative care sites.

4. NFPA 13 performance-based design solutions

This article will discuss two types of designs for fire and life safety systems: prescriptive and performance-based design.

5. Assembly occupancy fires that wrote NFPA 101

Learn about some of the historic fires that helped formulate NFPA 101: Life Safety Code


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is senior editor for WTWH Media LLC.