The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted on a federal level in 1990 to ensure equal access to public spaces for individuals with disabilities. International Building Code (IBC) also...
The cities of Las Vegas and Henderson adopted the 2021 International Building Code (IBC) and International Fire Code (IFC) which went into effect on March 23. However, the jurisdiction of...
by Randy Day, PE Many fire protection engineers are tasked with designing and specifying sprinkler and fire alarm systems, but not many have dealt with seismic design. Seismic bracing is required...
Boiling it down to its most fundamental concept, fire modeling is approximating reality. Similar to building a model of a boat or car, fire modeling simulates reality in another form....
The North Las Vegas Fire Department has a highly trained arson investigator on its team who nose how to sniff out intentionally set fires. Relying on good old-fashioned detective work...
By Randy Day, PE As design professionals in the fire safety industry, we implement codes and standards that, among other things, are designed to keep occupants as safe as possible until...
The primary objective of a fire protection report is to establish both prescriptive code requirements and any performance-based design approaches associated with a building or remodel. A fire protection report...
A look at the hazards commonly found in marijuana facilities and the codes and regulations necessary to safeguard the industry’s employees and facilities from them....
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has recently made significant moves to the aviation industry’s ground game. Last fall NFPA’s Technical Committee on Airport Facilities voted to approve groundbreaking changes...