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one on hot work and one on site safety in general. (See a list of
conference series event sessions on this page.)
" I'm really proud of the latest edition of the standard, " said
Bruce Campbell, a fire protection engineer and vice president at Jensen Hughes, who serves as the chair of the NFPA
241 technical committee. " I think people are really going to
embrace it, and I hope it's a big help. "

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Like Carr, Campbell said many AHJs don't enforce NFPA
241 because they don't know much about it. But awareness
isn't the only issue. Some building owners and construction
contractors fear the standard could hinder construction by
making it slower or more complicated to complete, Campbell
said.
" They may look at it as something that would restrict
them or be too difficult to enforce, " he said. " But they need to
start looking at it holistically and learn how to use it to their
advantage. Nobody wants to have a large fire. "
Fear of higher construction costs is another factor that
impedes NFPA 241 use, said Dave Chandler, vice president of
environmental health, safety, and quality at Maryland-based
Davis Construction. " But people need to understand that
the requirements outlined in NFPA 241 are there for good
reason, " he said. " I think they need to learn more about the
standard and that standards evolve for a reason. Investing
properly in safety minimizes the risk of catastrophes and loss
of life. "
The direct property losses from the roughly 6,500 fires
that occur in buildings under construction or renovation in
the US alone each year totals over $400 million, according
to the most recent NFPA data. Costly construction site blazes
occur with regularity outside the US, too. In January, a fire
at a facility being built for COVID-19 vaccine production in
India killed five people and caused an estimated $130 million
in losses.
The 2022 edition of NFPA 241 includes several changes
designed to make it easier for the standard to be implemented and reduce some of these fears. One major change
allows for sprinkler systems temporarily installed in buildings under construction to not comply with NFPA codes and
standards-namely, NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of
Sprinkler Systems.
" The change gives us a good way of getting a sprinkler
system in service quickly, " Campbell said. " Even if it may not
be completely compliant with NFPA 13, it's still there and can
potentially make a difference in these fires. "
In July 2020, the National Fire Sprinkler Association
(NFSA) published an article that acknowledged the issue
with NFPA 241's past NFPA 13 compliance requirement.
" NFPA 241 defers installation issues to NFPA 13, even though
many NFPA 13 requirements cannot be met until the late
stages of construction or in a completed, functioning building with a certificate of occupancy, " NFSA wrote. At the same
time, however, NFSA raised the question of whether non-
NFPA 13 compliant systems can be fully trusted.

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Fire safety involving buildings under construction will
be one of the topics covered at " The Big Wide World
of Building and Life Safety, " a daylong collection of
virtual educational presentations and discussions
scheduled for June 22-the second installment of
NFPA's 125th Anniversary Conference Series. The
conference series will include 10 daylong events
over the next year, covering a wide range of safety
topics. The building and life safety event will feature
nine sessions, including two related to construction
site fire safety, followed by a roundtable discussion.
Sessions include:
Fire and Life Safety Hazards in Cannabis Cultivation
and Processing Facilities
Kristin Bigda and Val Ziavras, NFPA
Understanding Key Changes to the 2021 Edition of
NFPA 99 Brian O'Connor, NFPA
Understanding Key Changes to the 2021 Edition of
NFPA 101 Kristin Bigda, NFPA
NFPA 915 and Remote Inspections: Where They Are
Today and Where They May Go Terry Victor, Johnson
Controls, and Jim Muir, Clark County (Washington)
Building Safety Division
Keeping Your Jobsite Safe from the Risks of Fire
Val Ziavras and Kevin Carr, NFPA
3D-Printed Building Construction: Evaluating this
Cutting-Edge Construction Method
Bob James, UL
Hot Work: A Hot Issue for Workers, Enforcers, and
Consumers Laura Moreno and Marty Ahrens, NFPA
Revamping Your Fire Door and Opening Protectives
ITM Program Shawn Mahoney and Jen Sisco, NFPA
Applying the NFPA Fire & Life Safety Ecosystem to
Health Care Jennifer O'Connell, Vanguard Resources

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