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Facilities Net - Loren Snyder, December 2010

Green Building Design Can Pose Fire Safety Challenges

"If asked which organizations might be responsible for calling attention to fire- and life-safety concerns, most facility managers might think of the National Fire Protection Association or the International Code Council. Few, even when pressed, would answer by naming retailing giant Target. But it seems that's just what's happening..."

Green Design Solutions and Materials May Be Fire Hazards

"Green designs also are increasingly introducing unconventional solutions to traditional building problems...."

Environmental Building News
Making Green Buildings Safe for Firefighters

"Green buildings may present special challenges for firefighters because of new technologies, building materials, and building techniques. That’s the concern Fire Safety and Green Buildings—Bridging the Gap, a new website at www.GreenBuildingFireSafety.org developed by the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM); a handbook on the topic has also been released..."

Do LEED-Certified Green Buildings Protect Human Health?

As the movement accelerates to build more green buildings, it is important to make sure other issues, such as the health and safety of the occupants, is not something that falls to the wayside.  This is outlined in this article, but it is also important to keep in mind issues such as the impact on fire safety from using different or recycled materials with potentially unknown combustibility characteristics. What type of off-gassing occurs during normal use?  What about when it burns - how fast will it burn and what type of toxicity makeup is the smoke?  It is important to make sure that these safety issues, and so much more, are still kept in mind.

Solar fire raises questions about panel safety.
Building codes leave firefighters unable to fully kill power - by Eric Wolff, North County Times

Green Construction and Fire Protection by Dominick G. Kasmauskas, CFPS

NFSA Green Committee and LEED® - The NFSA moves forward to bring Green tools to its members!

By Dominick G. Kasmauskas CFPS,
NFSA NY Regional Manager and NFSA Green Committee Secretary

"It's Not Easy Being Green" - NFPA Journal November/December 2009

A young fire protection engineer is divided by her passion for the environment and her commitment to fire safety.

"Where The Green Things Are" - NFPA Journal November/December 2009

Home to gardens, photovoltaic arrays, wind turbines, and more, rooftops increasingly host some of the most popular innovations of the green movement. And that’s what concerns the fire service and the code community.

How a Hybrid Is Like Fire Safety - Campus Firewatch

There are some distinct parallels between raising awareness of fire safety and the concern over the environment. There are some lessons we can learn about how the environmentalists managed to create such awareness.

April 6th 2010 Press Release Announcing our project's website.