NFPA Calls for Immediate Meeting of Code Writers to Address Concerns
The nonprofit NFPA(National Fire Protection Association) today called upon its Technical Committee on Assembly Occupancies to convene in Quincy, MA for an immediate review of the safety issues relevant in public assembly buildings. The meeting of the 30-person committee will be held as soon as possible.
At issue are several core components of a total system of building safety
that have come to light following two deadly nightclub incidents. The first
was in Chicago, in which 21 patrons were killed in a crowd crush on February
17. The second incident occurred on February 20 when a fast-spreading
fire in a West Warwick, RI nightclub killed 97 occupants.