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The National Model Fire Prevention Code: who's going to write it?

M Seaton
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The user-friendly and vastly improved NFPA 1, Fire Prevention Code, is the best fire prevention code out there. Here's how NFPA worked toward consensus on the document, and why it's getting rave reviews from fire marshals and inspectors nationwide.

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M Seaton. The National Model Fire Prevention Code: who's going to write it?. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10154204/

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