The Host of Organizations of the U.S. Celebration of World Standards Day 2013 presents The U.S. Public-Private Standaization System: A Critical Tool for a Stron Economy and Nation Capitol Hill Event
Join us on Friday, June 7, 2013 at 11:30 am - 1:30 pm for a dialogue on the benefits of the U.S. public-private standardization system and how the consensus process can help in the development of solutions to public safety issues before Congress. This will be a widely attended event. Pre-registration is not required. Please direct inquiries to Scott Cooper. Please refer to flyer (PDF, 454 KB), which includes further details.
NFPA Attended the CFSI 25th Annual National Fires and Emergency Dinner and Seminars
On May 8-9, NFPA attended series of seminars focusing on issues that directly relate to the safety of first responders. Covering important topics such as interoperable communications, federal grant programs, health and safety and pending federal legislations. The National Fire and Emergency Services Dinner is an annual fundraiser event for CFSI. The Dinner marked the 25th occasion in which over 2,000 local, state and national leaders assembled together and from our nation’s highest ranking political leaders. This year’s keynote speaker was Vice President Joe Biden. The event was an unique opportunity to meet with Congressional leaders about fire service legislations. Also, created a broad spectrum of networking for public safety organizations and industries.
Resources from the Building Energy Code Program (BECP)
The BECP was funded in 1993 in response to the Energy Policy Act of 1992, which mandated that the Department of Energy (
DOE) participate in the model national codes development process and that DOE help states adopt and implement progressive energy codes. DOE had been active in the development of energy codes going all the way back to development of
ASHRAE Standard 90-75 under the auspices of the Energy Research and Development Administration (DOE's predecessor) but BECP represented the first time energy codes had been given their own program with its own mandates.
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