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Fire Protection Research Foundation Hosts Annual Suppression & Detection Conference Highlighting Research in Energy Storage Systems, Special Suppression Applications, Storage Applications, & Foam

National Fire Protection Association

Close your eyes and take a minute to count all the devices which have batteries in the room you are currently occupying. These are all devices that store energy in one way or another. If you are in a commercial office, would the fire protection system be designed to protect against such hazards? Think about where you are.

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Hot Work: More than Welding, Cutting, and Burning

National Fire Protection Association

NFPA Senior Chemical Engineer Matthew Barker also contributed to this blog. Hot work continues to be one of the most significant industrial hazards facing the world. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has found that hot work is one of the most common causes of worker death among incidents that it investigates.

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NFPA and IBC Occupancy Classifications when Hazardous Materials are Present

National Fire Protection Association

Hazardous materials are those chemicals or substances that are classified as a physical hazard material or a health hazard material (see this blog for more information). There's often some confusion around what the appropriate occupancy classification is when hazardous materials are present.

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A Better Understanding of NFPA 70E: Part IV – Two Types of Exposure to Electricity Fatalities

National Fire Protection Association

However, you may remember from reading last month’s blog that powerlines and transformers account for over half of all electrical fatalities. Electric shock has been recognized as a hazard for over 100 years and arc-flash has been for over 40 years. Whether it is justified or not, the exposure could be due to an assigned task.

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The Hazard of Mixing Chemicals

National Fire Protection Association

We have all heard there are chemicals that we cannot mix together. It all started when a waste company began pumping sludge out of a local plant. Learn more about clean agent fire suppression systems in this blog.) Water-reactive materials, which are typified in Annex A.3.3.56

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NPU vs. GPU

Pure Storage

NPU vs. GPU by Pure Storage Blog Today, hardware and software applications of AI have advanced to become purpose-built to optimize artificial intelligence and neural network operations. GPUs can be integrated or dedicated , depending on the parallel processing needs required by an application. What is a GPU?

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NPU vs. GPU

Pure Storage

NPU vs. GPU by Pure Storage Blog Today, hardware and software applications of AI have advanced to become purpose-built to optimize artificial intelligence and neural network operations. GPUs can be integrated or dedicated , depending on the parallel processing needs required by an application. What is a GPU?