The Nome Nugget

Fire Underwriters
Publish Revised
Prevention Code

NEW YORK The National Board of Fire Underwriters has announced publication of its newly-revised model Fire Prevention Code.

Safety engineers and fire protection authorities have declared it to be one of the most important codes a city can adopt. They point out that it provides the necessary safeguards a community must take to protect life and property from the hazards of flammable and explosive substances and the many occupancy hazards found in every modern community.

Helps Fire Departments

The board pointed out that municipal fire departments are in a position to render further valuable service to their community in fire prevention activities, but to be effective in this activity they need the backing of a suitable fire prevention code. "Few cities are in a position to prepare a code of this nature, so that a suitable model fire prevention code is the answer to their needs." the board declared.

Everett W. Fowler, director of NBFU's division of codes and standards, who supervised the compilation of the code, urged every city which does not have a comprehensive up-to-date fire prevention code to adopt this new one. He suggested those that have an earlier edition of the code to replace it with the new one.

"The uniformity which would result from such widespread use of the new code would benefit everyone concerned," he said.

Free Copies Available

Copies of the new Fire Prevention Code may be obtained free by persons having an interest in the code as well as by committees considering local codes.

Copies will be supplied on request to the board at 465 California St., San Francisco 4, Calif.

The National Board of Fire Underwriters furnishes sufficient free copies to any municipality adopting the code to care for their official needs and supplies additional copies in such quantity as may be desired at a price less than the cost of publication.