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PMG Signs MOU with CPSE, AFSA and NFSA to Enhance Fire Safety |
The 2009 International Residential Code provides a provision that requires newly constructed one- and two-family houses to include the installation of life-saving fire sprinkler systems, designed to dramatically reduce the number of injuries and deaths in the home caused by fires. To address the huge upswing in demand for professionals who are accredited to install residential fire sprinkler systems driven by these new regulations, The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE), the International Code Council (ICC), the National Fire Sprinkler Association (NFSA), and the American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding during Fire Rescue International in Chicago, Illinois on August 27, to jointly advance and promote the mutual interest of fire protection safety and accreditation. The Code Council will work with these respected leaders in fire protection safety and accreditation to advance and promote mutual goals, all of which are focused on personal safety. The ultimate goal of the MOU will be to work towards a complete and professional dwelling fire sprinkler industry through the development of codes and standards, proper design, certification, education and accreditation. Pictured at the signing cermony are, from left, NFSA Vice President of Regional Operations Buddy Dewar; CPSE Board President Randy Bruegman; AFSA Executive Vice President and Vice President of Marketing & Communications Janet Knowles; and Code Council Plumbing, Mechanical and Fuel Gas Group Executive Director Jay Peters. Click to continue. |
World Toilet Summit Addresses Overseas Sanitation Market |
While the "World Toilet Summit" may sound like a conference of plumbing and fixtures suppliers, the reality is that it is a high-level event where world leaders in water, health and sanitation meet to share insights, learn and network about solutions and opportunities to both reap huge business profits and help solve the global sanitation crisis that affects 40 percent of the world's population. |
WateReuse Association Initiates Major Awareness Effort |
At their 25th Annual WateReuse Symposium held last month, the WateReuse Association unveiled a comprehensive website and announced a major communications initiative designed to promote education, understanding and acceptance of water reuse and desalination among the general public and non-industry audiences. The new site, www.athirstyplanet.com, will offer comprehensive information on water reuse and desalination, including background information, frequently asked questions and educational tools on the "water cycle" that can be utilized by anyone wishing to help to educate others about ways to reuse water. Since many of the water reuse examples referenced on this site and supported by the Association are provisions found in the Code Council's International Green Construction Code Public Version 1.0, both organizations' independent efforts towards dramatically reduced water consumption and encouraging reuse as much as possible dovetail perfectly. The WateReuse Association is an international organization with the mission "to advance the beneficial and efficient use of water resources through education, sound science, and technology." The Association's membership consists of water and public agencies, as well as various levels of government agencies. WateReuse is involved in national advocacy, public education and outreach, and water reuse and desalination research. Visit www.watereuse.org for more information. |
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