Power utilities are protecting adjacent assets from transformer fires by installing fire barriers based on separation distances specified in industry standards. Catastrophic transformer failure is the ...

Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today called on the organizations that develop building and fire safety codes, standards and practices—and the ...