The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) and our members are devastated to learn of the Bronx apartment fire on January 8, 2022, that killed 19 people including nine children. This tragedy comes on the heels of last week’s row house fire in Philadelphia’s Fairmount section, in which twelve people died, including nine …
Read More »Sound the Alarm About Fire Safety
Support the Home Fire Preparedness Campaign to Promote Residential Fire Sprinklers The American Fire Sprinkler Association (AFSA) has partnered up with the American Red Cross again in 2019 to support their annual Home Fire Preparedness Campaign. Launched in 2014, the Red Cross’ Home Fire Preparedness campaign has installed more than …
Read More »NBC’s This is Us Sparks Conversation on Electrical Fire Protection
If you’ve watched TV anytime in the past year, it’s almost impossible to not have heard of the wildly popular show “This is Us.” If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an hour-long show that airs on NBC which chronicles the life of one family, the Pearsons, across the decades …
Read More »National Campus Fire Safety Month Turns 13
National Campus Fire Safety Month brings together schools and communities to teach college students about fire safety. This September, the initiative turns 13. Every September, education programs are held across the country to teach students about their role in fire safety – how to choose fire-safe housing, whether it is on- or off-campus; how to prevent a …
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