The National Fire Protection Association, Inc. (NFPA) of USA and the Fire & Security Association of India will be signing a historic MOU at INTERSEC, Dubai on January 19, 2016. This MOU will set in place an agreement for both organisations to work cooperatively to reduce the impact of fires and related hazards through the development of educational events, industry guidance documents and publications as well as advocacy on behalf of NFPA’s consensus codes and standards.
The MOU encourages NFPA and FSAI to work cooperatively to conduct forums such as conferences, seminars and workshops for their members and others. The subjects for these events could include, but are not limited to codes and standards, regulatory compliance, emerging technology and best practices relating to the prevention and management of fire and related hazards.
The National Fire Protection Association is a United States trade association, with some international members, that creates and maintains private, copyrighted, standards and codes for usage and adoption by local governments. This includes publications from model building codes to the many on equipment utilized by firefighters while engaging in hazardous material (hazmat) response, rescue response, and some firefighting.
FIRE & SECURITY ASSOCIATION OF INDIA (FSAI) is a non-profit organization representing the Fire Protection, Life Safety, Security, Building Automation, Loss Prevention and Risk Management domains.FSAI aims to work closely with the Government and all other stakeholders to enable the Indian fire and security industry to reach global pre-eminence with better regulatory framework
