21 Discontinuous Volumes of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

21 discontinuous volumes of National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). Volumes include A Study of Church Fires (No. FR 74-3, 1974); Refinery Tank Farms (FR 68-2, 1968); Occupancy Fire Record: Petroleum Bulk Plants (FR 68-1, 1968); Occupancy Fire Record: Motor Hotels (Motels) (FR 57-4A, 1968); Fire Journal, Volume 60, No. 1, January, 1966: Big Five in a Small Town--the Results; Occupancy Fire Record: Shopping Centers (FR 66-1, 1966); Occupancy Fire Record: Schools (FR 57-1A, 1965); Occupancy Fire Record: Churches (FR 56-4A, 1965); Occupancy Fire Record; Cotton Mills and Warehouses (FR 64-2, 1964); Occupancy Fire Record: Paper Mills (FR 64-1, 1964); Occupancy Fire Record: Hotels, Second Edition (FR 56-6A, 1964); Occupancy Fire Record: Electric Generating Plants, Second Edition, (FR 55-1A, 1964); Fire News: Aircraft Crash Fire Rescue, Rochester, New York, July 2, 1963 (FN 532-2, 1963); Occupancy Fire Record: Supermarkets, Second Edition (FR 54-2A, 1963); Occupancy Fire Record One- and Two-Family Dwellings (FR 56-2A, 1962); Occupancy Fire Record: Hospitals (FR 61-1, 1961); Occupancy Fire Record: Tank Vehicles (FR 61-2, 1961); Occupancy Fire Record: Libraries (FR 60-1, 1961); Occupancy Fire Record: Bowling Alleys, Second Edition, (FR 56-7A, 1961); Occupancy Fire Record: Retail Lumber Yards (FR 56-5, 1956); Occupancy Fire Record: Department Stores (FR 54-7, 1954). The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is a U.S.-based international nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating death, injury, property, and economic loss due to fire, electrical, and related hazards. In 1895, a Committee on Automatic Sprinkler Protection was formed in Massachusetts by men affiliated with several fire insurance companies and a pipe manufacturer to develop a uniform standard for the design and installation of fire sprinkler systems. At the time, there were nine such standards in effect within 100 miles (160 km) of Boston, Massachusetts, and such diversity was causing great difficulties for plumbers working in the New England region. The next year, the committee published its initial report on a uniform standard, and went on to form the NFPA in late 1896. The committee's initial report evolved into NFPA 13, Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems, the most widely used fire sprinkler standard. Around 1904, the NFPA began to expand its membership from affiliates of fire insurance companies to many other organizations and individuals, and also expanded its mission beyond promulgating fire sprinkler standards.