During this holiday season the Klausbruckner and Associates team set out again to make a difference in the community of San Diego setting up a ‘Let’s do it caring bag drive’ for the homeless donating over 80 bags, each containing a sleeping bag and miscellaneous personal items, some of which were donated by other businesses supporting this drive Read more…
Klausbruckner & Associates is announcing the seminar “Introduction To Hazardous Materials” for March 22nd 2012 in Riverside, California. The material presented in the seminar is targeted towards Fire and Building Inspectors and Plan Checkers. Read more…
This holiday season the Klausbruckner and Associates team set out again to make a difference in the community of San Diego setting up a ‘Let’s do it caring bag drive’ for the homeless using the motto people helping people donating 50 bags, each containing a sleeping bag and miscellaneous personal items, some of which were donated by other businesses supporting this drive Read more…
General Dynamics NASSCO, designer and ship builder for the U.S. Navy, required an upgrade of their steelblasting and paint facility at their shipyard location in San Diego, California. During the planning and building phase Klausbruckner & Associates was contracted to provide expert fire and building code services on Navy’s largest new construction shipyard on the West Coast. Read more…
On July, 26, 2011, Elley Klausbruckner, Principal and Fire and Life Safety Code Consultant at Klausbruckner & Associates, was awarded the Fire Prevention Educator of the Year Award by the San Diego County Fire Chiefs Association, Fire Prevention Officers Section. This award is presented to individuals in recognition of their exceptional efforts in presenting fire prevention and safety education to fire departments and residents in Southern California. Read more…
Klausbruckner & Associates is announcing a “High-Piled Storage” seminar for September 22nd. This seminar provides an overview of the fire hazards associated with high-piled combustible storage and reviews the provisions in Chapter 23 of the 2010 Edition of the California Fire Code (CFC). Read more…
On April 19th 2011 Klausbruckner & Associates is presenting a seminar on “Flammable & Combustible Liquids, Containers & Portable Tanks”. Methods of storage, protection, and safety precautions are reviewed as they relate to Chapter 34 of the 2010 California Fire Code and International Fire Code. While this seminar is specific to flammable liquids in containers and portable tanks Read more…
Naval Base Point Loma began construction on a new state-of-the-art fuel storage facility at the Defense Fuel Support Point Point Loma in San Diego. During the planning phase Klausbruckner & Associates was contracted to provide expert fire and building code services on this Navy’s largest single fuel storage and handling facility. Read more…
Klausbruckner & Associates is announcing the final part of a three-part series on “High-Piled Storage” seminars. On December 9th, presented are methods of protecting rack storage, palletized storage, solid pile storage, and shelf storage of commodities. Included are recommendations on high-piled plan review procedures. Issues such as solid shelfing on racks and specific application including retail and wholesale protection options are discussed. Read more…
On November 4th 2010 Klausbruckner & Associates will be presenting a seminar on “Sprinkler Protection for Storage of Ordinary Combustibles NFPA 13 2010 Edition.” Changes between the 2002 and 2010 Editions of the standard will be addressed. This seminar will review in light of these changes basic knowledge, such as definitions of rack and palletized storage, to more complex topics, such as Read more…
The new layout of NFPA 13 may be beneficial for new users of the standard, but it can also create confusion and dismay for experienced users as they will have to search and relocate familiar regulations and determine how these new, sometimes reworded and reformatted [...]
In recent years, there has been a marked increase in the deployment of various types of battery technologies for use in Energy Storage Systems (ESS). Code enforcing bodies, such as local Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), are asked to successfully address risks associated with these new [...]
The newest edition of NFPA 13 will be adopted as early as 2022. However, the vast majority of states and jurisdictions will be adopting the new standard in January of 2023 with California being one of these states. In this article we will be focusing [...]
Fire code professionals, businesses and building owners are facing the dilemma on how to successfully address fire protection issues when working on distilleries and storage of distilled goods. NFPA Standards and Fire Codes provide only some of the answers. Despite a considerable number of fire [...]
The National Fire Protection Association is providing free online access to various NFPA codes and standards. The service, which is available to NFPA members and non-members, allows both PC and Mac users to access these documents electronically. (more…)
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) made their codes and standards accessible online to members of the fire service. This complimentary service is outlined in step-by-step instructions in the video shown in the following. (more…)
According to OSHA and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board1 over the last 35 years more than 450 accidents involving dust have killed nearly 130 workers and injured more than 800. Between the years of 2008 and 2012 alone, a total of 50 combustible dust accidents2 [...]
New layout of NFPA 13 may be beneficial for new users of the standard, but it can also create confusion and dismay for experienced users.
