Nearly 7,000 farmed animal housing fires occur each year in the United States.
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) – “The Authority on Fire, Electrical & Building Safety” – is considering an amendment that would require all newly-constructed animal housing facilities to be equipped with sprinklers and smoke control systems. This amendment is opposed by the agribusiness lobby. They’d rather let their animals burn to death than waste money on mercy.
Please sign Change.org Petition to the National Fire Protection Association! http://www.upc-online.org/welfare/140210nfpa_petition.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/martha-rosenberg/tragic-livestock-fires_b_4874398.html
The NFPA is inviting written public comment.
Submission Deadlines:
The closing date for paper submittals is 4/11/2014 and the closing date for online submittals is 5/16/2014.
Address paper submittals to :
Linda Fuller, Recording Secretary for Standards Council
National Fire Protection Association
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02169
Tel: 617-770-3000 Fax: 617-770-0700
Website: www.nfpa.org
To submit your comment online, go to:
www.nfpa.org/150next
