NFPA is an international nonprofit membership organization founded in 1896 as the National Fire Protection Association.

Today, with 79,000 members from around the world and more than 80
national trade and professional organizations, the NFPA is the world's
leading advocate of fire prevention and is an authoritative source on
public safety.

In fact, NFPA's 300 safety codes and standards influence every building,
process, service, design and installation in the United States, as well as
many of those used in other countries.

NFPA encourages a broad participation in code development, with a
process driven by more than 6,000 volunteers from diverse professional
backgrounds who serve on 230 technical code- and
standard-development committees.