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Jan 24, 2025 | 
tullahomanews.com | Brian Justice
The aviation-maintenance-technology facility at Winchester Municipal Airport was close to accommodating its first students, but a discrepancy in the application process led to it not meeting Federal Aviation Administration power-plant-program requirements, resulting in another delay. Jimmy Wright, president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Shelbyville which is managing the program, said on Jan.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
tullahomanews.com | Brian Justice
Sam Davidson may have defeated Chris Hawkersmith when the two were vying against each other for the vacant District 7, Seat A position in the Nov. 5 election, but the victor later came to his challenger’s aid by nominating him to fill a second vacancy, and the Franklin County Commission concurred. Davidson had just given his oath of office and was at his first meeting on Nov.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
heraldchronicle.com | John Coffelt |Brian Justice
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance and the Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office recently presented 19 area volunteer fire departments and rescue squads with more than $700,000 in grant money with nearly $230,000 of it going to Franklin County. The award announcement for the state’s Volunteer Firefighter Equipment and Training Grant Program was made on Oct. 18 at the Manchester Coffee County Conference Center.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
tullahomanews.com | Brian Justice
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
hfmmagazine.com | Michael McCann |Austin Wallace |Brian Justice
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) manages more than 300 codes and works with more than 250 technical committees in its codes and standards development process. Below is a list of NFPA committee happenings for the week of Oct. 21-25.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
hfmmagazine.com | Addie Abushousheh |Migette Kaup |Yolanda Keys |Brian Justice
Design practitioners are increasingly being asked to develop research questions related to their projects and to state design hypotheses associated with the concepts implemented in their designs. Architects, engineers and design professionals are asked to validate design concepts they propose with some form of evidence. Where can it be found?
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
hfmmagazine.com | Brian Justice |Erika Wilson |Jill E. Holdsworth |Russell Olmsted
Hospitals and other health care facilities face unique fire safety challenges and requirements. Unlike most commercial and industrial properties, hospitals need to be fully operational 24/7. This complicates smoke detector maintenance and testing, which must be conducted without disrupting patients and staff. That maintenance, however, is crucial for early detection and to prevent patient evacuations due to smoke or fire.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
hfmmagazine.com | Jamie Morgan |Brian Justice |JD Duigou
Technology seems to advance at an hourly pace these days, with generative artificial intelligence (AI) leading in explosive growth and adoption in the past year. Free and open-source tools such as ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot and Google’s Gemini (formerly named Bard) have shown how generative AI can be used for learning, content generation, coding and more, prompting many industries and organizations to examine how AI can best benefit their operations.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
hfmmagazine.com | Erik Martin |Brian Justice
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) manages more than 300 codes and works with more than 250 technical committees in its standards development process. Below is a list of NFPA codes and committee happenings for the week of Sept. 23-27Notice of intent to make a motionSecond drafts for the following standards are open for public stakeholders to make a notice of intent to make a motion (NITMAM) until Oct. 31.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
hfmmagazine.com | Erik Martin |Brian Justice
Houston Methodist Hospital invested in a cogeneration heating and power system in 2011 to serve its expanded facility. Health care organizations are continually innovating around sustainability and cost savings, and it’s easy to focus on the latest technology and engineering that drives those initiatives. In contrast, enduring achievements that may not be new or groundbreaking but continue to function with elevated levels of reliability and productivity can be taken for granted.
