National Fire Protection Association

What it is

The National Fire Protection Association is a standards-development organization whose codes govern fire and life-safety practice in the United States, including alarm placement and, increasingly, lithium-ion battery storage and charging.

What it covers

NFPA 72 (National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code) for smoke and CO alarm placement, and public safety-education material on home fire hazards including e-bike and scooter battery charging.

How to verify

Standard numbers and scopes are listed on nfpa.org. The codes themselves are copyrighted and sold; free read-only access is offered through NFPA's own portal.

How SafeMama uses it

Named as the authority behind alarm-placement and battery-charging guidance on the garage zone. The practice is described in SafeMama's own words with the standard named as a fact and the public education page linked.

Limitations / conflicts

Redistribution is prohibited: NFPA codes are copyrighted and a substantial share of the organization's revenue comes from selling them. That makes verbatim quotation both a legal and an ethical non-starter here, and the compliance check flags any page that pairs an NFPA citation with a data table. Codes are also model documents — local adoption varies, so "per NFPA guidance" is not the same claim as "required by law here."