The National Fire Protection Association on Tuesday launched AI-driven updates to its digital platform, NFPA LiNK, which provides access to the organization’s library of more than 300 codes and standards.
The upgrades will help facility managers keep buildings up to code, the organization said in a release.
“This new version … takes NFPA LiNK from being a reference tool to a career companion for professionals across the world,” Jim Pauley, president and CEO of NFPA, said in a statement. “It brings intelligence, accessibility, and speed to finding the latest codes and standards, helping people apply safety more effectively wherever they are.”
Enhancements include an AI assistant, called Codes and Standards Intelligence, or CASI, that allows users to submit a prompt or question and and find answers through interactive conversations, according to the organization.
“Users can trust the information they are getting” from CASI “because it’s grounded in official NFPA information and resources that define safety,” Pauley said.
“We’re moving toward an era where AI can assist with early risk assessments, basic consulting, and other prep work that often eats up valuable time by removing hours of searching, sorting, and background research,” Kyle Spencer, director of NFPA LiNK, said in an email. “Now is the time for skilled trade workers to start adopting AI, not as a replacement for their craft, but as a tool that helps them do more and stay competitive.”
The tool could make compliance easier.
In a post he published last year on the National Fire Sprinkler Association website, Vince Powers, an inspection test and maintenance specialist at the association, pointed to the NFPA 25 standard on water-based fire sprinkler systems as one that requires compliance with its latest version. “Most NFPA standards … contain a retroactivity clause, meaning systems are only required to comply with the standards in effect at the time of installation,” Powers wrote. “However, NFPA 25 does not include such a clause.”
That means a facility manager with an older fire sprinkler system would need to ensure the system meets the latest version of the standard.
Other changes in the update include an interactive and customizable notebook feature users can use to import images, insert code references, add text, create checklists and keep project-related work within the platform. A redesigned dashboard helps users organize information in a way that fits their workflow, NFPA said.
“Veteran workers grew up on physical codebooks, but the next generation grew up on the internet. The way kids learn has been through screens, and in 2026, our training systems need to match that,” Spencer said.
