--- title: LMCT News | firestopping description: firestopping | --- [![LMCT Mechanical Insulators logo](https://lmct.insulators.org/hubfs/LMCT%20Twenty/_assets/logos/lmct-logo-full-color.svg "LMCT Mechanical Insulators logo")](https://lmct.insulators.org/) [Our Industry](https://lmct.insulators.org/our-industry) [Industrial/Commercial Mechanical Insulation](https://lmct.insulators.org/industrial-commercial-mechanical-insulation) [Asbestos Abatement](https://lmct.insulators.org/asbestos-abatement) [Firestop and Smokeseal](https://lmct.insulators.org/firestop-and-smokeseal) [Mechanical Insulation Evaluations](https://lmct.insulators.org/mechanical-insulation-evaluation) [Mechanical Insulation Energy Audits](https://lmct.insulators.org/mechanical-insulation-energy-audits) [Science of Insulation](https://lmct.insulators.org/science-of-insulation) [Contractors](https://lmct.insulators.org/contractors) [Political Activism](https://lmct.insulators.org/political-activism) [U.S. Federal Issues](https://lmct.insulators.org/us-federal-issues) [Federal Mechanical Insulation Act](https://lmct.insulators.org/fmia) [U.S. State Issues](https://lmct.insulators.org/us-state-issues) [Canada Federal Issues](https://lmct.insulators.org/canada-federal-issues) [About](https://lmct.insulators.org/about) [About LMCT](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-lmct) [About Insulators Union](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-insulators-union) [About Apprenticeship Training](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-apprenticeship-training) [About Contractor Association](https://lmct.insulators.org/about-contractor-association) [Women in the Industry](https://lmct.insulators.org/women-in-the-industry) [Mental Health Awareness](https://lmct.insulators.org/mental-health-awareness) [Media Gallery](https://lmct.insulators.org/media-gallery) [Downloadable Resources](https://lmct.insulators.org/downloadable-lmct-materials) [News](https://lmct.insulators.org/news) [Contact](https://lmct.insulators.org/contact) # Mechanical Insulation Industry News News About Our Industry ## Labor Management Cooperative Trust News --- Posts about ### firestopping --- May 15, 2023 ### [South Bend, Indiana, Local 75 tackles the Firestop Market](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/south-bend-indiana-local-75-tackles-the-firestop-market) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Mechanical Insulators Local 75 in South Bend, Ind., hosted the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust Firestop Market Recovery Program from May 8 to 11.  [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/south-bend-indiana-local-75-tackles-the-firestop-market) March 24, 2023 ### [Local 6 hosts first Firestopping Market Recovery class of 2023](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/local-6-hosts-first-firestopping-market-recovery-class-of-2023) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust, made his monthly appearance on the America's Work Force Union Podcast and talked about the LMCT’s first Firestop Market Recovery Program held in 2023. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/local-6-hosts-first-firestopping-market-recovery-class-of-2023) March 22, 2023 ### [LMCT conducts Firestop Market Recovery Program](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-conducts-firestop-market-recovery-program) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *Insulators Local 6 Spearheads Firestop Market Recovery Sessions* Insulators Local 6 hosted the Mechanical Insulator’s Firestop Market Recovery Program in early March in Boston. Local 6 signatory contractors and from the New York/New England States Conference participated in the program, which ran from March 7 to March 10. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-conducts-firestop-market-recovery-program) December 28, 2022 ### [Expect reintroduction of Federal Mechanical Insulation Act in 2023](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/expect-reintroduction-of-federal-mechanical-insulation-act-in-2023) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Executive Director Pete Ielmini made his regular guest appearance on the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the future of the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act.  [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/expect-reintroduction-of-federal-mechanical-insulation-act-in-2023) July 19, 2022 ### [Insulators LMCT Conducts Successful Firestop Market Recovery Program](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/insulators-lmct-conducts-successful-firestop-market-recovery-program) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The Mechanical Insulators LMCT recently completed a successful Firestop Market Recovery Program. The LMCT Firestop Market Recovery Program is designed to bring together union leadership and contractors to gain market share and increase manhours in the growing firestopping and smoke seal sector.   [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/insulators-lmct-conducts-successful-firestop-market-recovery-program) January 28, 2022 ### [A New York City tragedy: the deadly consequences of ignoring firestop](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-and-building-action-host-mechanical-insulation-webinar-0-1) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) On Jan. 9, fire broke out in a third floor apartment at a 17-story high rise in the Bronx. Before long, thick smoke rose through the tower and filled all 17 floors, killing 17 people, including eight children. It was New York City’s deadliest blaze in three decades. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/lmct-and-building-action-host-mechanical-insulation-webinar-0-1) January 27, 2022 ### [Missing firestop measures cause senseless deaths in New York tragedy](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/missing-firestop-measures-cause-senseless-deaths-in-new-york-tragedy) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) New York City’s deadliest blaze in three decades broke out on Jan. 9 in a 17-story high-rise in the Bronx.  [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/missing-firestop-measures-cause-senseless-deaths-in-new-york-tragedy) January 14, 2022 ### [Firestop and the Deadly January New York City Fire](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/firestop-and-the-deadly-january-new-york-city-fire) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Millions of Americans live and work in buildings where a fire could result in a terrible tragedy. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Fire Protection Handbook, nearly six in 10 people killed in fires are located in a room where the fire did not originate. This disturbing statistic from the NFPA reveals the need to limit the spread of fire and smoke, as it speaks to the importance of firewall safety, specifically firestop. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/firestop-and-the-deadly-january-new-york-city-fire) August 31, 2021 ### [Ielmini discusses the importance of firestop safety measures](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/ielmini-discusses-the-importance-of-firestop-safety-measures) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) According to the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook, nearly six in 10 people killed in fires are not in the room where the fire originally started. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/ielmini-discusses-the-importance-of-firestop-safety-measures) March 3, 2021 ### [Mechanical Insulators LMCT discusses firestopping and smoke seal on labor podcast](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/mechanical-insulators-lmct-discusses-firestopping-and-smoke-seal-on-labor-podcast) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Firestopping and smoke seal is one of the important trades that falls under the umbrella of the Insulators Union and, Mechanical Insulators LMCT Trustee Tom Dake II recently discussed firestopping and smoke seal on a national, labor-focused podcast. [Read More](https://lmct.insulators.org/news/mechanical-insulators-lmct-discusses-firestopping-and-smoke-seal-on-labor-podcast) ## Find an LMCT Contractor Our signatory contractors uphold a high standard of quality of work and pay for their employers to receive industry-leading instruction through a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program. 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