Greg Kessinger is SD&I’s fire alarm and codes expert and a regular contributor. Email him your fire & life safety questions at [email protected]. In the fire alarm industry, if someone mentions the ...

Put these in the truck for your technicians who inspect, install, or troubleshoot fire systems, and they will thank you for ...

Fire detection systems are designed to discover fires early in their development when time will still be available for the safe evacuation of occupants. Early detection also plays a significant role ...

For many fire departments false fire alarms have become a nuisance and have lead to changes in response policies due to the number of alarms. The response may limit the number of units on the initial ...

The problems with the fire alarms don't affect how they function when a fire is detected, but they affect who is notified when they need maintenance. The Wake County school board will spend an extra ...

In 2003, United States fire departments responded to 2,189,500 false alarms, excluding good intent and smoke scare calls. Everyday throughout the United States, fire departments respond to numerous ...

Even if you're not ready to take the plunge into fire alarm system design and installation just yet, you should still know the fundamentals in order to perform emergency work. This includes knowing ...

City inspection records for the Royal Suite Apartments, the site of a deadly Spenard fire early Wednesday morning, show that fire-code violations in recent years at the property had been addressed and ...

Video Dec 7, 2023 / 06:20 PM HST The Hawaii Department of Education said a number of schools are failing fire alarm inspections and with the fire systems continuing to age, it’s only making it harder ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Amid ongoing efforts to bolster safety at public schools, inspectors are finding more Hawaii campuses with inoperable fire alarms. Crews are making plans to get them ...