Today’s hospitals and specialized care facilities integrate a slew of building technologies to ensure all systems function as intended to provide state-of-the-art care for patients. Many of these ...

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 ...

There's no doubt that recent global events have created a greater awareness of life safety and security issues associated with commercial buildings, resulting in more low-voltage special systems being ...

Fire alarm cabling has become incrementally more complex over the years, in part driven by the trend toward mass notification, which is a factor of the fire alarm system. Mass notification — a one- or ...

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]. Most cities require fire alarm system plans to be ...

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 ...

Both the hearing and those who are hearing impaired must receive the same message, and it must be specific, consistent, certain, clear, and accurate. As stated in the 2007 edition of the National Fire ...

Group M (mercantile) retail spaces under 500 occupants on the ground floor do not independently require a fire alarm system, but their occupancy contributes to the total building load in mixed-use ...

Dublin, July 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "U.S. Fire Protection System Market Size, Share & Trends Analysis Report by Product (Fire Detection, Fire Analysis), Service (Installation & Design ...

TROY, NY, UNITED STATES, April 16, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Inspect Point, a leader in fire protection software, has acquired FireCAD, a premier CAD-based design ...

Reliable Fire Protection is a family-owned and operated business based in Houston, Texas, serving Memorial and the ...