While false alarms have been at the top of manufacturers’ list of concerns for decades, there’s been some increased focus on the issue in the industry of late. Onerous fire false alarm ...

Northford, CT – Fire-Lite Alarms, part of Honeywell’s Life Safety Group, has announced its 2008 schedule of more than 50 fire alarm systems training courses, offered free-of-charge throughout the ...

In the February 2024 issue, I introduced the what rules – the category of rules that tell us what to install in a building, typically segmented by occupancy classification and maximum allowable ...

Silent Knight by Honeywell has posted its training schedule for the first half of 2014, which includes a fire alarm introductory course and an advanced technical course to take place in nearly 20 U.S.

It’s automatic, ingrained in all of us since we started attending school. When we hear a fire alarm, we initiate an orderly evacuation. We usually assume it’s either due to a fire or a drill, without ...

Owensboro firefighters took part Thursday in a hands-on training designed to give them a deeper understanding of the fire alarm and suppression systems they encounter on calls.

Command teams at commercial building fires and multi-alarm incidents are critical for command success. In a previous column in this space, we discussed NFPA 1710: Standard for the Organization and ...

Over 100 volunteers from the Red Cross and local businesses for the Sound The Alarm campaign pounded the pavement Thursday, going door-to-door. "When a family lets us in we're providing in-home fire ...