The fire alarm industry is full of rules. I’ve previously explained each of the six categories of rules, which apply, respectively, to manufacturers, what to install, how to install, to individuals, ...

COLUMBIA — The Ash Street Place Apartments on North Stadium Boulevard, where a fire Tuesday caused an estimated $450,000 in damage, is one of 55 apartment buildings in Columbia lacking manual alarms, ...

A Huntington Woods Department of Public Works employee died Friday evening (March 13) after being pinned under a tree limb. The city identified the employee as Doug Chmiel. Read full article: Detroit ...

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 ...

WHEATON, Mo. (AP) - The company that manages a southwest Missouri apartment building where five people died on Thanksgiving Day had disabled the manual fire alarms in the building about a decade ago, ...

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 ...

Fasano believes it is an unnecessary expense for single and two-story condo buildings to pay up to $8,000 a unit to have manual fire alarms installed when they buildings have exterior exits in place.

Business fires cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damages every year, making this one of the most important safety issues for business owners and office or facility managers to address.

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 ...

WHEATON, Mo. (AP) - The company that manages a southwest Missouri apartment building where five people died in a Thanksgiving Day fire had disabled the manual fire alarms in the building about 10 ...