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]. Permits are required for any construction regulated by ...

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 ...

A small fire breaks out in a hospital's outpatient wing. Immediately, the fire alarm system kicks into action. The hospital engineering staff is alerted to the activated device location, the fire ...

This month’s reader questions focus on sprinkler alarms. As it turns out, there is a lot of confusion over which NFPA rule — 13 or 72 — applies. Why does my local fire inspector think the fire alarm ...

Inspect Point, the leading cloud-based fire protection software for the fire and life safety industry, today announced their integration with FireCAD, the CAD solution purpose-built for fire alarm ...

According to the most recent data from the U.S. Fire Administration, there were 110,000 non-residential fires in the country in 2023. They led to 1,200 injuries, 130 deaths, and over $3.16 billion in ...