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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

D-Tools and FireCAD, powered by Inspect Point, have announced a forthcoming integration aimed at closing the gap between fire alarm system design and project management workflows. The integration will ...

ATLANTA — Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Systems Design Group, which specializes in security alarms, access control, fire detection and monitoring. Located in Flemington, New Jersey, between ...

Having a fire alarm in your garage is important, especially if your home has an attached garage or a garage near rooms where people sleep. Fires can spread quickly, and by the time a garage fire ...