Until recently, standard fire detectors relied on a single sensor to detect the presence of heat or smoke to determine if there was a nearby fire. As many homeowners and facility managers can attest, ...

Detection of a fire can include heat detection, smoke detection, infrared detection, and gas detection equipment. There are several types of fire alarm systems and remote monitoring services available ...

Fire Control Instruments (FCI), a part of Honeywell Fire Solutions Group, is utilizing high-speed networking and fiber optic communications, combined with intelligence and high reliability to produce ...

Do you know that in 2017, almost 100,000 age-standardized deaths occurred globally from heat, fire, and hot substances? Governments worldwide are trying to lessen this staggering number by reducing ...

A fire detection and alarm system must be installed and maintained correctly by experienced personnel. This is where ISO has stepped in, with its new international ISO 7240-14:2013 standard on the ...

ATLANTA — Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Protect Alarms Security Systems, a specialist in security systems, fire detection, alarms and monitoring based in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Pye-Barker ...

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 ...

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 ...

Article 760 covers the installation of wiring and equipment for fire alarm systems. Residential smoke alarm systems, including interconnecting wiring, are not covered by Art. 760 because they are not ...

False/nuisance alarms continue to be a thorn in the sides of university, school and hospital protection professionals. Whether false/nuisance alarms are caused by burned popcorn, shower steam, lack of ...

Fire safety in residential properties is not merely a rule or requirement, but rather a protective measure in the context of ...