The inspection process for fire sprinklers in Massachusetts relies on a haphazard honor system that can fail the very people it’s meant to protect. A MassLive investigation following the July fatal ...

Five days before a fatal blaze ripped through Gabriel House, a fire safety contractor alerted the building owner his sprinkler system had not undergone the state-mandated five-year inspection, ...

HERE WITH THE WARNING THAT CAME JUST DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE. MIKE MARIA. SOURCES TELL US THE OWNER OF THE ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE HAD BEEN WARNED THAT HE NEEDED TO GET A THOROUGH INTERNAL ASSESSMENT ...

The owner of Gabriel House and the company that inspected its fire safety system are trading lawsuits in court over defective ...

While it may be considered by some as a tedious and necessary evil, fire protection systems require and deserve a specific amount of inspection, testing and maintenance regimens to help ensure ...

Maintaining healthy fire protection systems is not always top of mind for building owners or their designated facility managers – that is, until their system fails, costing them precious time, money ...