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What is a Fire Protection Engineer?
What You Can Do with a Degree in Fire Science In the fire safety and fire prevention world, the first thing that might pop into mind is a firefighter. When there is a health and safety hazard, like a fire, they’re the first responders we look to for help. But there is...
Understanding the NFPA Emergency Exit Door Requirements
NFPA Requirements for Exit Routes Of all the safety features a building has to offer, one of the most crucial is the exit route doors. Having a path of exit travel in emergency situations that employees or residents know and can rely on is the key to getting them out...
What is a Life Safety Inspection?
What Happens During the Fire Code Inspection Process? Every year, commercial buildings must receive inspection and testing in their facilities to make sure it meets the codes and standards of the Life Safety Code. This code is defined by the NFPA, in their Life Safety...
4 Tips for Running a Fire Protection Company
Keep Your Company on Track for Success Running a fire protection company isn’t for the faint of heart. Servicing fire suppression systems in residential properties and commercial properties is one of the most important jobs there is. If a fire alarm or fire sprinkler...
How to Create a Better Fire System Inspection Report
Making Your Fire System Inspection Reports the Best in the Business Inspecting fire protection systems and life safety systems are some of the most important work you can do. It requires highly trained professionals to perform incredibly demanding tasks. But how much...
Firefighting Foam & The Environment
In the news lately firefighting foam has been blamed for multiple instances of polluting various water sources around the US. San Jose, Newburgh, and Hartford are just to name a few. False discharges and unmonitored testing has led to a variety of environmental and...
How to Pick a Fire Inspection Company
How to Choose the Right Fire Protection Company for Your Annual Inspection Testing Passing your annual fire inspection is a mandatory part of building ownership. However, fire and life safety inspection services cover so much more than just checking fire sprinklers...
5 Ways Fire Inspection Software Can Streamline Your Business
Using Fire Protection Management Software to Make Your Life Easier For those of us in the fire inspection industry, we know that fire and life safety is an extremely important business. We also know that the job isn’t easy. We are busy managing projects, looking after...
Fire Department Inspections vs. Inspections from a Fire Safety Technician
Who Should Perform Your Annual Inspections? Fire can cause serious damage. That’s not surprising to anyone, but there are so many more hidden damages other than those caused by fires. Fire ruins your building’s infrastructure, it can cause smoke damage, and at worst,...
The History of the NFPA
How Fire Prevention and Safety Became the Standard in America In the world of Life and Fire Safety, the acronym NFPA is inescapable. The National Fire Protection Agency is an American trade association. The NFPA seeks to regulate and standardize how we protect...