Of all the safety features in a building, exit doors–AKA the means of egress–are one of the most crucial. Having a path of exit travel that employees or residents know and can rely on is key to getting them out safely in a fire. The point of NFPA requirements for exit...
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 standards of the Life Safety Code. This code is defined by the NFPA in NFPA 101. If you’re unsure...
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...
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...
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...
For those of us in the fire protection and inspection industry, we know fire and life safety is an extremely important business. We also know the job isn’t easy. We’re busy managing projects, looking after our team members, and staying up-to-date with knowledge of...
Fire can cause serious damage. It ruins your building’s infrastructure, can cause smoke damage, and at worst, can result in serious injury or death. That’s not a secret, but there are many hidden damages to buildings and facilities that result from structure fires and...
How Fire Prevention and Safety Became the Standard in America In the world of fire and life safety, the acronym NFPA is inescapable. The National Fire Protection Agency is an American a 501(3)(c) not-for-profit corporation that seeks to regulate and standardize how we...
Why a Fire Pump Test is Vital to Any Fire Protection System A building’s fire pump system is one of the most important parts of its fire protection system. In the worst situations, we turn to a building’s fire pump system to keep water flowing where we need it. It’s...
What Does it Mean to Be in the Fire Sciences? When most people think about fire and life safety, they think about the extremes: house fires, alarms blaring, lights and sirens, and firefighters. What people tend not to think about is what comes before we get to that...
How We Get Water Where We Need It You’ve got fire hydrants on your street, you see dogs relieve themselves on them in cartoons (or in real life). Maybe you might even be unlucky enough to have gotten a ticket for parking in front of one (and there’s a great reason why...
We know that the jobs we perform are important. What we do on the job may seem tedious, but that’s how we know we’re doing the job correctly. While a technician might not have the most exciting day-to-day jobs, we can take solace in the fact that we’re keeping people...