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...
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...
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...
How Much Do Fire Safety Inspections Really Cost You? In 2017, fires were the cause of an estimated 23 billion dollars in property damage. Damage not caused by wildfires falls to 10 billion, but with a price tag that large, the difference hardly matters. Fires can be...
How to Know Your Fire Safety Inspection Technicians Perform Perfectly No matter what your job is, or how important it is, there is always something lost due to human error. That’s why it’s especially crucial for those of us in the fire safety inspection industry to...
Codes and Standards from the NFPA The NFPA 101 document for Life Safety Codes is extremely comprehensive at almost 1,000 pages long. While it’s hard to say there can ever be too much information on fire codes and workplace safety, it’s hard to imagine anyone has the...
The Fire Science Programs Keeping America Safe In the old days, the only real requirement to become a firefighter was a high school diploma. But just like everything else, getting a college education is a serious leg up in a competitive world. And in this industry, a...
The history of fire protection goes way back. From the advent of the Parmelee / Grinnell sprinkler to the introduction of the first fire alarm panel in the 1800’s by Farmer & Channing, fire protection has had various sectors of growth over the years....
The Importance of Fire Safety Equipment Inspections The main goal of the fire and life safety industry is to protect human beings from potentially hazardous or life-threatening situations. How do inspections aid in this unassuming heroic act? Well, for starters, every...
A Fire Protection and Safety Equipment History Lesson In 1812, Sir William Congreve installed the first water sprinkler system in the Theatre Royal. It had been the first one installed anywhere in the world. It was a large pipe connected to smaller, perforated one all...
What Role Does the IoT Play in the Fire Protection Industry? In the present day, businesses and business owners are increasing their productivity, reliability, and accuracy through the integration of technology specifically built to improve and aid industry processes....
In today’s day and age, software is more than just a tool, it’s a business service. And it’s changing everything. The Internet of Things, AKA IoT, is often the best tool for every party; that’s why the integration of IoT in the fire and life safety industry serves as...