Fire/Life Safety

Fike Helps Cub Scouts Earn Merit Badges With Fire Safety Demo

Fike Helps Cub Scouts Earn Merit Badges With Fire Safety Demo

To help a Boy Scout troop earn Engineering merit badges, fire/life-safety products provider Fike Corp. hosted a fire and explosion safety exhibit at its 26,000-square-foot... read more

Protecting Those Who Protect America

The welfare of patients, medical personnel and staff are a top priority for any hospital but perhaps even more so where it concerns the brave and honorable men and women who have... read more

A Look at What Lies Ahead for Life Safety

Due to the criticality of their mission, fire/life-safety practices and systems tend to change more slowly than a lot of industries. However, even it is beginning to reflect... read more

NFPA's Robert Solomon Shares 2012 Predictions for Fire/Life-Safety Industry

NFPA Division Manager for Building and Life Safety Codes Robert Solomon discusses what's in store for the fire/life-safety market in SSI's 2012 Industry Forecast. read more

SSI’s Top 10 Fire/Life-Safety News Items

The SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION staff has compiled a list of "Top 10" fire/life-safety stories based on reader popularity. read more

Video Expands Limits of Fire Detection

Video image detection is pushing past the boundaries of long established fire safety systems. Able to detect smoke or flame anywhere within cameras’ field of view, this... read more

SSI’s Top 10 Blogs of 2011

The SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION staff has compiled a series of 'Top 10' lists based reader popularity. read more

Fire Victim Blames Alarm Company for Defective System

A family that claims their fire alarm did not sound during a fire is blaming the alarm company that installed the system, citing that the system did not work. read more

Ins and Outs of Integrated Testing

While codes go into great detail about how to ensure fire and life-safety systems perform as intended, making sure the systems operate in concert with each other remains a work in... read more

Fire Alarm Overhaul Helps Retirement Home Meet Municipal Requirements

To meet code requirements and comply with the local municipality, Tudor Oaks Community has undergone an extensive renovation of its antiquated fire alarm system. Among the... read more

Wireless Protection Preserves Pieces of History

McDaniel Fire Suppression, Fire Alarm & Security takes on installing a fire/intrusion detection system for an Indiana-based history museum. The challenge? Providing an... read more

An Intelligent Approach to Intelligibility

NFPA 72-2010 includes a section outlining important new requirements for voice evacuation systems. Better understand the concept of intelligibility, learn about the code changes... read more

Fire Side Chat: Commissioning Considerations Becoming More Critical

Commissioning is a process of documentation, adjustment, testing, verification and training, performed to ensure the facility operates in accordance with the owner’s... read more

Fire Side Chat: Video Can Prove Valuable in Fire Applications

The benefits of video technology are being extended from surveillance and intrusion detection to assisting in fire detection and verification. Find out what considerations,... read more

NEWS

Fire-Lite Alarms’ Certificate Renewal Program Helps Installers Earn CEUs

February 3, 2012

Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell has launched a training certificate program that allows fire alarm installer to qualify for continuing education units...

Industry Efforts Cause Elk Grove Village (Ill.) to Pull Fire Alarm Ordinance

February 2, 2012

The Elk Grove Village board has pulled a proposed fire alarm ordinance thanks to strong efforts by the Illinois Electronic Security Association (IESA)...

Siemens Donates $100K to Renovate School’s Fire Protection Lab

January 30, 2012

In support of the construction of the school's Fire Protection Engineering Lab (FPEL), Siemens Building Technologies (SBT) has given $100,000 to the...

FEATURES

9/11 Hero Tells Tale of Losses, Lessons

<p align="left">The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released 30 building and fire code recommendations following its two-year investigation into the collapse of the World Trade Center towers. Since their release in 2005, more than20 of the recommendations have resulted in code changes to date.</p>
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9/11 Prompts New Building and Fire Codes to Emerge

<p>Jarret Van Berkom (pictured) of Electro Watchman in St. Paul, Minn., wonders whether placing a fire alarm panel ahead of all else is legal, and what the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has to say about it.</p>

Fire Side Chat: Cracking the Code for Elevator Safety

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