Hot Seat: Life-Safety Code Process Could Benefit From Increased Partnership
Tom Connaughton is Director, Life Safety & Security Services, for Intertek, the product testing and certification firm. He joins the conversation to discuss trends and... read more
How to Properly Document Your Projects
Accurate recordkeeping is essential to be successful in any business enterprise, but for fire systems contractors it could be a matter of life or death. Brush up on the... read more
Leading a Fire Systems Giant Into the Future
Honeywell reshuffled its vaunted life-safety business and reached into its well of veteran talent to appoint a leader of a new umbrella organization. In an exclusive interview,... read more
Data to Help You Master the Flame Game
Thanks to advances in electronics and microcomputers, fire/life-safety devices and systems have become one of the world’s best lifesaving success stories. And that story... read more
Using Reason to Realize More Residential Fire Revenues
While the majority of homes have smoke detectors, most are standalone devices and only 15% have working carbon monoxide detectors. Thus there’s a huge untapped market for... read more
Achieving Critical Mass Notification
High profile incidents are fueling greater demand than ever before for mass notification systems (MNS). Find out how new technologies, standards, designs, installation techniques... read more
What’s All the Noise About?
Getting people bombarded by today’s constant cacophony of sounds and stimuli to react to fire alarms with the urgency for which they were intended has become a critical... read more
System Upgrade Sets Course for University’s Fire Protection
After a fire marshal placed the sports arena at Northwestern State University of Louisiana under fire watch, administrators took quick action to resolve the issue. A local fire... read more
What to Expect When You’re Inspecting
Offering fire system inspections and compliance assurance not only elevates safety but delivers contractors a host of benefits. They include: increasing customer retention;... read more
How to Grow Fire Alarm Service Revenues
Installing security and fire systems contractors too often leave the profits from selling service agreements for other competitors to procure from their clientele. Learn how... read more
Getting Fired Up for the 2013 NFPA Conference & Expo
Fire/Life-safety pros and others headed to Chicago for the year’s top industry event have lots to consider planning their schedules. Check out the following guide for an... read more
Zoned Fire Alarm System Cures Hospital’s Detection Disruptions
The new St. Luke’s Magic Valley Medical Center located in Twin Falls, Idaho, has installed a state-of-the art fire detection system that integrates with other security and... read more
Fire Side Chat: Inside New Smoke Detection & Alternative Signal Path Reports
Sharing knowledge, wisdom and experiences is the path to continuing to move fire and life safety forward. This goes for innovating products, saving lives and reducing injuries and... read more
Water-Based Systems Call for Sprinkling of Standards and Skills
SSI’s latest research shows 10% of fire/life-safety systems contractors are involved in the installation, inspection or testing of consumer electronic (CE) devices. For those... read more