Susan Brady, Editor in Chief: What criteria should a dealer use when deciding between specifying a conventional fire alarm system or an addressable fire alarm system? Richard Roberts, System Sensor, ...

You may have heard from some that the conventional fire alarm panel is dead. I don't agree. In fact, conventional panels certainly fill a need in the marketplace. Sure, addressable panels may offer ...

Fire alarm cabling has become incrementally more complex over the years, in part driven by the trend toward mass notification, which is a factor of the fire alarm system. Mass notification — a one- or ...

Fire alarm systems are expected to help protect people, property, and assets. But you can’t tell if they’re fully operational just by looking at them. As with any other system, electronics and other ...

Fire, security, video and building automation technologies are slowly but surely converging. One example of this involves the mixing and matching of sensor technologies, thus putting the best of both ...

A Ghanaian Applied Computer Technology Specialist, Dr. Kenneth M. Afari has invented an early fire warning system that communicates possible fire outbreaks directly to the Ghana Fire Service so they ...

A Ghanaian Applied Computer Technology Specialist, Dr. Kenneth M. Afari has invented an early fire warning system that communicates possible fire outbreaks directly to the Ghana Fire Service so they ...