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 ...

NORTHFORD, Conn.—Fire-Lite by Honeywell has achieved International Building Code seismic certification for its most popular addressable and conventional fire alarm systems, the company, based here, ...

There's no doubt that recent global events have created a greater awareness of life safety and security issues associated with commercial buildings, resulting in more low-voltage special systems being ...

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 ...

DALLAS, Ore.—AllSafe Fire & Security, a four-year-old fire company based here, recently completed a job overhauling the fire system of one of the town's oldest buildings: the Polk County Courthouse.

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 ...