Occupant Load Determines Fire Code Application – Occupant load calculations help identify which fire alarm and safety regulations apply. Mixed-Use Buildings Must Consider Combined Loads – When ...

Northford, CT - Gamewell-FCI, part of the Honeywell (NYSE:HON) Life Safety group, has released FocalPoint Mobile, a new wireless tablet PC that allows users to monitor multiple fire alarm systems in ...

MARKHAM, Ontario - A new standard aimed to raise the bar on the monitoring of fire alarm and sprinkler systems in Canada is now going through the final Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada ...

Do you know that in 2017, almost 100,000 age-standardized deaths occurred globally from heat, fire, and hot substances? Governments worldwide are trying to lessen this staggering number by reducing ...

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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 ...

You may hear it if you own a scanner. Whenever there's a fire, firefighters call for a first alarm, then maybe a second... or even more. But what does it mean? What does each alarm indicate? Basically ...

For many fire departments false fire alarms have become a nuisance and have lead to changes in response policies due to the number of alarms. The response may limit the number of units on the initial ...

ROCKFORD (WREX) – The Rockford Fire Department wants to replace an alarm monitoring system, which would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. The department says the alarm system, which monitors ...

When the Massachusetts 911 system for emergency calls stopped working on Tuesday afternoon, Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox noted the city already had a backup solution in place. Use those ...

Nicely Elementary School in Greensburg has been operating without a functional fire alarm system for nearly a month following a power surge, which rendered the alarm panel inoperable. The school, ...

Q: I recently purchased an alarm-monitoring system and am unable to find out if there are any fees or permits that I have to have for fire or burglar alarms in the city of Winston-Salem. Can you help ...