The fire alarm industry is full of rules. I’ve previously explained each of the six categories of rules, which apply, respectively, to manufacturers, what to install, how to install, to individuals, ...

An investigation continues this week into the cause and origin of a four-alarm fire that damaged four units at the Promontory Point apartment complex in Newport Beach and injured two firefighters ...

Fasano believes it is an unnecessary expense for single and two-story condo buildings to pay up to $8,000 a unit to have manual fire alarms installed when they buildings have exterior exits in place.

WHEATON, Mo. (AP) - The company that manages a southwest Missouri apartment building where five people died on Thanksgiving Day had disabled the manual fire alarms in the building about a decade ago, ...

COLUMBIA — The Ash Street Place Apartments on North Stadium Boulevard, where a fire Tuesday caused an estimated $450,000 in damage, is one of 55 apartment buildings in Columbia lacking manual alarms, ...

Greg Kessinger has been the fire alarm and codes expert and a regular contributor to Security Business magazine for more than 15 years. Please email him your fire & life safety questions for potential ...

Business fires cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damages every year, making this one of the most important safety issues for business owners and office or facility managers to address.

Fire detection systems are designed to discover fires early in their development when time will still be available for the safe evacuation of occupants. Early detection also plays a significant role ...

MICHIGAN – On Friday Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bills 4066 and 4067 to amend the Fire Prevention Code (PA 207) and the Stille-Derossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act (PA 230). These ...

WHEATON, Mo. (AP) - The company that manages a southwest Missouri apartment building where five people died in a Thanksgiving Day fire had disabled the manual fire alarms in the building about 10 ...