What Does it Mean to Be in the Fire Sciences? When most people think about fire and life safety, they think about the extremes: house fires, alarms blaring, lights and sirens, and firefighters. What people tend not to think about is what comes before we get to that...
How We Get Water Where We Need It You’ve got fire hydrants on your street, you see dogs relieve themselves on them in cartoons (or in real life). Maybe you might even be unlucky enough to have gotten a ticket for parking in front of one (and there’s a great reason why...
We know that the jobs we perform are important. What we do on the job may seem tedious, but that’s how we know we’re doing the job correctly. While a technician might not have the most exciting day-to-day jobs, we can take solace in the fact that we’re keeping people...
How Much Do Fire Safety Inspections Really Cost You? In 2017, fires were the cause of an estimated 23 billion dollars in property damage. Damage not caused by wildfires falls to 10 billion, but with a price tag that large, the difference hardly matters. Fires can be...
How to Know Your Fire Safety Inspection Technicians Perform Perfectly No matter what your job is, or how important it is, there is always something lost due to human error. That’s why it’s especially crucial for those of us in the fire safety inspection industry to...
Codes and Standards from the NFPA The NFPA 101 document for Life Safety Codes is extremely comprehensive at almost 1,000 pages long. While it’s hard to say there can ever be too much information on fire codes and workplace safety, it’s hard to imagine anyone has the...
The Fire Science Programs Keeping America Safe In the old days, the only real requirement to become a firefighter was a high school diploma. But just like everything else, getting a college education is a serious leg up in a competitive world. And in this industry, a...
The history of fire protection goes way back. From the advent of the Parmelee / Grinnell sprinkler to the introduction of the first fire alarm panel in the 1800’s by Farmer & Channing, fire protection has had various sectors of growth over the years....
Here’s What To Do About Frequent False Alarms It’s the middle of the night, everyone in your home is finally sleeping peacefully. The dog is snoring at the foot of the bed, and there isn’t a peep coming out of the kids’ rooms. That is until your fire alarm starts...
The Importance of Fire Safety Equipment Inspections The main goal of the fire and life safety industry is to protect human beings from potentially hazardous or life-threatening situations. How do inspections aid in this unassuming heroic act? Well, for starters, every...
A Fire Protection and Safety Equipment History Lesson In 1812, Sir William Congreve installed the first water sprinkler system in the Theatre Royal. It had been the first one installed anywhere in the world. It was a large pipe connected to smaller, perforated one all...
New Year, New Fire Alarm Devices for Your Home The New Year is here! We are hoping that everyone made it safely into 2019 after all the cooking and baking, fires in the wood stove and fireplaces, and testing out the kids’ new electric toys. That’s cause for...