In August, we covered the major changes that will be in the 2013 edition of NFPA 72, the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code for chapters 7, 10, 12, 14, 21, 23, 26, 27 and 29. Now we’ll turn our ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) could approve a national mass notification standard for the private sector, as early as June, at its safety conference in Chicago, Campus Safety ...

The United States does not have a federally mandated set of rules for the fire alarm industry; instead, we have a patchwork of rules that vary across all 50 states and more than 80,000 jurisdictions.

While there are a lot of similarities between fire alarms and security systems, it is crucial to be aware of the differences, and wiring is one of the biggest. Like security panels, fire alarm control ...

OVERVIEW Commissioning provides a fully functional fire alarm system, documentation of the fire alarm testing and documentation of how the fire alarm system functions to the building owner and ...

Contractors nearing the completion of large-scale projects often encounter unexpected delays during the fire alarm system commissioning process. Now innovative new technology is providing some answers ...