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. According to the Las Vegas Sun, in 2013 the Las Vegas Fire Department
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. Portable fire extinguishers have been around for a couple centuries, but
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 going off, and now everyone
The Importance of the Fire Safety Equipment Inspections For the Fire and Life Safety Inspection Industry, the main goal is to protect human beings from potentially hazardous or life-threatening situations. How do inspections aid in this unseemingly heroic act? Well, for starters, every time an inspection is completed it provides the assurance that the equipment
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 of which were attached all around the building. In the
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 of the cooking and baking, fires in the wood stove and fireplaces, and testing out the kids’ new electric toys. That’s a cause for celebration if I’ve ever heard
What role does IoT play in the fire inspection industry? In the present day, businesses and business owners are increasing their productivity, reliability, and accuracy through the integration of technology specifically built to improve and aid industry processes. Companies are growing and expanding exponentially due to the increased efficiency IoT devices provide for the operations
How IoT Devices Are Improving Fire and Life Safety in the Industry We are now at a time where software serves as a business service, not just a tool. And it’s changing everything… in a very, very good way. IoT devices are the best tool today for everyone involved; that’s why the integration of IoT
How You Can Provide Your Team with the Tools They Need to Succeed We can all agree that sometimes things at the office don’t always go as planned. Sometimes assignments are suddenly changed at the last moment and there are times when the office can seem like it is in plain chaos. We may not
Fire Inspection Technicians Should Never Stop Learning We all know that having well-trained fire inspection technicians are an invaluable tool for any fire inspection business. Moreover, without their qualifications and know-how, a lot of what our industry tries to achieve goes right out the window. In fact, without continuous training for your team of technicians,