In the news lately firefighting foam has been blamed for multiple instances of polluting various water sources around the US. San Jose, Newburgh, and Hartford are just to name a few. False discharges and unmonitored testing has led to a variety of environmental and health concerns. Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) are the
Using Fire Protection Management Software to Make Your Life Easier For those of us in the fire inspection industry, we know that fire and life safety is an extremely important business. We also know that the job isn’t easy. We are busy managing projects, looking after our team members, and staying up-to-date with our knowledge
Who Should Perform Your Annual Inspections? Fire can cause serious damage. That’s not surprising to anyone, but there are so many more hidden damages other than those caused by fires. Fire ruins your building’s infrastructure, it can cause smoke damage, and at worst, may cause serious injury or death. However, psychological damage occurs as well.
How Fire Prevention and Safety Became the Standard in America In the world of Life and Fire Safety, the acronym NFPA is inescapable. The National Fire Protection Agency is an American trade association. The NFPA seeks to regulate and standardize how we protect ourselves from fire. And there’s a reason they are so well-ingrained in
Why a Fire Pump Test is Vital to Any Fire Protection System A building’s fire pump system is one of the most important parts of its fire protection system. In the worst situations, we turn to a building’s fire pump system to keep water flowing where we need it. It’s one of the last lines
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, firefighters, and wailing sirens. What people tend to not think about are the lives of the people who keep us from getting to that point: fire and life safety
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 you would get
Regular Testing for Fire Safety and Fire Prevention 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
How Much Does Fire Safety Inspection 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 devastating, causing a huge amount of damage to
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 make sure we strictly follow our inspection