Detection of a fire can include heat detection, smoke detection, infrared detection, and gas detection equipment. There are several types of fire alarm systems and remote monitoring services available ...

Alternative fire suppression systems are common in many commercial buildings throughout the United States. Wet-chemical, dry chemical, systems utilizing foam, clean agent, and carbon dioxide ...

Do you know that in 2017, almost 100,000 age-standardized deaths occurred globally from heat, fire, and hot substances? Governments worldwide are trying to lessen this staggering number by reducing ...

While fire suppression systems (FSSs) are intended to protect people and property, they can pose dangers to people who depend on them — and the actions of people can keep these systems from providing ...

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 ...

As disastrous as it can be, an RV fire doesn't have to happen if you plan ahead. But if a fire begins in a motorhome, it won't take much time until the RV is totally consumed in flames, unless you ...

There are few things scarier than a nasty wreck that ends up with flames spouting from a race car. With that concern for safety, more and more tracks and series have been mandating fire suppression ...

Wildfires are growing more intense and are more commonly erupting in the wildland interface, destroying homes and lives. Progress over the past several decades at mitigating these fires has been slow.

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Fire-X Sales and Service Corp. and its sister company Fire Protection Products (FPP), fire suppression experts based in Maryland. With ...

As demand for electrical energy storage systems (ESS) has expanded, safety has become a critical concern. This article examines lithium-ion battery ESS housed in outdoor enclosures, which represent ...