Sprinkler system design and construction are paramount to fire suppression and safety in all industrial facilities. They have more significance within the waste, recycling and scrap metal industries ...

In Part I of this three-part series we reviewed the basics of residential sprinkler systems with a focus on the standalone sprinkler system based on the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 13d ...

The type of sprinkler system (except deluge) typically depends on the environmental conditions in which the system will be used and the nature of the space being protected. Wet-Pipe Sprinkler System ...

Even if you're not ready to take the plunge into fire alarm system design and installation just yet, you should still know the fundamentals in order to perform emergency work. This includes knowing ...

Maintaining healthy fire protection systems is not always top of mind for building owners or their designated facility managers – that is, until their system fails, costing them precious time, money ...

This month’s reader questions focus on sprinkler alarms. As it turns out, there is a lot of confusion over which NFPA rule — 13 or 72 — applies. Why does my local fire inspector think the fire alarm ...

In conjunction with Fire Safety Month, Ahern Fire Protection will be conducting free fire sprinkler system seminars Oct. 9-12 at its Davenport office. The two-hour training sessions are designed to ...

Inventors began experimenting with automatic sprinklers around 1860. These systems started out as pipes with holes drilled in them. When a fire occurred, the water was turned on to control the fire.