A smoke alarm sitting quietly on a ceiling may look harmless, but behind that plastic cover lies a ticking time bomb of risk if it’s expired or malfunctioning. Every year, thousands of home fires ...

It features a photoelectric sensor, making it a smart choice for placement near a kitchen, as ionization smoke detectors are more apt to go off if you burn a piece of toast. This smoke alarm has a ...

A NEW PROGRAM AT OLDHAM COUNTY WANTS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS PREPARED IN AN EMERGENCY. THE SAFE HOME PROGRAM GIVES NEIGHBORS ...

A professional fire suppression system is a complex assembly of mechanical, electrical, and sometimes chemical components ...

A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

As the U.S. leader in fully integrated life safety systems, Pye-Barker Fire & Safety provides complete fire protection and security systems nationwide. With over 250 locations and 8,000 team members, ...

Fire-protection systems are designed to operate immediately when triggered”— Christopher Echeverria NEW ORLEANS, LA, ...

Two people have died after a devastating three-alarm fire tore through a Western Massachusetts home, authorities said. The bodies of John Lynch, 75, and Linda Lynch, 73, were killed when a fire broke ...

Turnout timers, color-changing lights, so-called heart-smart ramping audible tones, and text-to-speech readouts are among the technological innovations that have been applied to fire station alerting ...

DAVISON, MI – Davison Community Schools has purchased a new fire alarm system for its high school as the district looks to further enhance student safety. In total, the upgraded system cost about $1.5 ...

In the months leading up to the fatal inferno at The Social Seminole apartment complex, a Tallahassee Fire Department inspector noted numerous and recurring failures with its fire alarm and sprinkler ...