Approximately $3 million over three years in matching grants for installation of fire alarm and extinguishing equipment is being proposed in a bill by a New York representative that is supported by the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA), Irving, Texas.

“This is the first time we have congressional support for a new initiative to bring fire and life safety alarm detection to the same visibility with policymakers as suppression,” pointed out John Chwat, director of government relations for the NBFAA. “Fire detection plus fire suppression equals fire safety. That’s the overriding theme of this bill, and that’s very, very important to our portion of the industry.”