On July 5, 2016, the 2012 Edition of NFPA 101 and the 2010 Edition of NFPA 72 began applying to all healthcare facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement programs.
AFA Protective Systems Inc. (AFA), a New York-based super regional fire safety and security systems integrator, hosted a Fire & Safety Summit on September 21 at the New York City Fire Museum.
The Calgary Police Service approved a phased-in approach to revise its current Alarm Services Bylaw, which details how and when officers will respond to alarm calls.
Over the next three years, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District plans to deploy a fleet of drones to be used for checking on collisions and assessing chemical spills to determine whether evacuation is necessary, Government Technology reported.
AFA Protective Systems Inc. (AFA), a New York-based fire safety and security systems integrator, has now expanded its fire protection services in the Florida marketplace to include sprinkler system inspection, testing, maintenance and repair.
An interesting case just arose in the state of Pennsylvania in a rather complicated set of facts. An employee of the alarm company was testing a smoke detector for a client.
Since the widespread emergence of mobile computing technology in the 1990s, an entire industry has erupted with the mission to enable field service with better tools.
There are many code- and standards-regulating bodies that have a say in state and local fire codes, including UL, Intertek and others. But NFPA 72 — the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code — is arguably the most influential. SDM spoke with Richard Roux, senior electrical specialist at NFPA about recent and upcoming changes to the code one integrator referred to as “the Bible” of fire protection.
