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Home Run Alarm Co. Creates Certified Alarm Technical Trade School

April 21, 2025

The grand opening ribbon cutting is set for Wednesday April 30, 2025, at Noon.

Fire Alarm Control Panels: Top Advice From the Experts

Fire alarm industry experts weigh in on the latest in fire alarm control panel tech, selection, maintenance and installation — and code updates affecting all of the above.

Christopher Crumley

June 17, 2024

Fire alarm industry experts weigh in on the latest in fire alarm control panel tech, selection, maintenance and installation — and code updates affecting all of the above.

Sound the Alarm!

With recent code updates that have led to significant advances in the technology, fire alarm signaling devices prove that being loud and flashy isn’t a bad thing.

April 6, 2022

With recent code updates that have led to significant advances in the technology, fire alarm signaling devices prove that being loud and flashy isn’t a bad thing.

5-Minute Tech Quiz

Exercise Your Knowledge of the Life Safety Code

Roy Pollack

February 3, 2020

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.

LIFE SAFETY & FIRE ALARM

Easier Management Is a Hallmark of Today’s Fire Alarm Panels

From touchscreen displays to mobile setup and cloud, the aim of the latest fire alarm panel technology is to make them easier to install, program and use.

Karyn Hodgson

October 14, 2019

Today’s security and life safety technologies are heavily influenced by the technology advancements and conveniences end users have come to expect in their daily lives.

NFPA Members Vote Overwhelmingly to Accept Updated Language on Fire Alarm Monitoring

Tim A. Scally

June 14, 2018

This afternoon, at the annual NFPA Conference & Expo held in Las Vegas, members voted 304 to 128 to accept the updated language proposed for the 2019 Edition of NFPA 72.

Back to Basics

Roy Pollack

May 8, 2015

Fire alarm expert Roy Pollack tests your knowledge of some of the fire alarm system basics.

IESA Goes to Springfield to Stop Passage of Bills That Threaten the Industry

Maya Dollarhide

April 6, 2015

The Illinois Electronic Security Association (IESA) wants security industry professionals to be aware that the Illinois alarm industry is facing its most significant threat ever — even more so than in 2011 — because Senate Bill 1495 has advanced to the Local Government Committee in the Illinois Senate, chaired by the bill’s sponsor, Thomas Cullerton, who is a cousin of Senate President John Cullerton.

NFPA 72: 2013 Brings Changes and Updates to Fire Alarm & Signaling Code

Think of NFPA 72®: 2013 as a better-organized 2010 edition with updated requirements for inspection, testing and signaling precedence.

David George

June 9, 2014

The circuits and pathways chapter is mainly menu-driven: other chapters specify the requirements that apply. A new section addresses prioritization and segregation of life safety versus non-life-safety signals with shared pathways.