When a fire alarm fails, a sprinkler system shuts down, or a fire marshal issues a violation notice, businesses often face ...

Nicely Elementary School in Greensburg has been operating without a functional fire alarm system for nearly a month following a power surge, which rendered the alarm panel inoperable. The school, ...

Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

Many emergency notification and panic alarm systems are now integrated, with some providing two-way communications to help responders effectively address a crisis. Traditionally, mass ...

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 ...

St. Augustine, Fla. — Some Northeast Florida fire departments are getting rid of the emergency alarm systems inside their fire stations to save firefighters from stress. The St. Augustine Fire ...

It’s Thursday and I’m writing my paper from a warm family room. It’s 25 degrees and looks like a skiff of snow is in the future. It may start while I’m writing this report to you. I just came in from ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown City Council voted Wednesday to adopt an ordinance to amend the 2025 fire department budget to allow for a $388,000 federal grant. The grant, from the Federal Emergency ...

ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Alarm Specialists Inc., a security and fire alarms systems provider serving the New York-Connecticut-New Jersey area. An acquisitive company on a hot ...

Fire protection is a very important topic for students who live in shared apartments. Many students move away from home for the first time. As a result, they may not always think about safety in their ...