If a fire were to start in your building today, how would your commercial fire alarm system respond to it? You should feel completely confident in your fire alarm system’s ability to spring into action as soon as a fire starts. There are some simple steps you can take to ensure that your commercial fire… Read more »
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Why Some Industrial Buildings Fail Fire Safety Inspections
To make sure the fire alarm system in your industrial building is working the way it should, you’ll need to subject it to fire safety inspections on a regular basis. You’ll also need to take the necessary steps to ensure that it passes inspections with flying colors. Here are just a few of the reasons… Read more »
An Overview of Commercial Fire Panels
Every single aspect of a commercial fire alarm system is important. But you could argue that the most important part of all is the commercial fire panel. A commercial fire panel is responsible for taking charge and carrying out a variety of tasks when a fire starts inside of a commercial building. Here is everything… Read more »
The Technology Found in Modern Commercial Fire Alarms
Technology has changed the way that people do just about everything in life. There are very few aspects of life that haven’t been impacted by technology in some way, and that includes fire safety! These days, commercial fire alarm systems are more advanced than ever before and capable of protecting buildings in ways that people… Read more »
A Checklist for Commercial Fire Safety
Business owners always seem to have too much on their plates. It can make it easy to overlook something as important as commercial fire safety. However, if a fire ever takes place in your business and spirals out of control, it could be devastating for your company. Here is a checklist that you should run… Read more »
Why Does My Commercial Fire System Keep Having False Alarms?
Has your commercial fire alarm system experienced a series of false alarms in recent months? This can be a major problem. When your fire alarm is always going off for no reason, it can desensitize you and your employees to it. It could lead to you ignoring a real alarm and put you into harm’s… Read more »
How a Commercial Fire Alarm System is Routinely Set Up
If a fire ever breaks out in your retail store, office building, hotel, restaurant, or other commercial establishment, you want your commercial fire alarm to spring into action immediately. It will let everyone know that they need to get out right away and increase the chances of the fire department responding quickly and putting the… Read more »
Can an Addressable Smoke Detector Work With a Conventional Fire Alarm?
Are you thinking about trying to connect an addressable smoke detector to the conventional fire alarm system that you have set up in your building? You should think again! The smoke detectors that you use in your building need to match up with your fire alarm system. That means that addressable smoke detectors will not… Read more »
What is My Commercial Fire Alarm Panel Telling Me?
Is your commercial fire alarm panel trying to tell you something? If so, a yellow or red light will usually flash on the panel to indicate a problem. In most cases, this problem won’t be anything you need to necessarily worry about too much. However, you shouldn’t ignore your fire alarm panel if it has… Read more »
Here’s How Often You Should Test Commercial Fire Alarm Systems
Installing a commercial fire alarm system in your business is important, but it’s only half the battle when it comes to fire safety. As a business owner, you shouldn’t just have a fire alarm system installed and then assume it’ll work when you need it to. You’ll also need to test it out on a… Read more »