The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), one of the nation’s most influential fire-prevention groups, emerged from the need to keep insurers from going bankrupt—and made a safer world in the process. To learn about the enormous influence the NFPA exercises on your everyday life and how you can be part of the process, read on.
The making of fire code is an unusual, multi-million-dollar endeavor with an occasionally gruesome history. So, where do these codes come from and who makes them? How do they become law? We answer these questions and more in today’s article.
NFPA requires many signs in a fire sprinkler system. Learn about them all to ensure your system is properly marked. Why? So first responders, building managers, and fire professionals all access a well-marked, easy-to-navigate fire protection system that works.
In this article, we help you decide what items you need in your fire sprinkler head replacement cabinet, where to store it, and the NFPA requirements it must meet.
Pre-fabricated residential fire sprinkler risers save contractors both time and money. Read this article to learn about the different pre-fab sprinkler riser options for residential and commercial systems.
Fire alarm, fire sprinkler, and standpipe systems use fire alarm bells in applications ranging from facilitating evacuation to getting the attention of firefighters. QRFS explains how fire alarm bell mounting height depends on a range of factors, including whether the bell serves a waterflow alarm or a fire alarm system.
How do you clean fire sprinkler heads? Great question! Read this blog to learn about the safety and health implications of dirty fire sprinklers, your options for replacing or cleaning the heads, and the BEST option for cleaning them.
If colleges bring in over $360 Billion dollars in revenue annually and over 3,000 fires are started in college housing in that same time period, how much of their revenue should be dedicated to ensuring students are adequately protected from fire? You don’t need to know Calculus to understand the benefits – just read today’s blog!
Learn about the Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition and all the great work they do promoting the residential fire sprinkler industry.
The epic battle between consumer choice and personal safety as it relates to fire sprinklers.
