To put it simply, fire doors save lives. Here, IFSEC Insider provides a useful beginner’s guide to fire doors, their purpose, and crucial features to bear in mind when specifying, installing or ...

Fire walls and fire barriers are inserted into buildings to separate spaces into reasonably-sized fire areas, or because hazards are present. The separations must be continuous or their purpose will ...

QUINCY, Mass.—The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed a training bundle to help facility managers, building owners, engineers, designers and code officials address essential ...

Protecting a building from the spread of smoke and fire is vital to allow safe evacuation of occupants. Here, Dominick Sandford, Director and Head of Merchandising and Marketing at IronmongeryDirect, ...

We all dread to think about a fire in our home or business. However, the sad reality is that fires do happen, and they’re often totally avoidable. In the year ending June 2021, the fire rescue ...

Interest in emergency systems rose sharply after 9/11 and remains high. Building owners no longer install fire alarm signaling systems just to satisfy their insurance company. Today, their motivation ...