The Minnesota History Center installed FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology® for very early fire detection in its galleries.
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High Velocity Aspirations
FAAST overcomes installation and logistical difficulties at a mission-critical industrial chemical plant.
Aspiration Detection is a Valuable Prevention Tool for Hospital
A recent fire and electrical outage at a West Coast data center disrupted three hospitals’ access to the Internet, e-mail, phone and pager service, and electronic medical records for four-and-a-half hours. During that time, new records had to be taken manually as a parallel system only allowed reading of medical records.
FAAST Handles Plant’s Dirty Work
he Apex Tool Group is a billion-dollar tool manufacturing company with over 90 facilities worldwide. One such facility is its hand tool manufacturing plant in Gastonia, North Carolina. This particular plant specializes in processing raw metal into well-known brands of hand tools and sockets for industrial, commercial and do-it-yourself customers. The process to make 30 brands of hand tools creates caustic by-products and an extremely dirty environment.
Renovations Respect Architectural History of Seattle Schools
As one of Seattle’s largest school campuses, Chief Sealth and its co-located facility Denny International Middle School are undergoing a complete renovation and rebuild.
Science’s Answer to Critical Protection
The Science Museum of Minnesota installed FAAST Fire Alarm Aspiration Sensing Technology® for maximum protection in its hazardous fluids and equipment storage area.
Green Building Integrates Fire and Automation Systems
360 State Street — Connecticut’s greenest and largest residential development — is the first new major residential construction in New Haven in over 15 years. Situated just three blocks from both Yale University and historic Wooster Square, the 32-story, 700,000-square-foot building offers 500 rental residences in its 27-story tower. Occupancies range from studios to three [...]
CO Alarm Alerts Resident During Power Outage
Life-threatening carbon monoxide (CO) buildup can happen anywhere flame-fueled appliances or motors are used. Because CO is odorless and tasteless, there is no way for occupants to recognize its existence without CO detection. Although most incidents happen during cold months, it is not exclusively a seasonal precaution. CO detection saves lives because it detects, in very early stages, when the highly toxic gas is present.
Texas-Sized Retrofit is Big on Simplicity
Legacy system compatibility at the Texas Capitol building in Austin assured detection installation ease while minimizing downtime that could disrupt state business.
St. Anthony Hospital Completes First Construction Benchmark
The fire and life safety contractor shares how project magnitude and special requirements impact planning. Hospitals are complex buildings in terms of fire safety — quite different from any other type of building. As a result, in a dedicated patient-care environment, fire systems can be very complex and several common practices may not apply. So [...]