Commercial buildings and “big box” stores keep getting bigger. Indoor malls are adding entertainment venues and restaurants. Even office structures are becoming more elaborate.
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Access Denied: Something Borrowed
Many of us can relate to the logic that there’s no sense reinventing the wheel: Why start fire and life safety design from scratch when there are already so many tried-and-true procedures and examples from which to borrow?
Extreme Detection: Fire Edition
If you develop systems for extreme environments, such as a refrigeration plant or a chemical processing facility, this issue is for you.
If you don’t, this issue is still for you.
A Call to Pre-Action
Taking action is good; taking pre-action is absolutely essential.
Great Products, Many Choices
One type of fire and life safety system does not fit all, and System Sensor is proud to have a wide range of high-quality options.
A New Channel of Communication
All too often, companies use their Web sites to share information with customers and others in the industry and then think they have done their part in “communicating” with the market. There’s nothing wrong with using the Internet as a resource for providing specification sheets, technical information, and company and product basics. But Web sites typically keep customers at arm’s length with a one-sided type of communication and should be part of a multi-faceted plan to connect with the market.
Assess Risk, Plan Accordingly
Sometimes you need to go beyond doing simply what’s required to do what’s right. Such is frequently the case with early warning aspirating smoke detection technology: Even if not always required by fire or building code mandates, some professionals demand nothing less. NFPA 72 sets guidelines for the location of air sampling tubes, and other codes provide guidelines for other aspects of fire system designs that incorporate aspirating smoke technology. Yet, aspirating smoke detection systems may not be required. Loss prevention specialists, insurers and others charged with protecting the most critical data or facility assets, however, may find that simply following code is inadequate or doesn’t provide early enough warning.
Solutions Within Our Control
Ask your colleagues if they have ever heard a hotel fire alarm sound in the middle of the night, and if so, how they reacted. If hotel guests hear just a single alarm, chances are good that they will do nothing; people are accustomed to false alarms, and they don’t want to appear foolish by running down to the lobby in their pajamas for a prank.
Loud and Clear
Because System Sensor has been listening to your current needs and looking ahead to what the industry will require, we are now making SpectrAlert® Advance speaker data available to model systems in EASE (Enhanced Acoustical Simulator for Engineers) software. EASE enables professionals to model voice system intelligibility and determine optimal speaker placement. While only a [...]
Providing Solutions vs. Meeting Code
Often people say they want the best, but their spending demonstrates that “adequate” is good enough. We talk to system designers who recommend solutions for their customers that would provide better fire and life safety protection than what code requires. But they ultimately end up providing the bare minimum protection required at the customer’s request. [...]