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THE EXTREMES: Hot Strategies for Cold Conditions
Environments with high airflow or excessive temperatures, such as freezer or cold-storage warehouses, require robust and flexible fire protection solutions. These extreme environments present unique fire detection and suppression challenges that do not follow standard fire and life safety design. For example, while extremely cold, these warehouses can have such dry atmospheres that fire can spread faster than normal. As a result, each scenario needs to be evaluated to provide the necessary protection. Because there is no one-size-fits-all fire and life safety solution, familiarity with all technologies associated with fire detection, notification and suppression are important for designing a dependable and suitable system.
Sophisticated & Strategic: Fire and Life Safety in Mission-Critical Applications
To protect information assets, a fire protection strategy must incorporate specific emergency identification and suppression alongside detection.
Fire Protection Specialists Lend Consulting, Inspection Expertise
Keith S. Frangiamore is vice president of operations at Fire Safety Consultants, Inc. (FSCI), Elgin, Ill., and a certified fire protection specialist. FSCI, one of the largest private fire protection plan review service companies in the United States, provides review services for many U.S. municipalities and fire departments, as well as for private companies throughout the world. FSCI’s project list includes soccer stadiums, hospitals, casinos and data storage warehouses.
Q&A: Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Fire- and Life-Safety Systems
Scott Bailey is the senior vice president of Koorsen Fire & Security, an installation and service company that has been privately held since 1946. The company focuses on inspection, testing and maintenance of fire alarm, fire sprinkler, fire suppression, fire extinguishers, access control and video surveillance systems, as well as monitoring of residential and commercial [...]
Q&A: Managing Life Safety for the U.S.’s Largest, Fully Accredited School District
Billy Taddeo, a foreman in physical plant operations for Broward County School District’s maintenance division, is responsible for protecting more than 270,000 K-12 students and 38,000 district personnel. The Broward County School system in Florida is the nation’s largest, fully accredited school district, with 273 facilities covering more than 36 million square feet. Taddeo is NICET II (National Institute for Certification of Engineering Technologies) certified.
Fire- and Life-Safety Requirements for K-12 Schools by State
The following is a sample of fire- and life-safety requirements for K-12 schools in various states.
Rapid Build-Up and Design Flexibility Are Essential for Retail Life-Safety Systems
Kirsten Paoletti, fire protection and code consultant at RobsonWoese Inc Consulting Engineers, gives insight into retail life-safety design. Previously with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), Ms. Paoletti continues to instruct NFPA seminars for architects, engineers, facilities and safety program managers.
Making Student Housing Safer
System Sensor fire sprinkler products help raise the safety bar in student housing.
Online Exclusive: Pressure Switches Provide Early Warning
This is the third and final installation of a series introducing the new Fire Sprinkler Systems Monitoring Application Guide. Pressure switches are the focus of this article. The previous articles discussed supervisory switches and waterflow detectors.