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Got Intelligibility? Be Heard and Understood
Emergency communications systems have amplified the need for effective voice communications systems. NFPA 72-2010 formally addresses measuring voice intelligibility to ensure what is said is heard properly.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital: Anatomy of a Fire System Project
Detection Logic, a UTC Fire & Security Company of Phoenix, Arizona, rose to the challenge to win the design and installation of the fire system job for the massive expansion and renovation of Phoenix Children’s Hospital.
Meeting the Nuisance Alarm Challenge
For a popular nightclub with a nuisance alarm problem, the new Advanced Multi-Criteria Fire Detector increases fire response and accuracy while saving the club thousands.
Advanced Multi-Criteria Fire Detector: Ideal Applications
Beyond applications with persistent nuisance conditions, such as entertainment complexes, food preparation areas, and public lodging facilities, the Advanced Multi-Criteria Fire Detector is also ideal for applications that cannot tolerate nuisance alarms at any time…
Research Aims to Increase Photoelectric Detectors’ Sensitivity to Flaming Fires
Data has shown that while flaming fires are not as common as smoldering fires in residential occupancies, they still comprise a large percentage of fire events. Flaming fires also tend to produce untenable conditions more quickly than smoldering fires, and ionization detectors typically perform better than other detection technologies in flaming fire situations.
Cover: The UL864 9th Edition Dramatically Affects the Fire- and Life-Safety Industry
New standard establishes a common platform that allows increased cost-effective retrofit flexibility.
The Underwriters Laboratories’ new edition of the fire alarm controls standard may prove to be one of the most significant changes the fire- and life-safety industry has seen in the past 20 years.
“The 9th edition of UL864 is bordering more on revolutionary than evolutionary [...]
Cover: Early-Warning Detection & Complete Fire Protection
The System Sensor high-sensitivity laser smoke detector provides enhanced fire-detection capabilities to protect mission-critical facilities where downtime or business interruption is not an option.
The laser smoke detector is capable of sensitivities that are 100 times more sensitive than standard addressable or conventional smoke detectors. They are designed to respond to incipient fire conditions as low [...]
Factors to Address in Fire- and Life-Safety Design
Robert E. Solomon, P.E., National Fire Protection Association, tells how identifying building use, occupancy and other factors impacts planning for an appropriate system.
A comprehensive fire- and life-safety design requires a cohesive blend of alarm/detection capabilities, an appropriate suppression system and a number of other building construction features that depend on occupancy, type of facility and [...]
Giving Voice to ExitPoint™ – in 15 Languages
System Sensor has expanded the capabilities of its ExitPoint™ directional-sound technology by adding voice output to give building occupants easy-to-understand, verbal instruction during a fire scenario.