Nicely Elementary School in Greensburg has been operating without a functional fire alarm system for nearly a month following a power surge, which rendered the alarm panel inoperable. The school, ...

Many emergency notification and panic alarm systems are now integrated, with some providing two-way communications to help responders effectively address a crisis. Traditionally, mass ...

Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Allentown City Council voted Wednesday to adopt an ordinance to amend the 2025 fire department budget to allow for a $388,000 federal grant. The grant, from the Federal Emergency ...

ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Alarm Specialists Inc., a security and fire alarms systems provider serving the New York-Connecticut-New Jersey area. An acquisitive company on a hot ...

It’s Thursday and I’m writing my paper from a warm family room. It’s 25 degrees and looks like a skiff of snow is in the future. It may start while I’m writing this report to you. I just came in from ...

A study found that alert systems using an immediately loud sound increased firefighter heart rates by a median of seven beats a minute, compared with five beats a minute under a system that phased in ...

When a fire alarm fails, a sprinkler system shuts down, or a fire marshal issues a violation notice, businesses often face immediate safety and compliance concerns. Fire protection systems help reduce ...