Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Always assume a sounding smoke alarm means there’s a fire and get to safety if need be. But what about when your smoke ...

Interest in emergency systems rose sharply after 9/11 and remains high. Building owners no longer install fire alarm signaling systems just to satisfy their insurance company. Today, their motivation ...

The University implements a wide array of alarms on campus to instantly alert University Police of emergency events on campus ranging from fire detection, intrusion/burglar detection, silent “panic” ...

Greg Kessinger is SD&I’s fire alarm and codes expert and a regular contributor. Email him your fire & life safety questions at [email protected]. You may be surprised how much NFPA 72’s chapter on ...