Fire prevention is a topic we are all accustomed to hearing about at least a few times a year and especially if you have young ones still in school. Does fire prevention stop after grade school, high school, and college? Fire safety is an everyday necessity that should be on […]

Old man winter has settled in across the country for the next three months. With this change in season comes frigid temperatures and inclement weather. This drop in temperature creates obstacles for fire protection equipment, specifically, wet fire sprinklers in non-climate-controlled environments. In the past, wet systems in non-climate controlled […]

The air is crisp and cold as a snowball, the wind is whipping the leaves across the lawn, the smell of burning wood in a fireplace is in the air. It’s November, it’s the holiday season! Families across the country are about to embark on the journey of preparing their […]

The month of October is fire prevention month every year. Towns and fire departments across the United States assemble and open the doors to the public for an educational outing on fire safety. Most fire departments will put on a static display of all their tools, equipment, trucks, and gear […]

The date is February 23, 1991, it’s about 8:20pm. It’s the middle of winter, everything is frozen to the earth. The smell of smoke is filling the air in downtown Philadelphia. If you were to be standing inside the lobby of One Meridian Plaza, you hear the sounds of a […]

Highschool was a fun and fast four years that has flown by in the blink of an eye. A much-needed summer vacation has come and gone. Now, reality has set in, that time has come to fly the nest and set off for a new journey. College! Don’t fret, the […]

The trees are green, the grass is growing, and the heat and humidity has settled on top of the area like a wet blanket. Summer has officially arrived. With the longer hot days of summer comes fun in the sun. A popular favorite is to host or attend a barbeque […]

 Like everything else in modern times, things change at a rapid pace. The treadmill of life presents us with new challenges every second of every day. In the context of fire protection, the most current change to the regions landscape is the legalization of cannabis for recreational use. This new […]

Home Fire Sprinkler Week 2022 – NFPA 13D Every year around the same time an entire week is dedicated to home fire sprinklers. In the case of this year, we can look forward to this special week May 15th– May 21st. What is Fire Sprinkler Week? Fire Sprinkler Week is […]

Codes and standards, what are they and how does it relate to the fire protection industry? There are many codes and standards in the country that cover a multitude of rules and regulations in many different disciplines that move the county forward daily. A code is a system of principles […]