Q: What is a fire alarm system? A: An electronic system that alerts the occupants in the early stages of a fire and can automatically send signals to a central monitoring station. The central station ...

Detection of a fire can include heat detection, smoke detection, infrared detection, and gas detection equipment. There are several types of fire alarm systems and remote monitoring services available ...

Oct. 16--York City's 127-year-old fire-alarm system is going to stick around a while longer. Mounting maintenance costs and a desire to help city businesses save money motivated a proposal to phase ...

The San Jose Unified School District should pledge to install automatic fire alarms and sprinklers in all remodels of its schools and offices, the Santa Clara County civil grand jury recommends. In a ...

The San Jose Unified School District should pledge to install automatic fire alarms and sprinklers in all remodels of its schools and offices, the Santa Clara County civil grand jury recommends. In a ...

Houston Fire Marshal Jerry Ford personally inspected and approved a fire protection system that a fire inspector had found was not up to code at a private high school his son previously attended, ...

Kent firefighters were sent to nearly 2,500 false alarms caused by automatic systems in the county last year. A Freedom of Information Request has revealed crews were sent out more than once a week in ...