Business fires cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damages every year, making this one of the most important safety issues for business owners and office or facility managers to address.

York City will be finally retiring its fire alarm system, a 19th-century response mechanism that has already been phased out over several years. Maintaining the city's Gamewell alarm system at the ...

You may hear it if you own a scanner. Whenever there's a fire, firefighters call for a first alarm, then maybe a second... or even more. But what does it mean? What does each alarm indicate? Basically ...

Occupant Load Determines Fire Code Application – Occupant load calculations help identify which fire alarm and safety regulations apply. Mixed-Use Buildings Must Consider Combined Loads – When ...

is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown Corpus Christi and the Bay Area. Corpus Christi Fire Department says there have been issues with the fire alarm system for months at Villa Del ...

Great Barrington fire officials are crediting a fire alarm system for preventing a worse situation. A fire broke out at the James A. Modolo VFW at 800 Main St. The building was unoccupied, and there ...

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, ...

Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on fire alarms in Pittsfield. Back in the 1950s and '60s, you could find fire alarm boxes in Pittsfield on telephone poles or on walls of ...