For decades, the fire and life safety industry has relied on alarm communication methods like plain old telephone service (POTS) lines and other unreliable and outdated systems simply because it’s the ...

While there are a lot of similarities between fire alarms and security systems, it is crucial to be aware of the differences, and wiring is one of the biggest. Like security panels, fire alarm control ...

In the February 2024 issue, I introduced the what rules – the category of rules that tell us what to install in a building, typically segmented by occupancy classification and maximum allowable ...