Sprinkler system design and construction are paramount to fire suppression and safety in all industrial facilities. They have more significance within the waste, recycling and scrap metal industries ...

Photo: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seniors Erik Kauntz, Jake Pyzza, and Ryan Clapp designed and built an early prototype of a new "smart" fire suppression system. Between 35 and 40 million fire ...

Every day on the news you see another house going up in flames. People’s total belongs gone in a flash, lives lost. One simple solution to this problem is the installation of fire sprinkler systems.

The most effective means of combating a fire in a residential occupancy is a properly designed, installed, and maintained fire sprinkler system. These systems use automatic fire sprinklers that ...

There are currently about 400 communities across the country with residential fire sprinkler ordinances for use in single-family dwellings, designed to meet NFPA 13D. We know such systems provide ...

But the builders and the realtors are fighting sprinkler laws across the country. Years ago we did a series, Big Steps in Building, and called for fire sprinklers in every housing unit. At the time, ...

Water mist fire suppression systems have been studied for at least 50 years. While no practical or commercially demonstrated systems have been developed until recently, the basis for use of fine ...

The saying “Location, location, location!” takes on a whole new meaning when it comes to home safety. Eight Washington state municipalities now require that builders equip all new single-family and ...