Fire Detection

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Are You Ready to Embrace Building Systems Integration?

March 8, 2012

Integrating solutions like fire, HVAC, access control and video enables campuses to pull in every available bit of data during an emergency. Doing this allows security officials, law enforcement and fire personnel to better respond to a crisis.

Harvard Dorm Fire Causes $150K in Damage

February 29, 2012

A fire in a dormitory at Harvard Business School's Allston campus has been linked to a short circuit in a fourth floor outlet. The university will offer on-campus housing to students displaced by the fire.

School Buildings Set Ablaze After Officials Receive Threats

February 16, 2012

Several weeks after school officials received two threatening letters, six buildings at Resurrection of Our Lord Elementary School were doused with accelerants and set on fire.

Ramping Up Fire Safety at VA Hospitals

February 9, 2012

The welfare of patients, medical personnel and staff are a top priority for any hospital but perhaps even more so where it concerns the brave and honorable men and women who have served and sacrificed to keep America free. Multiple VA hospital case studies show how advanced fire/life-safety systems are providing safe haven for veterans.

Fires At 2 Campuses Cause Extensive Damage

February 1, 2012

Two fires — one at Northern Illinois University's Hoffman Estates satellite campus and another at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse — have caused extensive damage.

SimplexGrinnell Acquires Atlanta-Based Fire Suppression Company

January 29, 2012

SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco International company, has announced the acquisition of privately held Certified Fire Protection, Inc., a leader in fire suppression in the greater Atlanta area for the past 20 years.

Siemens Donates $100K To Fire Protection Lab Renovation

January 29, 2012

Siemens Building Technologies Division has given Worcester Polytechnic Institute $100,000 to support the construction of the school's Fire Protection Engineering Lab.

Hospital Bed Arson Injures 16

January 24, 2012

A woman is facing felony arson charges after allegedly setting fire to her bed at Lower Bucks Hospital.

Video Expands Limits of Fire Detection

January 16, 2012

Video image detection is pushing past the boundaries of long established fire safety systems. Able to detect smoke or flame anywhere within cameras' field of view, this method is not limited by standard detectors' reliance on distance and area.

Additional Fire Survey Respondent Comments

January 11, 2012

Here are the top concerns and comments that were written in by respondents to the December 2011 Campus Safety magazine and Center for Campus Fire Safety fire survey.

Fire Survey: System Maintenance, False Alarm Concerns on the Rise

January 11, 2012

More than half of university, hospital and K-12 school district fire protection professionals rate system maintenance (57%) and false alarms (53%) as two of their top four campus fire protection concerns.

Man Dies After Catching on Fire in University Garage

January 4, 2012

A man who was found on fire in a Carleton University parking garage on Jan. 3 died in the hospital, police said today.

MRI Unit Fire Prompts Emergency Room Evacuation

December 29, 2011

The emergency room at St. Luke's Hospital Anderson campus was evacuated after a fire broke out in the MRI unit.

Greenhouse Fire at U. of Maryland Causes $6M Damage

November 30, 2011

A commercial greenhouse on the University of Maryland's Eastern Shore campus was consumed by fire on Sunday. There were no injurieis.

28 Evacuated in Frat House Fire

November 2, 2011

Twenty-eight members of the Theta Chi fraternity at Michigan State University were evacuated after a fire broke out in a storage room in the basement of the frat house. Firefighters found that the house's smoke detectors had been ripped from the walls or didn't function because the wires had been cut.