Top Five Fire Violations 2016-2019

Top Five Fire Violations 2016-2019

Since March of 2020, many of the fire and life safety inspections normally conducted by The Washington State Fire Marshals Office were suspended by the state agency that licenses the facility (primarily Department of Social and Health Services & Department of Health) in compliance with the proclamations issued by the Governor. It is anticipated that […]

Aspirating Smoke Detection

Aspirating Smoke Detection

by Aaron Reiter   Smoke detectors, in many instances, are required. As it turns out, these devices can present functional or aesthetic challenges based on the design of a building space. The aesthetic issues are obvious since chances are good you do not spend time bragging about how beautiful your smoke detectors are and would not […]

Cellular Monitoring Saves BIG Over Land Lines

Cellular Monitoring Saves BIG Over Land Lines

by Aaron Reiter Commercial fire alarm systems are required to have active monitoring by a UL certified, 24-hour staffed, “central station”. Over the years, monitoring technology has remained largely static with an industry standard of a minimum two dedicated, analog, Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines. Digital monitoring via cellular networks is a vast improvement and there are several reasons […]