Codes & Standards: Fire, Life Safety
Back to basics: Fire pump electrical design guide
This quick reference offers a guide for fire pump electrical design
Health care building design model shifts for fire, life safety
As hospitals and health care facilities evolve, the fire and life safety systems within them must change
Your questions answered: Specifying fire and life safety systems
Engineers should be aware of the contents and intent of the building when specifying fire detection, notification and suppression systems.
Benefits of using professionals for smoke damper investigation and repair services
Smoke damper testing is often overlooked, which can lead to dangerous situations in buildings should a fire incident occur. Testing, though, is a complex process and is best left to professionals who know and understand the codes.
Webcast: Specifying fire and life safety systems
Attend this webcast on October 12 2022, to learn about mass notification systems to alert the occupants and first responders, including a review of nonfire event notification practices.
Your questions answered: Fire and life safety suppression systems
Unanswered questions from the July 21 fire suppression webcast are answered here
Manufacturing and industrial building fire, life safety trends
Several new and retrofit manufacturing building projects show trends in fire and life safety systems
Consulting-Specifying Engineer most-viewed content, July 2022
Read the best content in July 2022 including: NFPA 13-2022 updates, emergency generators, data center trends and more.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer content: June 10-16, 2022
The most-viewed content from the past week covered NFPA 72-2022, rooftop units, 40 Under 40 winners, K-12 school changes and emergency generators.
Trends, changes in data center fire and life safety system design
Several trends are pushing the fire and life safety systems in data centers in different directions
