Building officials may see a door closing and assume it’s fine, but if it doesn’t latch properly, it can be blown open in the event of a fire. Other common issues with fire doors include dysfunctional ...

The University of Massachusetts Lowell recognizes the importance of fire safety and sprinkler protection within building design and the contribution of flame spread from interior furnishings and décor ...

Firefighters and fire chiefs: Forget everything you know about wood construction. Tall wood buildings (TWB)—or more accurately tall mass timber buildings—are not the conventional, lightweight wood, ...

Dennis Dewar seems to make assumptions based on his personal views rather than on any of my comments. As I was quoted saying in the article, neither passive fire protection nor automatic sprinklers ...

Laing O’Rourke architectural design discipline leader Amritha Achuthan will speak at our free webinar on best practice approaches in passive fire protection of structural steel Structural steel is a ...

Ranger Fire and Security has announced the latest acquisition of Fire Door Specialists Ltd (“FDS”). This is Ranger’s first acquisition in the passive fire safety space, broadening out the group’s ...

The unfortunate reality of fire safety systems on many campuses is that they’re usually installed once and never thought of again. During installation or construction phases, schools, universities and ...