Sometimes a day doesn’t even go by without hearing about a tragic fire somewhere around the country, and just recently a round of fires have devastated several San Francisco buildings and the people who live in them. In 2015 alone,… Continue Reading
Some New Homes in Maryland Require Fire Sprinklers
We’re here yet again with another update regarding the ongoing fight to include fire sprinkler systems in every home. Beginning on July 1, any new single or two family homes that are built in St. Mary’s County, Maryland will need… Continue Reading
Fire Sprinkler in Massachusetts Saves Lives
We can tell you over and over again how effective fire sprinkler systems are when it comes to saving lives during a fire, but there’s no better way to get that point across than by providing some real world examples.… Continue Reading
How to Prepare for a Fire
While sprinkler systems are instrumental when it comes to reducing loss of life and property damage in property fires, they are not the only way that you can stay safe. Having a plan is also important in order to ensure… Continue Reading
What to Know about Fire Sprinkler System Freeze-Ups
If you have a fire sprinkler system installed in your residential or commercial property, you and anyone in your building have a much more likely chance of escaping a fire unharmed. Unfortunately, to get the most out of your sprinkler… Continue Reading
What Is the Connecticut Fire Sprinkler Coalition?
If anyone knows and understands the importance of fire sprinkler systems, besides us of course, it’s firefighters. In fact, firefighters in Connecticut have been urging builders to install sprinklers in newly constructed homes throughout the state. While they haven’t seen… Continue Reading
MONITORING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. DEFINITIONS: “The Company” for purposes of these conditions refers to Davis-Ulmer Fire Protection and/or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries and Rapid Response Monitoring Services. 2. CENTRAL STATION MONITORING: The Client agrees to purchase, and Company agrees to provide in… Continue Reading
What Is the NFPA?
When we talk about fire prevention and safety design, we automatically think of residential and commercial buildings. However, we rarely stop to consider barn designs. And with barn architecture not having changed a whole bunch over the last 600 years,… Continue Reading
Installing Sprinkler Systems in Rural Households
Installing fire sprinkler systems in commercial buildings has long been a common practice in much of the world, but similar systems in residential properties are extremely rare. However, increasingly people are calling for fire sprinklers to be installed in rural… Continue Reading
Saving Lives with Fire Sprinklers
While many of the benefits of having a fire sprinkler system in your building are obvious, you should not overlook just how much of a difference one of these systems can make when it comes to saving lives. In many… Continue Reading