Can your bedroom door keep flames and smoke out?
Watch how having your door closed can help you stay safe from a fire’s smoke, heat, and flames. Officials are issuing an urgent alert when it comes to home fires – sleep with your bedroom [...]
How smoke alarms became installed in nearly 100% of US homes
While smoke alarms are installed in almost 100% of homes, approximately 30% of alarms don’t work due to aging, removal of batteries, or failure of the homeowner to replace dead batteries. [...]
Avoid main cause of house fires
Learn what are the main causes for home fires and how to prevent them. SPOILER – “don’t leaving stove unattended, have working smoke detectors, and fire sprinklers” NFPA [...]
Simplex 4098-9714: Beginning of the end?
However, given the new UL 2020 smoke detector standards (UL 217/UL 268) is this the beginning of the end for Simplex 4098-9714? In the fire alarm world, one of the most well known and installed [...]
