As a fire alarm part supplier, one of the biggest challenges we faced last year due to COVID and Winter weather was a significant delay in shipping. Fire alarm part manufacturers and their [...]
Many recalled units will have the TruSense logo or “AMBER=FAULT” printed on the front, according to Kidde’s website. BIG RECALL NEWS!! Kidde is recalling about 226,000 smoke [...]
This stop-start cycle impacted the industry throughout the supply chain. A manufacturing backlog built up that even today has not caught up with demand. The impact of COVID-19 has spared no [...]
As standard operations and the pace of production starts to revert to normal, both employers and employees must consider the possibility of physical deconditioning. Manufacturing jobs are often [...]
There is NO replacement detector for the FP-11 The end of an era is upon us. The MXL fire safety system is officially being discontinued as of May 29, 2020. While final FP-11 smoke detector [...]
In early April, we received notification that major fire alarm manufacturers who build and assemble their products in Mexico have been shut down by the government due to COVID-19 exposure in [...]
The power of fire should not be underestimated. In 2017, one home fire occurred every 88 seconds in the United States, and about half of the insurance claims relating to fire were made by [...]
The fire alarm system industry is at the brink of a black swan event. The impact this will have on the availability and cost of legacy smoke alarm and detector products is something rarely seen [...]
Smoke detectors have two critical functions, to warn people of a potential fire hazard and to save lives. To be effective, smoke detectors need to be installed correctly and detect smoke from [...]
Back then, it was common to use bells to signal an alarm. As technology changed, it was found that the bells emitted too much electrical noise back into the system and it caused problems with [...]