Do you know that in 2017, almost 100,000 age-standardized deaths occurred globally from heat, fire, and hot substances? Governments worldwide are trying to lessen this staggering number by reducing ...

HOUSTON — A fixed fire protection system could have stopped the ITC fire in less than a minute. Marcelo D’Amico is the lead fire protection engineer and risk management consultant for Orcus Fire and ...

History has shown that some of the largest industrial fires have occurred when systems were out of service, or impaired. Many corporations require that all of their facilities be provided with ...

Other times, fire protection systems are taken offline for repairs, equipment replacement, or upgrades. Fire pump failure could spell disaster for a nuclear power plant, but regularly scheduled ...