Ferguson Acquires 13 Companies in Fiscal Year 2016 Starts new fiscal year with acquisition of Westfield Lighting. September 14, 2016 Starts new fiscal year with acquisition of Westfield Lighting. Ferguson purchased 13 companies in fiscal year 2016. The acquisitions spanned...Read More
Alternative Energy Fighting Fire September 8, 2016 Max Rohr There isn’t a specific documented day in history that humans first controlled fire. However, my guess is that less than...Read More
FPE Corner Louisville Warehouse Fire September 6, 2016 Samuel S. Dannaway Before 7 a.m. on April 3, 2015, a fire occurred at Building 6 at the General Electric Appliance Park in...Read More
Johnson Controls, Tyco Complete Merger September 6, 2016 A newly formed Johnson Controls began operations Sept. 6 following the successful completion of its merger with Tyco. By uniting...Read More
Code Update Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems September 6, 2016 Ron George The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) publishes the industry standard for automatic fire sprinkler systems. The standard is titled “NFPA...Read More
Rack ‘em up, NFPA 30 then and now August 10, 2016 Samuel S. Dannaway In 1992, I designed the fire protection systems for a Hazardous Materials Storage Building. The building had a separate area...Read More
Life safety sprinkler systems challenge workshop July 11, 2016 Samuel S. Dannaway NFPA recently published the report summarizing the results of this workshop. Sponsored by NFPA, it took place December 14-15, 2015,...Read More
Testing pressure-regulating standpipe hose valves June 6, 2016 Samuel S. Dannaway My April column on the One Meridian Plaza Fire discussed the fire’s impact on the use of pressure-regulating hose valves...Read More
U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now require facilities to comply with 2012 additions of NFPA 101, NFPA 99 May 12, 2016 NFPA offers resources to help stakeholders affected by this long-awaited decision The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...Read More
Just fact May 9, 2016 Samuel S. Dannaway Reminiscent of Paul Harvey, this is a story of a connection. In the book “The Go-Giver,” by Bob Bourg and...Read More
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