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Your smoke alarm’s chirp can be oddly reassuring, a small sound that suggests everything is still working. Yet the device ...

Are you really maintaining your fire alarm system? Fire alarm systems are expected to help protect people, property, and assets. But you can’t tell if they’re fully operational just by looking at them ...

My company is installing a fire alarm sprinkler supervisory panel (DACT) with one outside horn, one smoke detector and one manual pull box. We will be connecting to switches installed by the sprinkler ...

As you may know, fire alarms are tested quarterly in each building on the Homewood campus. The schedule for these tests can always be found at the Facilities and Real Estate website. In addition to ...

GREENVILLE, SC (WSPA) – The city of Greenville has a new campaign for getting you to test your smoke alarm. Here is what the city posted on their Facebook page: Spread the word! We are trying to ...

It is almost time to spring forward for Daylight Saving Time (DST). When setting your clock ahead one hour for DST Sunday, March 11, make sure your smoke alarms are working, and check that the ...

This is a test. This is only a test. But it's going to be one very big test. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the ...