CHANTILLY, Va. — The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA), an organization dedicated to the sheet metal and air conditioning industry, announced the sixth ...

QUINCY, Mass.—The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed a training bundle to help facility managers, building owners, engineers, designers and code officials address essential ...

Smoke detectors, not the dampers, are connected to the fire alarm system (if present) in Chapter 7 applications as shown in Figure 6. Chapter 9 systems have various allowable methods for detection and ...

The growth of the smoke and fire damper market is driven by the growth in awareness regarding the use of fire safety systems along with stringent government regulations along with growing construction ...

A new guidance document on the basic criteria for the installation of fire and smoke damper units in fire resisting compartments has been produced by the Association for Specialist Fire Protection. A ...

Keeping buildings safe from the threat of fire is a responsibility we all share as fire code inspectors, fire and smoke damper inspectors, building owners, and facility managers. Our overriding goal ...

Devices installed in Grenfell Tower’s ventilation system to prevent the spread of smoke were of the “lowest possible standard”, the inquiry has heard. Devices installed in Grenfell Tower to prevent ...