WASHINGTON and DES PLAINES, ILL. — The International Code Council and American Society of Plumbing Engineers have published “Residential Fire Sprinkler Systems: Design, Installation and Code ...

CHAMPAIGN – Cecil Bilbo has been in the fire-sprinkler industry for 20 years, and he says most of the training for the people who design sprinkler systems comes on the job. Bilbo is getting ready to ...

Peter Bressington examines the contribution that sprinklers can make to a performance-based fire safety design and the flexibility they provide in a conventional, prescriptive approach. The Ark ...

ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Coastal Sprinkler, expanding its fire sprinkler ...

Look at the ceiling of any public building and you’ll notice that fire sprinkler systems are everywhere. To the untrained observer, one sprinkler system is probably very much the same as another. On ...

Photo: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seniors Erik Kauntz, Jake Pyzza, and Ryan Clapp designed and built an early prototype of a new "smart" fire suppression system. Between 35 and 40 million fire ...

View the Firefighters & Fire Sprinklers—Partners in Progress supplement in its entirety via Firehouse’s proprietary digital platform Clarity, which includes additional content and videos, here.

The listing is to UL 1821, Thermoplastic Sprinkler Pipe and Fittings for Fire Protection Service It approves (with certain limitations) the use of flexible AquaPEX tubing and ProPEX expansion fittings ...