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Category: Fire Alarm

Reduce fire damage and asset loss by 97%

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A single sprinkler controls a fire 90 percent of the time, saving a majority of a home or company’s possessions.1 Also, the average fire loss in a building with a sprinkler system is $2,166 as opposed to $45,019 without the protection.2

Sprinkler systems reduce fire damage by up to 97 percent.

When properly maintained and inspected, fire sprinkler systems are among the most essential investments you will make in ensuring the safety of your facility. Trusting that your systems will optimally perform in the event of an emergency depends upon finding a fire protection company upon which you can rely to professionally install, service and inspect your fire sprinkler systems. When you work with Protegis Fire & Safety, you get the full-scale capability of one of the most established and experienced fire protection companies in the United States.

Notes:
1. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
2. Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition

4 of the Newest Fire Alarm Technologies

Fire alarm technician testing the fire alarm system

Fire alarms have been around forever.

In fact, the first alarm was invented in 1852  by Dr. William F. Channing and Moses Farmer. Their fire alarm included two boxes, each containing a telegraphic key with a handle. When someone detected a fire, they would crank the handle, which would then relay the details of the fire alarm box number to a central alarm station. The operator at the station would receive the message, which would then be forwarded to the fire department.

Advances in technology have helped fire alarm systems:

  • notify authorities quicker
  • accurately detect non-visible, yet devastating gases
  • notify the blind
  • provide escape directions

Technology is great, huh?
Let’s dive into each of these fire alarm technologies and how they are helping our world become a safer place:

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