Article by Dale Grant – Historical Journalist – Late into the evening of Saturday, February 23, 1991, a fire began on the 22nd floor of One Meridian Plaza, a 38-story high-rise office building in downtown Philadelphia. This 12-alarm fire would go on to completely obliterate 8 floors of the Center City office building over the […]
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Lithium-ion Battery Fires Are Fast and Furious
Article by Dale Grant – Journalist Ninja : Who doesn’t love a good rivalry? Eagles vs The Cowboys. Pepsi vs Coke. Guy Fieri’s hairstyle vs the passage of time. But if you grew up in the 1990’s no rivalry was as heated as Nintendo vs Sega. Lines were drawn in the sand and you knew […]
Benefits of Performing Life Safety Inspections
Article by Sean Brown – ITM and Service Sales Expert Experiencing a fire in your workplace or home is a dangerous and sometimes deadly event that everyone can agree is best avoided through regular inspections, testing, and maintenance (ITM) of your life safety systems. But aside from the obvious responsibility we all have to keep […]
Deadly Chicago High-rise fire validates proposed Philadelphia City Ordinance
Article by Dale Grant – Digital Marketing & Media Guru Shortly after 10am of Wednesday January 25th, a fire tore through several floors of a South-Side Chicago High-rise. 300 Firefighters and other first responders were at the scene as the fire spread through several floors of the building. When the fire was extinguished two hours […]
Fire sprinkler misnomers as portrayed on the “Big Screen”
Article by Bill Graefe – Contract Sales Manager We have all seen it while watching some of our favorite action movies. Our hero is trapped in a building with no escape from their nemeses. But wait, there is a fire alarm pull station within reach! They pull the fire alarm and immediately, all of the […]
Fingerprint Access Controls
Article by Dale Grant – Digital Marketing & Media Guru Multifamily residences present a unique set of circumstances and challenges for building owners. Among those, the most fundamental is “how do I ensure access to staff, the residents and their guests while at the same time keeping unauthorized individuals from accessing the property?” While traditional […]
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