Every article filed under Suppression Systems — plain-spoken fire protection engineering from the practice.
Water is the workhorse of fire suppression — but it's not always the right tool. When the contents of a space are more valuable than the structure, or when water itself creates a hazard, special suppression agents take over.
Read article →A sprinkler system is only as good as the water supply behind it. Hydraulic calculations are the mathematical proof that the system will deliver required flow and pressure — one of the most technically demanding tasks in fire protection engineering.
Read article →Three NFPA standards govern automatic sprinkler installation in the United States — and choosing the wrong one can result in a system that is dangerously under-designed or unnecessarily over-engineered. This guide breaks down NFPA 13, 13R, and 13D by scope, cost, and code applicability.
Read article →The automatic fire sprinkler is the most thoroughly tested and consistently life-saving technology in fire protection history — and it is persistently misunderstood. No, they don't all go off at once. Here's how they actually work.
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