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Halloween at Work: Are Your Decorations Creating Hidden Fire Risks?
Halloween decorations can bring unexpected fire safety risks to commercial buildings. Learn how businesses can safely manage seasonal displays, electrical equipment, emergency exits, and fire protection systems while keeping employees and visitors protected.
When Evacuation Isn't Simple: Rethinking Fire Safety in Healthcare
When a fire alarm sounds, evacuating isn't always the safest first response in healthcare. Explore how defend-in-place strategies, reliable fire and life safety systems, and coordinated emergency planning help hospitals and healthcare facilities protect patients, staff, and visitors.
Has Your Workplace Changed Faster Than Your Fire Safety Plan?
As buildings, technology, and daily operations evolve, so do fire safety considerations. Learn how lithium-ion battery safety, fire alarm inspections, preventive maintenance, and ongoing system support help commercial facilities, schools, healthcare organizations, and industrial workplaces stay prepared.
Before the Alarm: What Emergency Preparedness Looks Like for Your Building Systems
Emergency preparedness is about more than having a plan. Learn how inspections, testing, emergency communications, monitoring, and preventive maintenance help keep critical building systems ready before they’re needed.
Attend Merrillville Breakfast Session: Lithium-ion Battery Systems
Communication Company will sponsor a breakfast session about Lithium-ion Battery Fires and Detection on June 6th, 9:00-10:30 am CST at the Dean and Barabara White Center in Merrillville. Participants can earn 1.5 CPD credits. Danish and coffee will start at 8:30 am CST.
Have You Tested Your Facility Fire Alarms Lately?
Communication Company completes fire alarm and life safety systems inspections for acute healthcare facilities in accordance with NFPA and applicable sections of ACHC/HFAP (Chapter 13 Life Safety) Standards.
Fire Alarm Guidelines: Preventing Mass Casualties in an Active Shooter Situation
As school shootings continue to plague the U.S. education system, shooters are weaponizing critical communication devices in order to lure students and staff from their classrooms into hallways and other open spaces.
The Bronx Fire: How to Prevent Similar Situations in Your Facility
On January 10th, a tragic fire that occurred in a Bronx, N.Y. high-rise apartment building claimed the lives of 19 people. Here’s what we can learn about this particular fire and how to prevent similar fires from occurring.
The End of 3G: Do You Need to Replace Your Fire Panel’s Cellular Dialer?
As we move further into the new year, society continues to move further away from 3G networks. While you may know this applies to your mobile device, our cell phones aren’t the only item we need to upgrade
Are You Aware of Your Facility’s Fire Safety Guidelines?
While having a fire detection system in place is commonplace in any facility, understanding the fire safety guidelines concerning testing and inspection can be challenging. Fire safety guidelines are frequently changing, so having someone familiar with the latest information is critical to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of your workplace.