Unsplash Licence – Tak-Kei Wong In the UK, fire extinguishers are painted signal red so they can be seen easily in an emergency. However, they also have a coloured box near the top. This colour corresponds to the class of fire that the extinguisher can fight, so...
The terms fire alarm and smoke detector are often used interchangeably, even though they mean different things. This misuse creates confusion when planning your fire response protocols and potentially places people at risk. We are going to break down each system and...
In an ideal world, all smoke detectors would function properly all the time. However, the reality is that, at some point or another, you may have to deal with a smoke detector false alarm. In fact, data shows that the Fire and Rescue Service attended 231,510 fire...
