Structure Fire Hazard in the Home: Children Playing with Fire

Posted on Monday, May 13th, 2013

“Little rascal” isn’t quite accurate. Most people do not realize that children can pose a significant fire hazard in the home. According to a report by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), an average of 56,300 fires are ignited by children on an annual basis. Damages amount to 110 deaths, 880 injuries, and $286 million...read the full article

What’s Going on at SUPDET 2013 this year?

Posted on Friday, March 1st, 2013

The 17th annual Suppression, Detection, and Signaling Research and Applications (SUPDET) symposium has been happening all week in Orlando. This year’s program has been addressing the latest on topics including: Detection research including cooking fire detection research, strategies to address unwanted alarms, and detection of wild land fires; Sprinkler protection strategies including lithium ion batteries;...read the full article

Don’t Forget Fire Safety While You Deck the Halls

Posted on Thursday, December 6th, 2012

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Harrington Group. We recently put up our Christmas tree and will celebrate the season at our company Christmas party this coming weekend. We are certainly filled with the holiday spirit, but as members of the fire protection engineering community, we also worry about fire safety. While...read the full article

Which Facility Uses More Water During a Fire – Sprinklered or Unsprinklered?

Posted on Friday, April 27th, 2012

If you had to guess if a sprinklered facility or an unsprinklered facility consumed more water during a fire incident, which facility would you choose? The Fire Protection Research Foundation conducted a study to answer that question and recently released its results in “Fire Flow Water Consumption in Sprinklered and Unsprinklered Buildings: An Assessment of...read the full article

Clean Agent Extinguishing Systems

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st, 2004

In the September/October 2004 issue of NFPA Journal, fire protection engineer, Jeff Harrington, discusses clean agent systems and revised rules for safe human exposure. On September 16, 1987, the United States and 23 other nations signed the Montreal Protocol, which was adopted into US law through the Clean Air Act of 1990. These new laws...read the full article