Fire and smoke dampers are a proven and effective way to protect duct and air-transfer openings in walls, barriers, partitions, corridors, and shafts. Since the inception of Underwriters Laboratories ...

Life safety dampers are an important part of fire and smoke protection in commercial buildings. Much like smoke detectors and fire sprinklers, they need to be periodically tested, per the ...

Fire dampers save lives. This is particularly true for facilities catering to vulnerable populations, including hospitals where many patients are non-ambulatory. Statistics show that approximately 70% ...

QUINCY, Mass.—The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has developed a training bundle to help facility managers, building owners, engineers, designers and code officials address essential ...

Keeping buildings safe from the threat of fire is a responsibility we all share as fire code inspectors, fire and smoke damper inspectors, building owners, and facility managers. Our overriding goal ...

The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has issued an interim technical bulletin (VH001) ahead of a full update to its guidance after finding a significant number of problems with the ...

Introduced by City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell, the proposed inspections of smoke and fire dampers, which prevent flames from spreading through a building’s HVAC system, would have to be conducted ...