Common NYC Fire Code Violations

New York City’s housing predominantly consists of multi-family dwellings. The same can be said about most of its commercial buildings, with one building commonly playing host to multiple companies. As a result, when a fire emergency happens anywhere in the city, it...

What Is Active Fire Protection?

Whether you own a commercial building or a multi-unit residential structure, you need to ensure that it is up to current fire codes in your township. This means it needs to have an active fire protection system in place. What is an active fire protection system? An...

What Is Passive Fire Protection?

Every building needs a fire protection system installed to ensure it is up to code and safe to be inhabited. But while you are probably already familiar with most active fire protection types, such as sprinklers, fire extinguishers, fire detection devices and fire...