What Do Drs. and Fire Protection Engineers Have In Common?

How could fire protection engineers possibly be like doctors? Well, have you ever had a radiating pain and were unsure of what was causing it? Many of us don’t like to go to doctors, but after delaying the inevitable, when you…

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Harrington Group, Inc. Celebrates 25th Anniversary

April 26, 2011 – Twenty-five years ago, Jeff Harrington saw the need to develop a higher quality, more informed resource for providing fire protection engineering consulting services.  He began Harrington Group, Inc. as a…

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Fire Safety Engineering Alert – Antifreeze in Sprinkler Systems

Fire Safety Engineering Alert - Reports of a fire incident involving an antifreeze sprinkler system with a high concentration of antifreeze solution led the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) to conduct research and…

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Origin & Cause Investigation begins for Hawaii Fireworks Storage Explosion that Killed 5 People

According to media reports, an investigation is underway into the origin and cause of an explosion that occurred in a fireworks storage bunker in Waikele on Friday, April 8, 2011 at about 9:00 a.m. local time. Audrey McAvoy of…

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Harrington Group, Inc. Launches New, Interactive Website

DULUTH, GA – March 28, 2011 – To help celebrate 25 years of unsurpassed excellence in the fire protection engineering industry, Harrington Group, Inc. announces the launch of its new website, hgi-fire.com. The modern, clean…

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FM-200 Extinguishing System

An electrical engineering and testing firm involved with a major banking facility recommended the fire consultants at Harrington Group to their long-term client. The client was becoming very concerned with the performance of a…

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Property Loss Control Services Help Client Avoid $500K in Insurance Surcharges

How can property loss control services make a difference to your HPR insurance premium? The HPR property insurance underwriter for a confectionery manufacturer issued a warning that additional reinsurance of about $500,000…

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Fire Safety Solution for Flammable Liquid Storage

Harrington Group, Inc. (Harrington Group) was asked by a client to perform a quality assurance review of a fire safety solution design prepared by another fire protection engineering consultant. The scope of the design included…

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Smoke spread model

Building Code Consultants Save Client $200,000!

The building code consultants at Harrington Group helped our client to achieve a variance to certain code requirements related to smoke and heat venting. Through active partnership with the client, we successfully negotiated…

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Property Loss Control Services Save Client Over $120,000

A carpet manufacturer in Glasgow, Virginia retained Harrington Group for property loss control services after receiving a report from their HPR insurance carrier that contained a mandatory recommendation to provide an…

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Property Loss Control Services Save Client $60,000

Harrington Group was retained to provide property loss control services for a single manufacturing facility located in Hampton, Georgia, producing electric power distribution equipment. The HPR property insurance carrier issued…

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Property Loss Control Audit & Fire Protection System Design Save Client $160,000

A major newspaper plant in Ohio had preliminary A/E drawings completed along with their insurance carrier's fire protection and property loss control recommendations. We attended a coordination meeting to discuss the owner's…

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Fire Protection Engineers at Harrington Group, Inc. Reach out to Clients During Fire Prevention Week

DULUTH, GA – September 22, 2010 – Harrington Group, Inc. (d/b/a Harrington Group, Inc. in the state of NC), a fire protection engineering consulting company, is helping to educate their clients about fire safety during this…

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