How to Keep Your Family Safe from the Leading Cause of Home Fires
February 7, 2012
Home cooking related fires continue to be a leading cause of fire loss within the United States. In the November 2011 NFPA report, Home Fires Involving Cooking Equipment, Marty Ahrens found that between the years of 2005…
How To Prevent Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
News,Blog,Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
February 1, 2012
Ideally, all sprinkler systems would be properly designed and installed for their environment. Dry sprinkler systems would properly slope in order to drain and wet systems would be properly insulated in areas that drop below…
Fire Erupts Inside Construction Contractor’s Storage Trailer
News,Newsroom,Construction Storage Fires
January 31, 2012
Firefighters in Spokane, WA recently responded to a fire in a construction contractor’s storage trailer at the Avista Corporation’s main corporate campus property. The first-arriving firefighters reported finding the…
Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
News,Blog,Fire Sprinkler Freeze Failures
January 25, 2012
The fire sprinkler industry takes many precautions to ensure that accidental leakage does not occur. However, if an automatic sprinkler has discharged water in the clear absence of a fire, an investigation should be undertaken…
Code Consulting Services Save Client $1.8 Million in Unnecessary Fire Safety Modifications
News,Blog,Hazard & Risk Assessment,Success Stories,Code Analysis
January 17, 2012
A tire manufacturing company with a distribution facility located in the State of Texas recently contacted Harrington Group for code consulting assistance to address concerns raised by the city’s fire department. The fire…
CSB Releases New Combustible Dust Safety Video
News,Newsroom,Combustible Dust
January 12, 2012
In 2011, three incidents involving combustible iron dust occurred at the Hoeganaes Corporation in Gallatin, Tennessee. Flash fires and an explosion resulted in the death of five workers and injured three others. The US Chemical…
Explosion Rocks Food Plant Under Construction
News,Newsroom,Construction Storage Fires
January 6, 2012
Firefighters in Greeley, Colorado recently responded to a propane tank explosion at the Leprino Foods construction site, where they found a cargo container destroyed by the explosion. The Leprino Foods plant is currently under…
AHJ Concessions With Hard Deadlines
News,Blog,Life Safety Audits,AHJ Negotiations,Code Analysis,Fire Modeling
December 29, 2011
Projects don’t always go as planned. Sometimes, they require last minute changes or approvals that were unforeseeable in the planning stages. In the tough times when meeting a deadline is critical, you find out who you can rely…
Building To Last
News,Blog,HGI Development & Strategies
December 21, 2011
"What do we stand for and why do we exist?" This should never change. And then feel free to change everything else - Built To Last By the mid-90’s, we were steadily growing and saw a need to create new business management…
NFPA Releases Report on High-Rise Building Fires
December 16, 2011
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) released a new report this month, which focused on High-Rise Building Fires. For the purposes of this report, a high-rise building was defined as a building more than 75 feet in…
Fire Protection Engineering Degree Program Options Expand
December 16, 2011
While there are still only a handful of colleges and universities throughout the United States that offer fire protection engineering degree programs, the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and the University of Maryland…
Integrity by Choice
News,Blog,HGI Development & Strategies
December 13, 2011
Prior to founding Harrington Group in 1986, I had the realization that there were many other companies in the engineering/consulting industry not behaving ethically. They would tell clients one thing while behaving completely…
Tips for Keeping Loved Ones Safe from Fire During the Holidays
December 8, 2011
As the holidays are rapidly approaching, Harrington Group would like to remind everyone that while decorations are festive and beautiful, if not managed properly, they can also be very dangerous and pose increased fire risk.…
How to Save Construction Costs Without Compromising Fire Safety
News,Blog,System Design,Fire Modeling
December 1, 2011
Last week’s blog, What If You Did Have A Fire Protection Engineer?, discussed how building owners, developers, architects, and project team engineers do not normally include a fire protection engineer early in the…
What If You Did Have A Fire Protection Engineer?
News,Blog,Performance-Based Design
November 23, 2011
This story is a continuation from What If You Didn’t Have A Fire Protection Engineer? If you haven’t read it, we suggest you find out how an AHJ’s code interpretation could have a costly impact on a new building project. In…