Fire Sprinkler Design and Building Code: What You Need to Know
The most effective fire prevention technique is the one…
Sprinkler Systems – An Introduction to Fire Safety’s Most Effective Ally
If you hold a cigarette lighter underneath a sprinkler, every sprinkler in the building will suddenly activate and spew water, right? Wrong. The heat from the lighter will cause only one sprinkler to operate, the one that feels…
Forklift Fire Safety & Accident Prevention – Part 2
By Jack Rubinger, Graphic Products From time to time, we like to share perspectives from members in our connected communities. We’d like to thank Jack Rubinger, an expert in industrial safety, for providing this two-part guest…
Forklift Fire Safety & Accident Prevention – Part 1
By Jack Rubinger, Graphic Products From time to time, we like to share perspectives from members in our connected communities. We’d like to thank Jack Rubinger, an expert in industrial safety, for providing this two-part guest…
Fire Safety Design Considerations of Road Tunnels
We recently published a guest post about emergency evacuations from our colleagues at Graphic Packaging that mentioned the Mont Blanc tragic tunnel fire. Shortly after we published the blog, I had the opportunity to attend an…
What’s Next? Aftermath of Combustible Dust Explosion at Burns Lake Mill
Since the two British Columbia sawmill explosions in early 2012, attention to the problem of combustible dust has skyrocketed. It’s tragically too late for the four workers killed and more than 40 injured in these blasts, but…
Combustible Dust Explosion at Babine Forest Products: Exploring the Root Causes
When combustible dust ignited to cause a deadly explosion at the Babine Forest Products mill, a housekeeping issue quickly became a matter of life and death. Two workers were killed and 20 were injured that day in January 2012,…
Burns Lake Mill Combustible Dust Explosion: What Happened?
Combustible dust explosion risk is one of the most challenging issues fire safety professionals face today. On January 20, 2012 in Burns Lake, British Columbia, we were reminded why. Shortly after 8pm, there was a combustible…
Atlanta Fire Protection Consultant, Matthew Connolly, Joins Harrington Group!
We are excited to welcome our newest Fire Protection…
Tips for Surviving Emergency Evacuations
By Jack Rubinger, Graphic Products, www.GraphicProducts.com From time to time, we like to share perspectives of members in our connected communities. We’d like to thank Jack Rubinger, an expert in industrial safety, for…
Fire Protection Engineer, Nolan McCarthy, P.E. Joins Harrington Group
We are excited to welcome our newest Fire…
Emergency Evacuations – Do You Know What To Do?
By Jack Rubinger, Graphic Products, www.GraphicProducts.com From time to time, we like to share perspectives of members in our connected communities. We’d like to thank Jack Rubinger, an expert in industrial safety, for…
Possible Combustible Dust Explosion Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
An investigation is still open, leaving many questions unanswered, in a manufacturing plant explosion and facility collapse that killed two people and injured 10 others. The incident occurred on January 20, 2014 at the…
CSB Releases Preliminary Findings – West, Texas Fertilizer Explosion was Preventable
After a year-long investigation, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its preliminary findings in the ammonium nitrate (AN) fire and explosion that occurred at West Fertilizer in West, Texas. Last April’s tragedy…
May is Building Safety Month!
May is Building Safety Month! Founded by the International Code Council in 1980, Building Safety Month is a public awareness campaign that reinforces the need for adoption of modern, model building codes, a strong and efficient…