15
Jan
2026
Fire Safety During Facility Shutdowns and Low-Occupancy Periods: What Canadian Sites Overlook
Facility shutdowns and low-occupancy periods are often treated as low-risk intervals-fewer people on site, reduced operations, and minimal activity. In reality, these conditions frequently increase fire risk rather than reduce ...
08
Jan
2026
Fire Suppression System Downtime in Canada: How to Plan Maintenance Without Losing Protection
Fire suppression system downtime is one of the most underestimated risks in Canadian commercial and industrial facilities. While maintenance, testing, and system upgrades are necessary to keep special hazard fire ...
09
Dec
2025
Hospital Fire Safety: Silent Suppression Solutions for Operating Rooms and Imaging Suites
Medical facilities, including surgical rooms, imaging centers, and other patient-focused healthcare environments are unsuitable for traditional fire alarm and suppression methods. Not only can sprinkler systems damage sensitive equipment (similar ...
02
Dec
2025
Fire Systems Engineering in Canada: From Risk Assessment to Final Commissioning
Fire Systems Engineering is a large concept term that encompasses the totality of the fire safety and protection of your building. It starts with an in-depth needs analysis for the ...
25
Nov
2025
Fire Suppression in Retail and Shopping Centres: Common Violations and How to Fix Them
Retail spaces pose interesting challenges when planning out all-important fire safety systems. A rotating carousel of lessees, constant changes to the building's structure and decorative elements, and a lack ...
18
Nov
2025
Cylinder Hydrostatic Testing in Canada: Intervals, Labelling, and Transport Canada Basics
Storing and maintaining gases is vital for the use of clean agent systems. Because they don’t rely on water, they operate under a different set of rules than traditional ...
10
Nov
2025
Room-Ready Clean Agents: How to Prep Spaces So FK-5-1-12 Actually Works
Clean agents are the gold standard when it comes to securing data centers and server rooms, but it is just as important to set your room up properly as it ...
17
Oct
2025
Fire Suppression for Lithium-Ion Battery Storage Systems (BESS): Best Practices 2025
LIthium-ion batteries and an increasingly popular power source in our modern world. Unfortunately, even with all the fire risks associated with Battery Energy Storage Systems, many municipal fire departments remain ...