Fire Safety
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Focus on fire safety for your building
Fire safety is a critical part of your maintenance plan. Along with threatening the safety of your staff and visitors, the risk of fire creates
Canadian Property Management
Lax fire safety oversight flagged in NS audit
Nova Scotia's Auditor General raises a long list of concerns about the Office of the Fire Marshal 12 years after a previous Auditor General presented similar findings.
REMI Network
Bylaw for high-rise radio communication proposed in Kamloops
A new report presented to City Council last week states an increase in high-rise structures is hampering radio communication among emergency responders.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Fire safety researchers examine energy storage
Facilities managers worldwide are invited to share some basic details about the specifications and configurations of their battery energy storage systems.
REMI Network
Ensuring smoke control systems are working correctly
The first and most critical step is for corporations to determine whether they have a smoke control system maintenance and testing procedure document in place.
Canadian Property Management
Remember your smoke management system
Smoke can impede a person’s ability to breathe, but it may also contain toxic particles or vapours that affix themselves to the lungs and wreak havoc from within. It’s for these reasons that property managers must make the health and efficiency of their smoke management systems an ongoing priority.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Fire safety systems: Have you checked your water?
The worst time to discover your fire safety system lacks adequate water supply is when an emergency strikes. And yet, it’s not uncommon for negative impacts to a building’s water sources to go unnoticed by property management teams until that system is needed most.
CondoBusiness
Multifamily fire risk factors evolve over time
The combination of improved suppression and ignition source depletion has reduced the risk of fire-related fatalities within residential high-rises, and all dwellings in general, since 1980.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Digitizing fire protection for facility inspections
With fire equipment, the biggest culprit for non-compliance issues usually involves obstructions blocking fire extinguishers and hoses from view.
CondoBusiness
Condos lag on fire code compliance
Fire plans may need an overhaul as the resident population ages, building systems are updated, and renovations alter the layout of floors or rooms.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Preparing facilities for wildfires
Around 8,000 wildfires burn a total land area about half the size of Nova Scotia in Canada each year.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Raising the alarm: The need for certified fire safety support
Avoidable disasters and regulatory changes have underscored the need for stronger fire prevention measures in recent years. And for facility owners and managers, this means applying extra due diligence when adopting the fire safety systems, training, and certified professionals to keep occupants safe.
CondoBusiness
Documenting evidence in condos amid COVID-19
Condominium property managers should be documenting evidence in the coming months due to losses and claims amid the pandemic.
CondoBusiness
Tech aids condo compliance during COVID-19
ICC Property Management is using technology to digitally track its response to COVID-19 and enhance safety for residents and staff.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Code rigour relaxed for ad hoc health care space
The NFPA guidance on alternative compliance options was developed to address four scenarios that have been rapidly arising in the United States.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Remote video inspections abet social distancing
The technology does not replace the human element of inspections, but it does allow for parties to the inspection to be separate from each other.
REMI Network
COVID-19 resource for condo managers and boards
A new resource, available for managers and boards, offers a due diligent standard approach for fire, safety and security during the COVID-19 response.