Iain Hoey

Iain Hoey Share this content If you just discharged a fire extinguisher or walked through a cloud of its powder, you are probably searching for a quick answer right now.

The fire resistance period refers to the measured duration for which a structural element, wall, floor, or assembly can continue to perform its intended function when subjected to a standardised fire test.

Iain Hoey Share this content A lot of homeowners treat a fire pit build like a weekend Pinterest project, stack some stones, toss in a metal bowl, call it done.

Iain Hoey Share this content Here's a scenario worth sitting with for a second. A fire breaks out in a building on a Sunday night.

Iain Hoey Share this content Walk through any shipyard in Norway or the Netherlands, and you'll see something that would have looked strange a decade ago.

Iain Hoey Share this content Fires don't wait for firefighters to get comfortable.

Discover how proper maintenance of fire equipment improves safety and compliance with expert inspection, testing, servicing, and maintenance best practices.

Iain Hoey Share this content Walk through any plant room or warehouse corridor and you will pass a red cylinder bolted to the wall.

Iain Hoey Share this content Water doesn't compress. That one fact causes more quiet damage in sprinkler work than almost anything else.

Not long ago, keeping corporate data secure meant locking down a building, controlling who had network access, and making sure nobody plugged a dodgy USB into a company machine.