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10 08, 2017

Decoded: Securing Parking Garages (September 2017)

By |2017-07-30T22:13:49-04:00August 10th, 2017|Accessibility, Articles, FDAI, Fire Doors, Means of Egress, Panic Hardware|15 Comments

Without proper planning, parking garages can present security and life-safety challenges. People who are authorized to use the parking area – or unauthorized people who are able to enter an open parking garage – may attempt to gain access to other floors of the building...

21 07, 2017

FF: Sharpie Seal

By |2017-07-18T00:53:18-04:00July 21st, 2017|Fixed-it Friday, Gasketing & Thresholds|5 Comments

Ian Baren of Katonah Architectural Hardware sent me today's Fixed-it Friday photo.  This mortise lock is on a very fancy clothing store, and apparently it was an aesthetic problem for someone that the gasketing did not continue down the lock face.  So they drew it in with a Sharpie!  You'd think that if they were going to go to the trouble, they would have used a straight-edge!

20 07, 2017

Why two-operation release is not an option – Joseph Hendry Jr., PSP, CLEE

By |2017-07-20T10:09:10-04:00July 20th, 2017|Guest Post, Means of Egress, School Security|1 Comment

Joseph Hendry Jr., PSP, CLEE has written the guest blog post below, to share his experience in law enforcement regarding human behavior in an emergency. This relates directly to the question of whether NFPA 101 should continue to limit egress doors to one releasing operation or should allow two operations to release the latch.

11 07, 2017

Change is Good

By |2017-07-11T09:29:06-04:00July 11th, 2017|General Info, News|5 Comments

To be honest, I’m not a huge fan of change; I like predictability. I know that might surprise some of you, but I’m more apt to live by the old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In case some of you are change-averse like me, I want to tell you about a change that is happening today.

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