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How to Review a Fire Alarm Submittal Without Being a Fire Alarm Engineer

How to Review a Fire Alarm Submittal Without Being a Fire Alarm Engineer

by GSMG, Inc. | Aug 27, 2026 | Fire and Life Safety

A fire alarm submittal has landed on your desk and you are expected to say something about it. You are not being asked to engineer it. You are being asked whether it is complete, and completeness is checkable without a license. David J., Founder, GSMG Inc. Who this is...
Why Commercial Buildings Fail Fire Inspections (and How to Stop)

Why Commercial Buildings Fail Fire Inspections (and How to Stop)

by GSMG, Inc. | Aug 27, 2026 | Fire and Life Safety

Almost nobody fails a fire inspection because their building is unsafe. They fail because they cannot prove it is safe. Ten ways that happens, and what to check before somebody else does. David J., Founder, GSMG Inc. Where I am standing My company performs fire alarm...
What to Check Before You Sign a Security or Fire Alarm Contract

What to Check Before You Sign a Security or Fire Alarm Contract

by GSMG, Inc. | Aug 27, 2026 | Fire and Life Safety

Most of the leverage in this purchase sits with the seller, and it sits there because of information rather than price. Here is what I would look at if I were on your side of the table. David J., Founder, GSMG Inc. Where I am standing I run a company that sells these...
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Global Security Management Group designs, installs, and commissions security and life safety systems. Formed in 2011, staffed by New York State licensed Professional Engineers, and monitoring through our own UL listed Central Station.

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