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The System That Cried Wolf: When to Believe the Fire Alarm

by Mike Lehner, P.E. This article is part of Wood Harbinger’s newsletter series. One of Aesop’s famous fables is “The Boy Who Cried Wolf.” If you recall, the story tells of a young shepherd boy who cried out that a wolf was chasing the village sheep, and the villagers came running to help him, only […]

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Canary in the Computer Room: How Smoke Detection Systems Can Save the Day

by Mike Lehner, P.E. This article is part of Wood Harbinger’s newsletter series. Data centers and computer server rooms play a pivotal role in an organization’s infrastructure. System failures can wreak havoc in lost time and money. A fire in a data center or server room is the ultimate bad day. Wouldn’t it be great […]

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Fire Protection: The Whole Story May Surprise You

by Mike Lehner, P.E. This article is part of Wood Harbinger’s newsletter series. When you think about fire protection, what comes to mind? Fire hydrants? Fire sprinklers? Every sprinkler head in the building going off in some Hollywood movie? In reality, each sprinkler head activates in its own sweet time, when the temperature in the […]

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