The Firestop Contractors International Association (FCIA) salutes ENR for the "False Alarms" cover story (ENR 6/7 p. 46). ENR presented multiple sides of the fire protection story throughout the country.
FCIA believes there may not be a need to design buildings to stand up to 9/11-type attacks. But buildings should be designed to the triad of fire protection: effective compartmentation, alarms and detection, and suppression systems. No single part of the system is the answer to all fire and life safety concerns.