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NFPA highlights updated construction-site emergency notification guidance. A separate NFPA 72 temporary-system chapter is still under development—not a new enforceable rule.
Read code update →The Fire Industry Association's first full aspirating-smoke guidance revision since 2012 is a useful technical reference, especially for VESDA work. This UK document is not a new U.S. code requirement.
Read detection update →Honeywell's current Silent Knight software page bundles HFSS 8.1.0.11 with 6000 Series firmware 7.00.21, including password-usability changes, support for upcoming U-series panel variants, SSO support, and panel-conversion tools.
Read software update →Honeywell still features a 2022 technical bulletin covering certain WSK-PULL-DA wireless pull stations that can generate premature, erroneous low-battery warnings. It is not a recall or a new 2026 safety notice, but it remains useful field information.
Read field notice →Search legacy issues technicians may still encounter, including the BG-10 pull-station safety advisory, NOTIFIER panel firmware recall, SWIFT wireless gateway recall, and National Time pull-station recall.
Browse recalls & alerts →Honeywell's current NFS2-3030 product page now displays a discontinued notice. Existing systems do not suddenly require replacement, but lifecycle planning matters before the next expansion or major failure.
Read update →Honeywell marks the S3 Series discontinued. Elevate is the newer Gamewell-FCI platform and documents compatibility with existing S3 Velociti and CLIP SLC wiring and devices.
Read update →The state continues to say the next code package is awaiting Legislative Regulation Review Committee approval. The active code baseline has not changed.
Read update →One Honeywell page shows a discontinued notice while the Farenhyt control-panel portfolio still lists the IFP-300. Verify before quoting, stocking, or designing around it.
Read update →The Office of the State Building Inspector and Office of the State Fire Marshal say mailed paper modification requests stopped being accepted January 1, 2026.
Read update →CPSC says Model KH158 4-in-1 natural gas and carbon monoxide detectors can fail to alert occupants to hazardous carbon monoxide. The agency identifies 376,974 units and 91 reported failures to alarm.
Read safety notice →The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the affected combination detectors can fail to alert occupants to hazardous smoke and fire.
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