Media Coverage

December 2005 - Fire marshals led the charge to change inspection requirements for electronically monitored fire extinguishers from once-a-year to once-every-three years. The International Code Council - whose fire code is used by many state and local municipalities--approved the change at its annual conference this fall in Detroit.

Over a three-year period, end users will save about $70 per extinguisher, which can add up in venues such as schools that have many fire extinguishers.

September 2005 - A thorough discussion of the benefits of monitored fire extinguisher systems, including survey statistics on monitoring and placement.

March 2004 - Mike Halligan, associate director of environmental health and safety at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, knew that the campus fire-safety program had to be reviewed after two fires occurred in wet chemistry laboratories. One fire was caused by an unplanned reaction when two compounds were mixed together in a small beaker. This fire was contained by a fume hood and by the graduate student who used a nearby fire extinguisher to put out the flames. The damage was minimal because the use of the fire extinguisher prevented the fire from spreading to other materials within the fume hood.

October 2003 - (Online) This is the first installation of the new EN-Gauge technology that provides peace of mind and a sense of safety for students and their families. Fire & Safety Magazine

October 13, 2003 - Many of the patents tenaciously won by Massachusetts inventors are for ordinary but nevertheless important objects.

Eight years ago, Brendan McSheffrey had his billion-dollar brainstorm. This month, his mom and dad are finally bringing Brendan's invention to market, one of the biggest innovations in decades to come to a ubiquitous piece of technology few people ever think about: fire extinguisher pressure gauges.

August 2003 - The en-Gauge monitor was featured in the Resources section of Government Security magazine, a periodical dedicated to technology solutions for homeland defense.