Why Healthcare Fire Safety Needs a Digital Upgrade

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False alarms at 2 a.m. Patients startled awake. Staff scrambling through evacuation protocols for a detector triggered by dust. For healthcare facility managers, this is not a hypothetical scenario. It is a recurring, costly disruption that erodes trust, strains already stretched teams, and diverts attention from patient care. Fire safety in healthcare has always carried […]

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