SupDet 2016 Workshop Highlighted the Opportunities for Big Data to Inform ITM of Fire Protection Systems

Wednesday afternoon at SupDet was dedicated to a Workshop on Big Data and Fire Protection Systems focused on identifying the opportunities for big data to inform inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM) decision making. The on‐going reliability of built‐in fire protection systems is related to ITM of these systems. Nathaniel Lin (pictured below), NFPA's new director of data strategy and analytics, gave a presentation on “Big Data Analytics and Decision Making” where he highlighted the need for analytics to turn raw data into insights and solutions that can be acted upon. “True analysis,” he said, “leads to predictions. It uses the...