
Quality is a measure of the degree of excellence against certain benchmarks like standard, class, caliber, status, condition, form, rank, value, and type of a product or service. Quality is of great essence in fire protection products and services. Compliance to methods and purpose of users targeted by manufacturers, cost optimization, energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, ease of maintenance, risk of exposure to fire protection substance, conformance to purchasing order, compliance to regulations and standards among others are criteria for measuring fire protection quality.