Given the myriad options businesses have when choosing mass notification systems, we set out to find what factors system managers should take into account when they select a solution.
- By Laura Williams
- Sep 01, 2011
Beverly Hills, Calif., has been glamorized in countless film and television depictions as the home of the wealthy and famous. Beyond the glamour, though, it has municipal management issues much like those any city faces.
- By Beth Welch
- Sep 01, 2011
For the life safety community, mass notification is a relatively new concept. It arose from emergency management personnel’s inability to communicate with and direct building occupants during emergencies. Since the publication of the Unified Facilities Criteria, many U.S. military facilities throughout the world have installed mass notification systems. The criteria outlined the design, operation and interfaces required for mass notification in military facilities, and the Defense Department approved the final version for mass notification in 2008.
- By Christa Poss
- Sep 01, 2011
As a PSA vendor partner, both member companies and distribution customers are able to purchase VES products and become certified on Elite networked systems.
The term mass notification originated with the Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) document 4-021-01, titled Design and O&M: Mass Notification Systems, created by the Department of Defense (DoD). The UFC outlines the design, operation and maintenance of mass notification systems (MNSs) required on all DoD properties, including posts for the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy.
- By Peter Ebersold
- Sep 01, 2011
The company will serve as BOMA 360 ambassador and on the building codes and voluntary standards committee.
Half-day seminars for fire alarm specifiers and designers offer Continuing Professional Development units.
The Security Products New Product of the Year Award honors the outstanding product development achievements of security equipment manufacturers whose products are considered to be particularly noteworthy in their ability to improve security.
FEMA’s United States Fire Administration (USFA) has issued a special report focusing on the causes and characteristics of fires in college and university residential buildings that include dormitories and fraternity and sorority houses.
Featuring video surveillance, access control, intrusion and fire detection, critical communications and audio systems, the 53-feet long, double-expandable trailer features 1,000 square feet of product display space.
Monitronics is one of three monitoring companies selected nationwide for the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) pilot program.
Two Cornell University researchers have developed a device that can detect anthrax and other pathogens, as well as provide basic genetic information from human samples, and it it all fits in a container no bigger than a small suitcase.
- By Laura Williams
- Aug 03, 2011
The company, in partnership with Microsoft, improves the safety and efficiency of cities and municipalities with its new capabilities.
The goals of the voluntary program are to raise the overall installation quality of electronic security and life safety systems and reduce the burden and risks false alarms place on local, national and international police forces.
Each of the 22 fire/paramedic stations is now provided with a secure drug box/safe fitted with a battery-powered iLocker lock.
Tyco International Ltd. recently announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire privately-held Chemguard, Inc., a provider of firefighting foam concentrates and equipment, foam systems, services and specialty chemicals. Chemguard will be integrated into Tyco’s Fire Protection Products business unit.
The advanced fire alarm programming course has been added at customers’ request.
The Electronic Security Association's (ESA) Government Relations Department is requesting Congress include amendments to H.R. 1792 and S. 1035, the Fire Sprinkler Incentive Act of 2011 that would provide a balanced approach of Fire Suppression + Detection = Fire Protection.
The new emergency communications offerings provide cost-effective, remote control capabilities.
The largest privately-owned integrator in the Philadelphia area attains a top-level distinction.