The Summerland tragedy changed building regulations across the country because poor design and inappropriate building materials allowed a minor fire to become a major conflagration. The lessons learned had influence across many international jurisdictions.
- By Jimmy Chiu
- Aug 07, 2013
Network video surveillance gear sales to surpass analog next year.
Video portfolios of exercises in clinical and communication skills are evaluated.
This article discusses the transforming of the city of Bogota and Medellin by utilizing the importance of political leadership in security. (English summary on bottom of page 5 of article.)
- By Samuel Yecutieli
- Aug 06, 2013
$5.7 Million will be used to finance growth and product development.
Students may have to submit to a background check before being permitted to live on campus.
- By Ginger Hill
- Aug 05, 2013
Protecting pieces of history with a video surveillance solution based on machine-to-machine (M2M) communications.
- By Markus Breitbach
- Aug 02, 2013
It's time to recharge your iPhone battery, but before you plug in make sure it’s not a “Mactan!”
- By Ginger Hill
- Aug 01, 2013
After dealing with proprietary systems that did not “play well” with each other, Mercy made the decision to replace them with non-proprietary, enterprise-level systems through Lenel.
- By Paul Baratta
- Aug 01, 2013
Some equipment vendors can be hesitant when financing their customers. However, vendor financing is a significant way to gain a strategic advantage over the competition.
- By Mark Scardigli
- Aug 01, 2013
Remote situational awareness provides operators, security personnel and first responders with decision making data to appropriately and effectively respond to perceived threats.
- By Justin Thompson
- Aug 01, 2013
Everyone loves a good story, especially if there is a bit of patriotism, some struggle and a sprinkle of romance. And, throw in a flight from communist dictatorship to America, it might mean tears to your eyes.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Aug 01, 2013
The Grundfos-Indianapolis manufacturing facility in Indiana, a plant that produces a broad selection of water pumping equipment, much of which results in small to large fire pump systems for commercial facilities, was in need of a fire alarm upgrade.
- By Brian Carlson
- Aug 01, 2013
An electronic security and fire alarm company can be a great business for many reasons, including the ability to be successful at a range of company sizes or the fact that barriers to entry can be fairly low.
- By Jim Wooster
- Aug 01, 2013
Joe from ABC Company has had the same security management system for 15 years in all of his buildings. He likes it; he knows it inside and out, and he can give training classes to his security guards on how to use it.
- By Kim Rahfaldt
- Aug 01, 2013
The success of ASAP didn’t happen overnight. In fact, there have been several efforts to help deal with alarm monitoring over the past 20 years.
- By Lindsay Page
- Aug 01, 2013
The term wide dynamic range (WDR) is used to describe the function of a camera designed to produce clearer, more actionable images and/or video in circumstances where back light and intense illumination can vary excessively, especially when both very bright and very dark areas are simultaneously present in the camera’s field-of-view.
- By Wendi Burke
- Aug 01, 2013
As more systems are going online, the more these systems rely on a wireless backbone to deliver security in a world filled with technology, smartphones and tablets.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Aug 01, 2013