- By Steve Morefield
- Sep 10, 2009
When an emergency call is received at the communications center of the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region in Regina, Saskatchewan, it could be originating from across the hall or from hundreds of miles away.
- By Chris Heim
- Sep 08, 2009
When an emergency call is received at the communications center of the Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region in Regina, Saskatchewan, it could be originating from across the hall or from hundreds of miles away.
- By Chris Helm
- Sep 02, 2009
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Huntsville, Ala., has selected TAC by Schneider Electric, the building management and energy services business of Schneider Electric, as an approved vendor.
Spring and summer weather brings hurricanes, tornadoes, severe thunderstorms and flooding. As people witnessed during Hurricane Katrina and other disasters, preparation is crucial to the safety of the populace. Sometimes early warning is available; other times, disaster strikes without warning.
Fire-Lite Alarms' MS-9200UDLS system was recently chosen by FCS (Future Computer Systems), a Jacksonville, Fla.-based low-voltage systems dealer, to solve the fire protection challenges of a new, $35 million dollar Samsonite distribution facility.
Honeywell Fire Systems has announced the limited warranty period on its fire alarm products manufactured within the United States is to be extended from 18 to 36 months, effective immediately. The warranty extension applies to Honeywell's Notifier, Fire-Lite Alarms, Gamewell-FCI and Silent Knight-brand fire alarm control systems manufactured in the U.S.
When a Pennsylvania retirement village and nursing home asked Sentinel Service to take over servicing of its various fire alarm systems, John Menter saw an opportunity to offer a better long-term solution.
- By Andy Johannsen
- Aug 01, 2009
Silent Knight by Honeywell was honored with an ESX Maximum Impact Award for its new IFP-2000 addressable fire alarm systems.
NEC Corporation of America, a provider of IT, network and identity management solutions, announced Monday that Mifflin County, Pennsylvania's Office of Public Safety, responsible for emergency management, public safety and 911 communications, has successfully deployed NEC's Express5800 Fault Tolerant (FT) server.
System Sensor has released the newly revised "Applications Guide: Single-Ended Reflected Beam Smoke Detector".
AtHoc Inc., provider of network-centric emergency notification systems, recently announced a deal with the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, Kan. to expand its use of AtHoc IWSAlerts enterprise wide.
GE Security, a leading supplier of security and life safety technologies worldwide, announced it has won more than 25 metro lines projects across China to supply state-of-the-art metro safety solutions consisting of fire alarm systems, gas release control systems and integrated metro security systems.
AtHoc, Inc., which specializes network-centric emergency notification systems, today announced the company has fully tested interoperability between AtHoc IWSAlerts™ and Cisco’s Internet Protocol Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS).
When Deb Makowski left her home for work, she could not have foreseen the impending danger that might have quietly taken her daughter’s life. Due to wintery conditions, carbon monoxide began to fill Makowski’s home as her daughter lay resting in bed. As the emergency situation developed, neither Makowski nor her daughter were able to detect the danger in their home, but they did not need to because Brink’s Home Security did.
Silent Knight by Honeywell recently announced the kick-off of a new series of one-on-one Lunch-N-Learns geared to the fire alarm educational needs of specification writers and electrical contractors.
System Sensor recently announced the inclusion of the ETL Listed Mark to its i3 line of smoke detectors. The ETL Listed Mark, the fastest growing safety certification mark in North America, verifies that i3 products meet the minimum requirements of widely accepted product safety standards, and that System Sensor has agreed to periodic follow-up inspections to verify continued compliance.
GE Security Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions recently announced its EST3-Sixty Mass Notification/Emergency Communications (MNEC) solution, which provides new levels of protection and communications access to people in educational, military, industrial, commercial and other facilities of any size. EST3-Sixty is the world’s first MNEC system to achieve the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) new mass notification standard.
Although Web-based technology is new to fire communications, it was just what the St. Andrews School in Delaware needed. John Menter of Sentinel Service was tasked with updating an antiquated alarm system with a new addressable solution that would include fire protection for eight separate buildings and control future budget and maintenance costs.
- By Andy Johannsen
- Jun 01, 2009
Tyco Fire Suppression & Building Products (TFSBP) partnered with the Capital District Habitat for Humanity last fall and donated a Rapid Response Home Fire Sprinkler System to “The Ted Abriel House,” a home that received its namesake from an Albany-area (New York) fallen firefighter.