Articles Tagged with ''fire alarm''

State of the Market: Fire Protection 2012

Benjamin Franklin was savvy enough to put his wisdom into words regarding the ROI of fire prevention.
Heather Klotz-Young
May 18, 2012
There are no flashy changes or broad shifts to be found in the fire alarm market in 2012. In fact, in a lot of ways, the 2012 fire alarm market looks very similar to the 2011 market. Despite a lack of healthy construction in the commercial space, the industry continues to move forward — supported by code requirements, mandatory inspections, insurance incentives, and the simple unremitting need for life safety.
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Fire alarm control panels are finally catching up with newer communications technologies, and having network and cellular connectivity also unleashes new capabilities.

Designed for Today’s Communication Technologies

Joan Engebretson
November 12, 2011
The fire alarm business has always been driven largely by code requirements — and for years that meant every fire installation had two phone lines to help ensure that alarm signals would be received by the central station.


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Notifier Fire Alarms Seismic-Certified And In Use

October 5, 2011
NOTIFIER by Honeywell has earned International Building Code (IBC) seismic certification on its entire portfolio of fire alarm and emergency communications systems. All conventional and addressable fire alarm control panels, digital voice command systems and networking components, including NOTIFIER's ONYX FirstVision™ touch screen display for first responder scene assessment, passed a series of lengthy shake tests performed by a Certified Seismic Qualification Agency.
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Retrofit Kit for Fire Alarm Upgrades

August 31, 2011
Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell developed the IF600 Retrofit Kit to upgrade legacy Gamewell IF602 and IF610 Series fire alarm control panels to the latest technology of an E3 Series Expandable Emergency Evacuation System from Gamewell-FCI at minimal expense.
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113-Year Old College Upgrades to IP Fire Alarm System

June 21, 2011

The fire protection systems on the Miles College campus in Fairfield, Ala., have been updated by fire alarm and security integrator Protection 1 using Fire-Lite Alarms’ MS-9600UDLS addressable fire alarm systems. Utilizing an existing IP network for fire alarm reporting to Protection 1’s central station, the school was able to boost the reliability and response time of fire alarm communications while eliminating the cost of two phones lines per system.


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