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Measuring Voice Intelligibility for Emergency Communications Systems

Mass notification is a relatively new concept for the life safety community.
Roopa Shortt
September 10, 2014

The first step in designing an intelligible voice system is to determine what type of ECS the building owner desires. The voice communication system often will include in-building fire EVACS, in-building mass notification, and a paging system to meet the day-to-day operational objectives.


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College Deploys Latest Silent Knight Technologies in Renown Fire Engineering Program

September 2, 2014
Silent Knight by Honeywell, Northford, Conn., announced that Delaware Technical Community College’s, Dover, Del., Fire Protection Engineering Technology (FET) program is leveraging a Farenhyt alarm and emergency communications system from Silent Knight in its professional fire education training lab.
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Guardian Protection Services Implements ASAP-to-PSAP

August 21, 2014

 Guardian Protection Services of Warrendale, Pa. recently achieved the successful implementation of ASAP-to-PSAP processing protocol for the communication of alarm information to the City of Richmond, Virginia.  The protocol went live after successful data transmissions between Guardian’s U.L. certified CSAA Five Diamond monitoring center and the City of Richmond’s 9-1-1 center.    


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Talent is Acknowledged & Celebrated With 2014 CSAA Awards

This year’s CSAA Excellence Awards winners are wholly dedicated to their customers, jobs and co-workers; work calmly under pressure; and always take extra steps to support colleagues and clients, day or night.
Maya Dollarhide
August 14, 2014

The Ninth Annual CSAA International Central Station Excellence Awards, co-sponsored by SDM and the Central Station Alarm Association, were presented at an awards breakfast during ESX held in Nashville, Tenn., in late June


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Combo fire & CO detector

Silent Knight by Honeywell’s SK-FIRE-CO detector is a combination fire and carbon monoxide detector.
July 15, 2014

The SK-FIRE-CO’s sounder base (B200S) offers two different tones to distinguish between fire and CO detection.


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Multifunction Door Alarm

STI’s Exit Stopper continues to help solve the problems of unauthorized exits and entries of fire or emergency doors.
July 15, 2014

The polycarbonate housing is backed by a three-year guarantee against breakage in normal use and one year on electro-mechanical and electronic components.


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PERS Continues to Expand With Greater Functionality

Today’s PERS are expanding past the traditional home unit.
Heather Klotz-Young
July 15, 2014

With the added mobility, smaller form factors, wireless communications, and integration with apps, GPS, and geo-fencing, the solutions are more acceptable and effective than ever before. Here are just a few of the advancements in today’s “next-generation” PERS.


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Red Hawk Integrates NCR Interactive Tellers for South Shore, Mass. Bank

June 30, 2014

Red Hawk Fire & Security LLC, a provider of fire, life safety and security services announced the successful integration of NCR Interactive Tellers at the new South Shore Bank Financial Center in Hingham, Massachusetts.


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NYFAA Celebrates a Decade of Success

Maya Dollarhide
June 12, 2014
The New York Fire Alarm Association (NYFAA), Staten Island, N.Y., celebrated 10 years of success on May 14, 2014, with a gala affair at the Terrace on the Park, Flushing, Queens, N.Y., where nearly 250 guests gathered to honor the work of the approximately 119-member strong association.
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Qolsys Activates In-Panel Camera with Remote Software Update

June 10, 2014
“Gone are the days of the rubber number pad,” says Qolsys vice president after the company announces an over-the-air software update to activate a built-in panel camera within the company’s seven-inch touchscreen panel.
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