About a year and a half ago, Protex Central in Hastings, Neb., saw a potential growth opportunity in mass notification systems (MNS) and made the decision to devote significant resources to developing marketing, sales and installation capabilities that would allow the company to take advantage of that opportunity.
Code Blue Corporation, Holland, Mich., recently reported that it entered into a partnership with Canada-based Guardly Corp., a company that has an established mobile safety and security platform and set of mobile applications for commercial public safety uses. This partnership will allow Code Blue to enhance its incident initiation and response solutions.
When GateWay Community College’s Director of Facilities Charlie Poure originally came on board as a Maricopa County Community College District facility director, he was disheartened to discover seven buildings on the 30-acre campus outfitted with different brands of obsolete fire alarm systems and faulty wiring.
Last week, Tyco Integrated Security (TycoIS) acquired Atlanta-based Carter Brothers’ Fire and Life Safety business for an undisclosed amount. Following the sale, Carter Brothers will transfer its commercial security business to one of its affiliates.
TycoIS acquired Carter Brothers’ Fire and Life Safety business. Carter Brothers will transfer the commercial security portion of its business to an affiliate of Carter Brothers.
The National Systems Contractors Association (NCSA), based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has launched and will host its inaugural Mass Notification & Emergency Communications (MNEC) Symposium at Northern Virginia Community College’s Anandale, Va., campus, on November 14.
Intelligibility is an increasingly important element for commercial fire systems. What dealers need to know about the requirements — and how to meet them.
Security dealers are rethinking the way they design and install commercial fire systems in the wake of new intelligibility requirements for emergency communications for those systems. Here’s what dealers need to know about the new requirements, what tools exist to help in meeting them and what to do when complying with requirements just isn’t a viable option.
Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell, Northford, Conn., hit a homerun for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Double-A affiliate team, through the replacement of its stadium’s old, damaged fire system with a new Fire-Lite Alarms addressable fire system offering more robust surge protection.
During the NFPA Association Technical Meeting in Las Vegas, 20 NFPA documents were presented for action. Read what action took place on NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code.
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