IDIS and homeland security solutions provider Edge360 announced the successful proof of concept of the companies’ mobile Public Safety Video System during the City of Houston’s 2016 Freedom Over Texas Festival. The successful deployment of the system by the City of Houston over the 4th of July weekend highlighted the nation’s fourth largest city’s place as a homeland security innovator, with a demonstrated commitment to public safety and the security of both residents and visitors.
Like most school districts around the country, officials at Becker Public Schools in Minneapolis were horrified by what occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in December 2012.
Dahua Technology USA announced that its products are now protecting people and property at Hsi Lai Temple. Located in the Hacienda Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, it is the largest Chinese temple in the United States.
An iconic landmark, Hsi Lai Temple is considered “the 7th Wonder of the Buddhist World,” serving as a cultural and educational epicenter, as well as a source of enlightenment for thousands of international visitors, world leaders and dignitaries.
Tyco Security Products announced that Travis Unified School District in Fairfield, Calif., has chosen a hybrid PowerSeries Neo intrusion system paired with Alarm.com’s connected services to comprehensively manage security at its schools, located within Travis Air Force Base and in neighboring cities and towns. The district includes a middle school, two high schools, a day school and five elementary schools and serves 5,500 students in the area.
The 2013 Alberta flood was a catastrophic event, causing more than $5 billion worth of damage to the region; many say that it was the worst flood in Alberta’s history. The incident left countless homes devastated. After one Calgary resident assessed his home’s extreme water damage, he chose to rebuild, turning to local technology integration firm K&M Systems to reconstruct his home automation system around a new ELAN controller.
Boon Edam Inc. announced that the Chick-fil-A restaurant, located in historic Cameron Village in Raleigh, N.C., has “broken the mold” of its typical store design and installed a Boon Edam manual revolving door as the main entrance to the restaurant.
Fire Alarm Specialty Design of North Windham, Conn. was contacted to resolve a problem with the fire alarm system at Lawrence Junior High School in Falmouth, Mass. The existing fire panel was well beyond its life cycle and could not be repaired. The only option was to replace it — and that’s when a new set of issues came to light.
3xLOGIC, Inc., a leading provider of integrated intelligent security solutions and partner Sonitrol Tri-County, announced that together they will be working to boost security at Flint, Mich.’s City Hall with a donation of high-tech, high-resolution video surveillance cameras, related recording equipment, accessories, and on-site installation at Flint City Hall.
Milestone Systemshas partnered with Axis Communications and The Consulting Group (TCG) to create a unique security solution for Hamilton Family Center in San Francisco, Calif. The solution uses a combination of the Milestone Husky M30 NVR with XProtect Smart Client and Milestone Mobile clients, Axis network cameras and Axis A-8004-VE Network Video Door station.
The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)turned to its longtime systems integration partner, BCM Controls, to evaluate options to design and deploy a cutting-edge security system to meet their needs for the Lawn on D (now the Lawn on D Powered by Citizens Bank) — a first-of-its-kind experimental outdoor space adjacent to the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC).