An interesting case just arose in the state of Pennsylvania in a rather complicated set of facts. An employee of the alarm company was testing a smoke detector for a client.
An expert on drones and law enforcement recently spoke at the first drone Summit hosted by Security 101 – Charlotte, which drew 100 people representing a variety of industries.
There are many code- and standards-regulating bodies that have a say in state and local fire codes, including UL, Intertek and others. But NFPA 72 — the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code — is arguably the most influential. SDM spoke with Richard Roux, senior electrical specialist at NFPA about recent and upcoming changes to the code one integrator referred to as “the Bible” of fire protection.
A recent case was decided by the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, involving the limitation of liability in an Admiralty case law. Although Admiralty law may differ from the law utilized in the security alarm industry, the principles described in the case are important.
Milestone Systems launched a new Learning & Performance Program designed to build greater expertise in designing, installing, and configuring solutions that meet customer needs.
ONVIF Chairman Per Björkdahl will be a speaker at TEC 2016, presented by PSA Security Network. ONVIF will also be a PSA TEC 2016 sponsor and exhibitor.
ONVIF, the global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, announced that its newest access control specification has been adopted by the global standards group International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as its new standard for electronic access control systems, positioning the ONVIF specification as the global access control standard in countries, projects and industries all over the world.
ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, is a sponsor of the Security Industry Association’s April 6th and April 7th educational sessions offered at ISC West 2016. ONVIF is sponsoring 10 educational sessions in total, all part of the program’s Video Surveillance track.
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