A federal court decided last week that a fire protection district in Illinois had no legal authority to establish its own non-competitive monitoring station and take over more than 300 acc
The Physical Security Interoperability Alliance (PSIA), a global consortium of physical security providers headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., and focused on promoting the interoperability of IP-enabled devices, has elected Larry Lien of Proximex of San Jose. Calif., as its new chairman and Marine Drive of Honeywell Security Group of Melville, N.Y., as vice chairman.
The Electronic Security Association (ESA) reported that on June 30, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced S. 1319, ESA’s federal background check legislation.
For the past several years, stakeholders have shown interest in how the various standards and specification developing organizations within the electronic physical security industry relate to each other. Recently, SIA Standards has attempted to address this issue by reaching out to other groups and discussing ways in which we can harmonize our efforts to deliver an outcome that is beneficial to the industry as a whole.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a $42.3 billion budget for the government's homeland security efforts that represents a cut of almost 3 percent, or $1.1 billion
Until the mid 1980s, bells were the common notification appliance for fire alarm systems. They were loud and for the most part, could be heard better than today’s horns.As fire
During my first year with SDM, I uncomfortably admit that in the mid-1980s, I was sent out with an installer to observe a burglar alarm installation in a small business.
Plenum-rated wire must always be used for all access control devices.a. Trueb. False Which type of wire should be used for a request-to-exit (REX) motion detector?a. 16/2b. 22/4c. 22/6
Fire alarm devices are needed to start the fire protection process. Whether it is a manual pull station, smoke detector or waterflow alarm, if something does not activate the fire
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