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New Fike Facility to Make Fire Protection Products

February 18, 2011
As the need for fire suppression and protection products grows, fire/life-safety product supplier Fike Corp. has opened a new facility to make clean agent fire protection cylinders ...

Fast-Acting ADT Dispatcher Saves Family From CO Poisoning

February 17, 2011
A Newfoundland family is crediting an ADT emergency dispatcher with saving their lives from possible carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning ...

1,200-Device System Provides Life Safety for Conn. High-Rise

February 10, 2011
When construction began on one of the largest residential developments in New Haven, Conn., Firetech Engineered Systems stepped in to design the fire/life-safety system ...

Fire-Lite Alarms to Offer New Curriculum During Training Series

January 19, 2011
Fire-Lite Alarms by Honeywell has released its 2011 training schedule, which features 116 sessions scheduled throughout the nation. Attendees to the sessions will qualify to receive continuing education credits (CEUs) ...

Wisconsin Implements Latest NFPA 1 Fire Code

January 18, 2011
Wisconsin fire officials have adopted the most recent edition of the National Fire Protection's NFPA 1 Fire Code. The code was implemented on Jan. 1 ...

System Sensor’s Aspiration System Earns High Marks for Nuisance Rejection

January 5, 2011
System Sensor announces its FAAST aspirated smoke detection system fared better in difficult environmental conditions compared to a similar competing system, based on test trials conducted by a third-party engineering consulting firm ...

South Carolina Community Institutes False Fire Alarm Fines

December 29, 2010
The city council here unanimously voted to fine home and business owners for more than three false fire alarms that are responded to by the city’s fire department within a calendar year ...

Alarm Industry Fears Illinois Legislation Could Create Unfair Competition

December 8, 2010
Three electronic security industry associations contend proposed legislation in Illinois could force private monitoring companies to compete for business with public entities such as fire protection districts ...

C.O.P.S. Monitoring to Open 4th Central Station in Early 2011

November 29, 2010
C.O.P.S. Monitoring announces its newest central station, located in Nashville, Tenn., is scheduled to come on line during the first quarter of 2011.

Gamewell-FCI Gains GSA Schedule Vendor Status

November 29, 2010
Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell has become a GSA 84 supplier of advanced fire alarm and mass notification systems for the United States General Services Administration (GSA) ...

Axis Honors ScanSource Security as 2010 U.S. Distributor of the Year

November 24, 2010
Axis Communications named physical security solutions distributor ScanSource Security, a business unit of ScanSource Inc., as the 2010 Distributor of the Year in the United States at the 2010 Axis Channel Convergence Conference (ACCC) ...

World Wide Security Acquires 4th Long Island Alarm Company

November 23, 2010
Physical security and life-safety systems provider World Wide Security has acquired its former rival East Meadow, N.Y.-based Rainbow Home Systems Inc. ...

Tri-Ed/Northern Video Distribution Acquires Texas-Based Distributor

November 23, 2010
Tri-Ed/Northern Video announces the acquisition of Texas-based low voltage distributor Security Data & Cable HQ (SDC), which operates branch locations in Houston and Austin ...

Pinnacle Security Ranked Among Fastest Growing Companies in Utah

November 23, 2010
Business networking organization Mountain West Capital Network (MWCN) has named home security provider Pinnacle Security as one of the fastest growing companies in the 2010 Utah 100 Awards Program ...

Schneider Electric Launches Green Building Solutions

November 22, 2010
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has created a new team dedicated to the green buildings segment ...

NFPA Releases Smartphone App for 2011 NEC Updates

November 18, 2010
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has launched a smartphone application, which highlights the changes between the 2008 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC) and the 2011 edition ...

First Alert Pros 'Connect' at Annual Honeywell Dealer Convention

November 17, 2010
Connecting and partnering among peers and suppliers via face-to-face networking and with customers through new lifestyle-driven solutions were the overriding themes of the 2010 First Alert Professional (FAP) Convention ...

SIA Calls Latest NRC Biometrics Research Outdated

November 16, 2010
The Security Industry Association (SIA) is disputing a report by the National Research Council (NRC) that criticizes biometrics, stating that the study relies on data that is several years old and provides no new insights into the use of the technology ...

Kratos Ups Henry Bros. Bid After Diebold Makes Counteroffer

November 15, 2010
Henry Bros. Electronics Inc. (HBE) announced today Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. has raised its offer for the company to $8.20 a share — or $51 million based on the shares outstanding — besting a third-party bid ...

Optelecom-NKF to Be Acquired by Dutch Company

November 11, 2010
Video surveillance systems provider Optelecom-NKF Inc. announced today it had agreed to be acquired by Dutch technology company TKH Group NV ...
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