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Critical Life-Safety Compliance Issues Covered on Honeywell's New Site

September 8, 2010
Honeywell Life Safety has launched a new Web site (www.emergency-communications-systems.com) to help integrators and end users keep up with evolving life-safety codes and standards, best practices and solutions ...

UTC Fire & Security to Build Fire Safety Solutions Facility in Fla.

September 1, 2010
UTC Fire & Security will break ground on a new Fire Innovation Test Center in Florida in December, the company announced Wednesday ...

Honeywell Names New President of Security & Communications

September 1, 2010
Honeywell has appointed company veteran JoAnna Sohovich as the head of its Security & Communications for the Americas division ...

Report: Vacant Residential Building Fires Account for 7% of Residential Blazes

August 26, 2010
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) United States Fire Administration (USFA) has issued a special report examining the characteristics of fires in vacant residential buildings.

Exemption Sought from Canadian Energy Efficiency Standards

August 25, 2010
The Security Industry Association (SIA) and the Canadian Security Association (CANASA) have written a joint letter to Natural Resources Canada stating that electronic security and life-safety devices should be exempt from energy efficiency requirements that cannot realistically be applied to such appliances ...

STI, PSA Security Network Team Up

August 21, 2010
Fire/life-safety product manufacturer STI has partnered with PSA Security Network to allow more than 300 electronic security systems integrators, in the United States and Canada, access to the company's line of more than 300 fire/security protective products ...

Introducing the New SecuritySales.com!

August 19, 2010
All of us here at SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION have been hard at work launching the next generation of our Web site (and eControl Panel newsletter), SecuritySales.com ...

System Sensor Updates CO Online Training

August 17, 2010
Fire protection products provider System Sensor, a Honeywell company, has updated its carbon monoxide (CO) online training course, which now allows users to access CO information at their own convenience ...

Niscayah Inc. Receives CSAA Five Diamond Certification

August 12, 2010
Systems integrator Niscayah Inc., has received the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) Five Diamond certification.

MCS Fire & Security Receives DHS SAFETY Act Certification

August 11, 2010
MCS Fire & Security has received SAFETY Act Certification from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for its electronic security installation and integration services ...

UL Identifies Non-Compliant Cable Manufacturers, Distributors

August 5, 2010
The Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has publicly identified manufacturers and their distributors that are supplying substandard and unsafe cable products into the North American market ...

Water Mist Systems Forecast to Become Top Fire Suppression Product

August 4, 2010
Originally designed for use in the marine industry to replace fire sprinklers on ships, water mist systems are expected to be the only fire suppression product to surpass double digits during the next five years, according to a new report by IMS Research.

Fike Corp. Provides Hands-On Training at New Facility

August 3, 2010
Fire/life-safety products provider Fike Corp. has opened a new training facility that will provide distributors and customers hands-on training for Fike Fire Detection and Control products at the company's Blue Springs, Mo.-based headquarters.

N.J. Alarm Company Now a Honeywell First Alert Dealer

August 2, 2010
Garden State Fire and Security Alarm Co. Inc. has joined the Honeywell First Alert Professional Dealer Program, which offers customized support in sales techniques and marketing strategies for intrusion, fire, CCTV and access control systems in commercial and residential facilities.

Annual Property Loss From Residential Fires Exceeds $6B

July 30, 2010
The U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA) National Fire Data Center has released two reports focusing on the causes and characteristics of fires in one- and two-family and multifamily residential buildings.

House Passes SIA-Supported Bill Promoting CO Detectors

July 28, 2010
The House of Representatives today passed legislation that would establish legal standards for carbon monoxide (CO) detectors and encourage use of the devices.

SimplexGrinnell, Emergency Planning Management Enter Mentor-Protégé Program

July 21, 2010
The Mentor-Protégé Program enhances the capability of 8(a) participants to compete successfully for federal government contracts

NFPA Recognizes 4 Students for Fire Safety Contributions

July 14, 2010
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Fire Safety Educational Memorial Fund Committee has awarded scholarships to four fire safety students based on their contributions to fire safety activities, academic achievements, and leadership abilities.

NFPA Recommends Draining Antifreeze in Residential Sprinklers

July 7, 2010
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has issued a safety alert recommending that residential fire sprinkler systems containing antifreeze should be drained and the antifreeze replaced with water.

Potter, Nohmi Bosai Design New Fire Protection Line

July 6, 2010
Engineers from Potter Electric Signal Co. and Tokyo-based Nohmi Bosai Ltd. have jointly designed a new line of intelligent fire protection systems to complement and complete the companies' existing lines.
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