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Federal Signal 300FP Field Programmer

December 22, 2010
Based in Oak Brook, Ill., Federal Signal’s Model 300FP field programmer is compact and features and integral playback speaker that enables users to review messages and tones before the module is installed into any compatible devices.
 

New NFPA 72 Code to Expand Scope of MNS Projects

December 13, 2010

New standards for emergency communications detailed in 2010 NFPA 72 are expected to bring new business opportunities for fire installers, physical security integrators and other contractors that have the proficiency to install appliances used in mass notification systems (MNS).

 

Panasonic SAFE System Technology for K-12 Schools

December 6, 2010

The Security Alert for Education (SAFE) system, from Panasonic and Audio Enhancement, features a button on a microphone worn around the instructor's neck that, when pressed, sends a silent alarm to a school's central offices and to administrators. Once alerted, school leaders have access to a live video feed courtesy of a networked camera inside the classroom, as well as to the audio feed captured on the microphone.

Talk-A-Phone Certifies 6 Mass Notification Solution Providers

December 1, 2010
Talk-A-Phone, a provider of communications solutions, announces six systems integrators have completed its mass notification certification program ...

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) ...
 

Web Site Helps Integrators Design, Install Code-Compliant ECS and MNS Systems

October 18, 2010
Honeywell Life Safety has launched a Web site to provide up-to-date information on all aspects of emergency communications systems (ECS) and mass notification systems (MNS) ...
 

Gamewell-FCI Fire Alarm and Mass Notification Systems

September 29, 2010
Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell of Northford, Conn., has developed an addressable node expander (ANX) to expand the capacity of its E3 Series expandable emergency evacuation systems.

New Security Alliance Provides Governments With Interoperable Security Solutions

September 15, 2010
IP video solutions provider March Networks, along with a group of leading physical security and telecommunications providers, has formed the Secure City Technology Alliance (SCTA) ...

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 ...
 

Is Mass Notification Worth the Cost?

August 5, 2010

In regard to "Advances Help Eclipse Fire Fatalities" (see SSI's annual Fire Market Report, May 2010), as a contractor that has participated in four recent projects utilizing mass notification systems (MNS) I find one disturbing fact: COST.

 

Gamewell-FCI Wide-Area Mass Notification Solutions

July 15, 2010
Northford, Conn.'s Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell introduces a comprehensive line of wireless and hardwired audible notification solutions for wide area (outdoor) applications.

Talk-A-Phone Certification Program Educates on Mass Notification

June 30, 2010
Participants will learn proper techniques for configuring the layered mass notification system, setting up notification zones and creating notification profiles for weather emergencies, man-made disasters and other crisis response-evoking activities.

UCSB Installs First of Five Emergency Communication Speakers

June 16, 2010
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has rolled out the first of what school officials hope will be a network of five mass notification warning system speakers has been installed on the roof of Kerr Hall in the heart of the UCSB campus.
 

Mass Notification: A-Z

May 31, 2010

Recent public tragedies have often led to the lament, "If only there had been some way to warn people." New alerting technologies and systems are answering that need in a major way. Find out what you must know to tap into this growing market.

Send Word Now Launches Fully Integrated Alerting and Incident Management Platform

April 27, 2010
Send Word Now's IMS platform will present emergency management officials with an entirely new set of tools to coordinate their responses during crisis situations.

Fire Side Chat: Ensuring They Get the Message

February 1, 2010

The need for accurate, timely info has always been a problem, but recently civilian and government authorities decided it was time to do something about it.

 

Talk-A-Phone VoIP 500-Series Emergency Phones

February 1, 2010
To ease the migration of emergency communications equipment to IP, Talk-A-Phone Co. of Chicago introduces native VoIP 500-Series emergency phones that can be connected directly into existing routers and LAN infrastructure.
 

Fire Market Report - Trends Spark Mass Notification Awareness

January 8, 2010

Mass notification was the most notable trend in the fire/life safety industry in 2009, according to SSI’s 2009 Fire Market Report. The report delves into MNS technologies and codes, and also takes a look at sprinkler monitoring, video fire detection and multiple-sensor fire detection.

Fire Side Chat: Integrating Mass Notification With EVAC

January 1, 2010

Mass notification, a relatively new development in life safety, can be defined as "a technology that provides real-time information to groups of individuals within large buildings, campus settings, geographic regions, or entire nations."

 

BRG Precision Wireless Emergency Mass Notification System

December 11, 2009
Derby, Kan.-based BRG Precision introduces the Wireless Emergency Mass Notification (EMN) System, which interfaces with AT&T's Natural Voices Software and with fire alarm systems as recommended by NFPA 72.

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