Articles Tagged with ''life safety''

Communication — both with end users and emergency personnel — has always been an essential part of any monitoring business. The methods through which monitoring centers communicate, though, have become incredibly varied.

The pandemic has brought changes for wholesale central stations. UL has temporarily allowed central station operators to work from home, provided certain requirements were met; and multiple wholesale central stations chose that option — others went a different route.

The latest version of the UL standard for smoke detectors is designed to help ensure that devices can both detect a wider variety of fires, and avoid generating a nuisance alarm when there is not an emergency.

Honeywell, a global provider of fire and life safety, today launched the first tools from its new suite of Connected Life Safety Services (CLSS), its first all-in-one cloud platform for fire safety systems. 

Powercast’s wirelessly-powered RFID temperature scanning system enables businesses to easily and safely monitor employees’ temperatures as businesses work to reopen and get back to normal.

Emcom’s emergency communications system is aimed at providing increased pedestrian safety during an emergency.

Model PB-3 is an emergency phone panic button designed to mount under a desk or countertop and provide a quick and reliable way to make a silent analog emergency call.

STI’s see-through polycarbonate cabinets are designed to deliver cleanliness and safe, reliable performance of important devices.

The typically steady fire and life safety industry saw growth in 2019, with overall global revenues surpassing $7.5 billion, according to David Gonzalez, research analyst, physical security and critical communications, Omdia, London.

CertaSite announced today that Advanced Fire Company, Approved Fire Protection and Advanced Fire & Security have merged to form Advanced Fire, a CertaSite Company.