The Houston Police Department and the Greater Houston Retailers Association (GHRA) received the 2014 Michael Shanahan Award for Excellence in Public-Private Cooperation from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the Security Industry Association (SIA) on Oct. 26 during a ceremony in Orlando, Fla.
Power management company Eaton, Long Branch, N.J., announced it was selected by MillerCoors, Chicago, to provide an integrated emergency communications solution for the company’s mega brewery in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kidde Fire Systems, Ashland, Mass., announced the unification of Fenwal Protection Systems and Chemetron Fire Systems into one brand, the newly expanded Kidde Fire Systems.
Chubb Edwards, Mississauga, Ontario, will be the exclusive provider of the Edwards EST fire and life safety product line and the Edwards signaling product range in all parts of Canada effective January 1. Chubb Edwards, a provider of total solutions for fire, security, climate and lifestyle requirements, operates in Canada through UTC Fire & Security Canada and is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
Texas is the latest state to approve the Electronic Security Association’s (ESA) fire alarm certifications as an acceptable testing resource for three of the state’s fire alarm licenses: Fire Alarm Technician (FAL), Residential Fire Alarm Superintendent (RAS), and Fire Alarm Planning Superintendent (APS).
Against my wishes on a September weekend I found myself, wife and daughter at a little soiree called “RiotFest 2014.” Seven stages, four inches of mud, and 120 dB of 30-plus punk rock bands for three days in Humboldt Park in Chicago. The crowd was huge, more than 20,000 people on Sunday. I had managed to get out of going on Friday and Saturday, but my attendance was mandatory for the Sunday Cheap Trick show. The attendees sported bizarre hairdos, lots and lots of tattoos, and apparently some people think that they can now self-medicate because Illinois recently passed a medical marijuana law.
Cultural institutions, such as museums and libraries, have a unique set of characteristics that make fire and life safety requirements different from those of other buildings. A life safety system must simultaneously safeguard precious objects and protect patrons — and do so with minimal distractions or disruptions.
The Security Industry Association (SIA), Silver Springs, Md., announced that the Education Interest Group it formed in 2013 to address school security issues is now the SIA Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS).
The first step in designing an intelligible voice system is to determine what type of ECS the building owner desires. The voice communication system often will include in-building fire EVACS, in-building mass notification, and a paging system to meet the day-to-day operational objectives.
Silent Knight by Honeywell, Northford, Conn., announced that Delaware Technical Community College’s, Dover, Del., Fire Protection Engineering Technology (FET) program is leveraging a Farenhyt alarm and emergency communications system from Silent Knight in its professional fire education training lab.
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