First Alarm, Aptos, Calif., ranked No. 31 on the 2011 SDM 100, a jump from spot no. 36 in 2010. The super regional Bay area dealer worked hard at making strategic acquisitions and reevaluating its attrition programs to minimize the impact of the recession.
Walking through the aisles at the International Security Conference (ISC) West this year, attendees will notice some surprising new additions, starting with a new 20,000 square foot Convergence Pavillion hosted by Ingram Micro and its North America Physical Security Business Unit. As the physical security marketplace broadens to include more and more IT functions, convergence is top of mind for many in the industry and Ingram Micro and ISC West have partnered to lead this crusade in Las Vegas next week.
National Training Center (NTC) will be offering Live Advanced NICET Fire Alarm and Live Fire Alarm System Design courses in 2012 in selected U.S. cities.
In 2007, the Electronic Security Association (ESA) received approval for ESA's first standard, ANSI/ESA SRSS-01-2007, the Standard for Remote Supervising Station. This standard, developed by ESA, provided a guide for the monitoring of fire alarm systems at a remote station as identified in NFPA 72.
SDM recently reported on a new police non-response policy in San Jose, Calif. (March issue, pg. 19). With approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, 2,300 active alarm ordinances and differing alarm policies in each community, the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) is offering the industry the use of a secure database on its website with constantly updated information on alarm ordinance/policy activity.
SDM wants to bring the industry’s “green” efforts to light, so this month we’re introducing the inaugural “green” April issue focused on everything the security industry is doing to rethink projects, products and processes to better respect the environment and the future of the planet.
Less than three weeks after an announcement issued by Golden Gate Capital that Richard Ginsburg had been named CEO of Hollywood, Fla.-based Devcon Security, Golden Gate Capital made another announcement on Monday, March 19, that Steve Hafen will lead Devcon Security as CEO.
AFL and Tri-Ed / Northern Video Distribution signed an agreement for the distribution of AFL's fiber optic products including fiber optic cable, connectivity, Fujikura fusion splicers and NOYES® test equipment.
ONVIF, a global standardization initiative for IP-based physical security products, announced that it held its sixth Developer’s Plug Fest earlier this month, an event that drew representatives from more than 20 different manufacturers that have implemented the ONVIF specification in their IP surveillance products.
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