The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC), the False Alarm Reduction Association (FARA) and Installation Quality (IQ) Certification Program awarded HS Technology Group with the 2011 Police Dispatch Quality (PDQ).
To provide greater redundancy and strengthen the reliability of its network, wholesale alarm monitoring services provider C.O.P.S. Monitoring, Williamstown, N.J., has opened its fifth central station.
To provide greater redundancy and strengthen the reliability of its network, wholesale alarm monitoring services provider C.O.P.S. Monitoring, Williamstown, N.J., opened its fifth central station.
AES Corporation, Peabody, Mass., announced that its AES-IntelliNet 7788F-C series Fire subscriber, 7705i-C central station receiver, and its 7170-C MultiNet transceiver earned the Canadian ULC listing as a “Fire Communicator for use with Network and Cellular communication paths” - “CAN/ULC S561-03 Installation And Services For Fire Signal Receiving Centres And Systems.”
Napco Security Technologies introduced the new Napco Fusion™ total security solution, including some of the industry’s best-known brands: Napco Gemini, Continental CardAccess®, Alarm Lock Trilogy® and Marks USA.
Cars and car parts are hot items for thieves, leaving a car dealer’s inventory especially vulnerable. Sophisticated thieves know how to circumvent security systems to quickly strip or steal them. Vera Cadillac, a dealer in Pembroke Pines, Fla., wanted to combat this threat with an improved security system.
Honeywell , Melville, N.Y. and Andersen Corporation are collaborating to provide a system that allows security alarms to alert homeowners if their windows or doors are unlocked. The VeriLock™ sensor technology embeds Honeywell’s 5800 series of wireless sensors inside the locking mechanisms of a select group of windows and patio doors manufactured by Eagle Window & Door Manufacturing Inc., a subsidiary of Andersen Corporation.
The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) put into operation and continues to test the first detection system in the United States that alerts drivers in real time of wildlife on highways that cause risk to motorists. The system should replace the existing, widely used method of static signs that inform drivers of the potential wildlife "statistic" risk, rather than informing them of the real and immediate presence of animals.
Honeywell, Melville, N.Y., launched a new application for Android devices, letting users control their security systems and view live, streaming video from any remote location.
The Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation serves as the research arm of the electronic life safety, security and systems industry, but what exactly does it do and how can the industry benefit from its projects?
The Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation (AIREF) represents the electronic life safety, security and systems industry, under the auspices of the Electronic Security Association (ESA). Since AIREF’s beginnings in 1977, foundation members have been focused on improving education in the alarm industry as well as conducting research that public safety officials can use to better protect and serve the community, and dealers, distributors, manufacturers and monitoring stations can use to increase acceptance of their products and improve public relations.