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SmartWatch wins major VA fire system contract

Loyal clientele, employees help the company weather recession and position itself for the job
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Tess Nacelewicz
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03/24/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

MOUNT DORA, Fla.—SmartWatch Security & Sound, a life-safety and security integrator based here, announced this month that it has won a $1.5 million contract to install a fire alarm system, surveillance cameras and an emergency personal protection system (EPPS) at the new Orlando VA Medical Center.

Moving beyond servicing to packaging

Fire companies broaden brand
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Tess Nacelewicz
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03/17/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

ACTON, Mass.—Packaging a variety of services together has benefited both Protex Central’s customers and the Des Moines, Iowa-based company, said company president Shawn Mullen.

Canadian group leads regulation battle

CANASA says Toronto’s zero-tolerance ordinance too harsh on homeowners
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Tess Nacelewicz
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03/14/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

TORONTO—The Canadian Security Association continues to fight against a zero-tolerance false alarm regulation here, despite a recent decision by a city committee to defer until 2012 consideration of a proposal that would give homeowners a break, allowing them one free false fire alarm annually before fines would kick in.

PA fire sprinkler measure under attack

But NFSA predicts eventual requirement of sprinklers in new homes
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Tess Nacelewicz
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03/10/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

PATTERSON, N.Y.—A new Pennsylvania law requiring automatic fire sprinkler systems in all new one- and two-family homes as of Jan. 1 was battling for survival this week in the General Assembly.

CSAA, IAFC battle false alarms, falsehoods

The groups fight misinformation as they work together in an effort to reduce false alarms
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Tess Nacelewicz
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03/03/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

VIENNA, Va.— To combat the problem of frequent false alarms in commercial facilities, the Central Station Alarm Association has been working with the International Association of Fire Chiefs for the past year to come up with some proposed NFPA 72 code changes. Now the groups say they’re fighting a misinformation campaign about the changes, battling such claims that they’re “in bed” together and that the proposals are dangerous.

Fire monitoring bill raising alarm in Illinois

Proposed legislation would give public fire districts a monopoly over fire monitoring services
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Tess Nacelewicz
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02/24/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—The Illinois Electronic Security Association is leading a fight against a new state bill that would give public fire districts sole control over fire alarm monitoring, and says its efforts have received strong support not only from the industry but other business groups.

Life Safety Designs campus safety partner

The company now is the mass notification provider for three state universities in Florida
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Tess Nacelewicz
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02/24/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Life Safety Designs recently won a contract to provide a campus mass notification system for the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.

Heeding trend pays dividends for Great Lakes

Company says lesson is: Be prepared to integrate fire and mass notification
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Tess Nacelewicz
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02/03/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

BUFFALO, N.Y.—Being ahead of the mass notification curve  has paid off for Great Lakes Building Systems, helping it win contracts worth about $850,000, according to company president John Wojdan.

Good service leads to good contract

Safety Systems of Vermont retrofits Burlington International Airport
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Tess Nacelewicz
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01/31/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

COLCHESTER, Vt.—Good customer service has not only given Safety Systems of Vermont steady growth since it started eight years ago, but led to a quarter-million-dollar project retrofitting the Burlington International Airport’s fire alarm system, said co-owner Scott Carroll.

Diversity benefits Standard Electronics

The company’s forte is fire, but it does data too
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Tess Nacelewicz
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01/28/2011
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Fire Systems Installation

SANTEE, Calif.—Being able to install and service “a plethora of diverse systems” including data networks has kept Standard Electronics busy through the economic downturn, according to Jerry Hanson, VP of operations for the company, which is based here.

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Early termination fees are a standard in the security industry but now The ADT Corp. is facing a class-action lawsuit over them. The attorney representing ADT clients from California, Illinois and elsewhere in the lawsuit says the fees violate federal and state consumer protection laws. But industry advocates say the fees are legitimate to help companies recover installation costs and for loss of profit. What do you think about such fees?

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