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Buffalo installer sees growth in mass notification, CO detection
 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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04/16/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

BUFFALO, N.Y.

Fire installer helps develop college fire program

Steve Lutz donates materials, time, expertise
 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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04/14/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

OKLAHOMA CITY—Steve Lutz, president of IFS Resources, returned from this year’s ISC West show just in time to attend the March 31 groundbreaking of a new engineering building at Oklahoma State University’s campus.
“I was an hour late,” he said.

IMS: U.S. fire market takes a hit in 2009

 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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03/18/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

AUSTIN, Texas—In a fire market that was down globally an estimated three percent in 2009, the U.S. fire market fared worse, with sales down an estimated five- to seven percent, Justin Siller, market analyst for IMS, told Security Systems News.
IMS issued a report on the state of the global fire market yesterday in which it said the fire market is not expected to recover to its pre-recession growth rates until 2012.

Triple path communications to give AHJs satisfaction

 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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03/17/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

NORTHFORD, Conn.—Compared to security systems, the move to IP-based communications on the fire side has been slow.

New CO detector mandate provides test case

Lowitt demos communication strategies with CO detector notification
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Martha Entwistle
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03/15/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

HICKSVILLE, N.Y.

Edwards Service renamed Carter Brothers Fire & Life Safety

 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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03/11/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

ATLANTA—National systems integrator Carter Brothers announced March 4 it has changed the name of its Edwards Service Division to Carter Brothers Fire & Life Safety.
Carter Brothers, which specializes in commercial fire alarm, life safety and electronic security systems, acquired Edwards Service from GE Security in 2007.

EMCOR acquires Scalise, a $70m. firm

Scalise has fire expertise, long history in Pittsburgh area
 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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03/11/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

NORWALK, Conn.—EMCOR Group, a Fortune 500 mechanical and electrical construction services company, expanded its national footprint with the acquisition, announced Feb.

Fire merger in Massachusetts

Norel Services Co. acquires National Fire & Security
 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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03/04/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

WALTHAM, Mass.—Norel Service Company announced March 1 it had acquired National Fire and Security of Shrewsbury.

NFPA, Americas Fire & Security shows to merge

 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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02/11/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

QUINCY, Mass.—The NFPA Conference and Exhibition will get a little bigger this year, as it will merge with the Americas Fire & Security Expo (AFSE).

Kern eyes retrofit market

 by: 
Martha Entwistle
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02/01/2010
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Fire Systems Installation

PEORIA, Illinois—While the economic downturn hasn’t translated into a stop in construction here, as it has elsewhere, R. Scott Kern, president of The Kern Group, is eyeing the retrofit market for fire opportunities this year.

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SSN News Poll June 2013

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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