Tag: life safety systems
Convergint finds communications piece of puzzle in ALERiTY
April 16, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
LAS VEGAS—Dan Moceri, CEO of Convergint Technologies, said Eaton Cooper Notification's new IP network-based ALERiTY line is the mass notification solution his company has been looking for.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based integrator said the company was able to offer customers strong security and fire solutions. But until now with ALERiTY, Convergint “didn't have a robust solution on the communications side” to complete the package, Moceri told Security Systems News at the ISC West show,...
New NFPA president to be introduced at 2014 NFPA Conference & Expo
March 17, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
LAS VEGAS—The focus of the 2014 National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo will be health care and sustainability. This year's show also will stand out because NFPA's new president will be introduced to the more than 3,500 expected attendees at the event.
In addition, attendees also will get to hear “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung by the winner of a new NFPA contest launched to pick talent to sing the national anthem at the opening of this year's general...
Potter: Sprinkler systems last longer with nitrogen
March 11, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
ST. LOUIS—A new Potter Electric Signal Co. study shows that replacing air with nitrogen as the supervisory gas in dry and pre-action sprinkler systems dramatically reduces rust and makes the systems last more than five times longer.Potter, based here, makes a line of nitrogen generators specifically designed for fire sprinkler systems, said Josh Tihen, the company's corrosion product manager. He told Security Systems News that using nitrogen instead of air in the system “allows someone...
New front in Illinois fire monitoring battle
February 26, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
DES PLAINES, Ill.—Just as Illinois fire protection districts are shutting down their fire monitoring programs because of a federal court ruling saying such public entities aren't authorized to be that business, proposed new state legislation would grant the districts that authority.
The industry is fighting back, organizing private alarm companies to help defeat House Bill 5683. They say the bill would shut out them out of the commercial fire monitoring market. The industry contends...