Tag: NYC
Four dead in NYC
July 30, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
For the second time in nearly eight months, a senseless, tragic shooting in NYC has brought the issue of protecting our most important assets – people – into the national spotlight.
Less than 48 hours ago, a gunman casually strolled into a Park Avenue commercial building with an assault rifle, killing four people and critically wounding another.
While the shooter’s motive was apparently outlined in his suicide note, the real question coming out of this mass shooting is how...
Be Prepared, Be Very Prepared
April 13, 2022Cory Harris, Editor
A typical weekday morning on a NYC subway train. People sitting or standing in the subway cars on their way to work, school, or wherever else they may be headed. Some reading their newspaper, some looking at their cellphones. Maybe they’re taking a nap or just staring blankly as the train heads toward their destination.
Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022, turned out to be anything but typical for those riding on the Manhattan-bound N train around 8:30 a.m. A male passenger on the train, who...
NYC accepts video image smoke detection
July 16, 2014Tess Nacelewicz
SPARKS, Md.—Video image smoke detection is now accepted under the New York City Building Code, opening a large new market for such detection systems.“This is a pretty big deal,” Rick Jeffress, sales manager, Americas, for Fike Video Image Detection, which is based here and is a business division of Fike, told Security Systems News. “We are starting to receive calls for systems in high-rise and other mechanical equipment rooms.”The New York City Building Code currently...