| November 2011 |
Fire alarms are seen and heard
- Partnership integrates audible and visual alerts |
| NORTHFORD, Conn.—In a partnership designed to enhance its emergency communications systems offerings, Gamewell- FCI by Honeywell announced in September it’s working with Alertus Technologies to integrate audible and visual notification devices and Alertus’ IP network command software. Gamewell-FCI, based here, said its E3 Series of fire alarm and other emergency communications systems can “integrate seamlessly” with Alertus’ “wall-mounted Alert Beacons, text-to-speech interface modules, digital signage and computer desktop alerts.” |
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| November 2011 |
Quake shakes up thinking
- East Coast tremblor may create seismic-certified product demand |
| WESTBURY, N.Y.—Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell announced in September its fire alarm and emergency communications systems earned International Building Code seismic certification. The announcement, shortly after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the East Coast on Aug. 23, was very timely, according to Alan Glassman, VP of Classic Systems, a Gamewell-FCI engineered systems distributor here. |
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| November 10, 2006 |
| Building an Effective Fire Protection System for the Retail Environment |
| There are a number of criteria to be considered when choosing a fire alarm system for a retail operation. By paying close attention to these criteria, retail building owners and managers can feel quite comfortable that their choices will translate to a level of fire detection that will effectively protect their employees, their patrons and their products. |
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| October 27, 2006 |
| When It Comes to Distributed Network Fire Alarm Technology, NetSOLO(r) Broadband Stands Alone |
| Many fire safety products are touted by their manufacturers to be “innovative” or “unique” or “breakthrough.” But the truth of the matter is, the arrival of a real one-of-a-kind breakthrough product is a rare occurrence, an event duly heralded by awards and often followed by immediate sales. |
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| September 20, 2006 |
| Product Wonderland: Top 30 Products offered at ASIS |
| Al Colombo and Bob Dolph of SSI magazine searched thousands of products and services offered by over 800 different exhibitors at the ASIS trade show. With the one goal to find the top products and services that the security systems contractors would be interested in, they narrowed their list to a total of 30. |
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| August 22, 2006 |
| Mixing Different Two-Wire Smoke Detectors on the same Initiating Device Circuit |
| Unless only very few detectors are involved, the mixing of different brands or models of two-wire smoke detectors on the same initiating device circuit, is generally not recommended by most Fire Alarm Manufacturers. |
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| August 22, 2006 |
| Innovative Design Yields Powerful New Broadband Network Fire Alarm Evacuation System! |
| Fire Control Instruments (FCI) has announced the release of their latest fire alarm product, NetSOLO ® BROADBAND, the future of distributed audio. This innovative fire alarm system consists of three main units, which are networked together to form an intelligent, feature packed, state-of–the–art emergency evacuation audio system. |
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