Fire Alarm Integrations and Special Applications

05/12/22 11:18 AM By admin - Comment(s)

Do you have a special application fire alarm project?  Most alarm companies can handle the simple system designs - retail store, small apartment building, small office building, etc.  But how about these integrations/applications:

Elevator primary/secondary recall

Smoke dampers

Elevator shaft...

Central Station Jargon

05/12/22 11:15 AM By admin - Comment(s)

Occasionally we find ourselves talking to a customer about their alarm monitoring and using the jargon that only we understand in the industry.  I have to catch myself sometimes.  "What's an RP list?," a customer asks.  Oh, I'm sorry, I mean an emergency contact list.  ...

Made in the USA

05/12/22 11:14 AM By admin - Comment(s)

We feel it's important to do our part to buy American products (it's in our name after all).  If we can't get them in the USA, we try to buy from free trade countries.  Below are some of the companies and products we buy from regularly that are located in the USA.

Gentex Corp - fire alarm n...

Access Control in the CLOUD

05/12/22 11:09 AM By admin - Comment(s)

First of all, what does "in the cloud" even mean?  Is it up in the sky somewhere?  No.  It really just means that you are not hosting the data on your site.  You pay someone else (maybe someone who understands data storage and cyber-security) to store your information a...

Iowa Green Streets - CO detection

05/12/22 10:54 AM By admin - Comment(s)

In Iowa Green Streets Criteria version 4.0, Section 7-16 specifies that "One hard-wired carbon monoxide (CO) detector shall be installed for each sleeping area, minimum one per floor."  This section is labeled Combustion Equipment (includes space and water-heating equipment).  Un...

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