fire safety
RSS fire safetyMaximizing Data Center Uptime With Business Continuity Planning
White Paper There is a higher probability that most data centers will be affected by a virus, hardware failure, power failure or upgrade gone wrong than by a disastrous weather-related event like wind, fire or rain. [13 Nov 2009]
Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards
Photo The Army describes the PDCue 4-Corner System as a low-cost acoustic gunfire detection system that can detect and pinpoint the origin of incoming sniper fire. Crows allows the soldier to remotely aim and... [30 Sep 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News They're delivered on the street and not just the high street - they're delivered from remote areas, in extreme conditions, we're mobilised 24/7 365 in all sorts of conditions whether it be weather, storm, flood, snow," Olaf Baars, the... [15 Jun 2009]
Canadian Fire Safety Officer Puts SmartDraw and MobileEyes Responder to the Test
White Paper Since 1997, Rick Percival has been the fire prevention-safety officer for Environmental Health and Safety at Carleton University, One of Ottawa's largest post secondary educational... [04 Jun 2009]
FireRescue1 Creates Comprehensive Online Campaign for Globe Manufacturing Company
White Paper In conjunction with the Globe team, FireRescue1 created a unique online marketing program combining a number of elements including product category sponsorships across both fire and EMS, heavy share of voice through... [16 May 2009]
Safety System Provider Switches From Visio to SmartDraw for Easier, More Flexible Process Visualization Tools, Saving Big in Just 30 Days
White Paper National Fire Protection, which manufactures and supplies fire sprinkler products and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, needed process charts but was not satisfied with Visio's charting capabilities. [15 Apr 2009]
Battery Technology for Data Centers and Network Rooms: Safety Codes
White Paper This white paper reviews fire safety regulations and their application to UPS battery installations in the USA. In some cases, fire codes do not clearly recognize improvements in battery... [08 Apr 2009]
Transportation Incident Management: Using 3D Virtual Worlds to Train First Responders
White Paper Through a Steering Committee of police, fire, EMT, towing recovery, and transportation officials, the Coalition appropriated $1.4 million dollars for the development of the Virtual Incident Management Training System,... [10 Mar 2009]
Indian outsourcers shore up their defences
Comment These would be poor defence against the sophisticated fire power demonstrated by the Mumbai attackers who were armed with automatic weapons, grenades and explosives. The centre will provide for continuous monitoring of... [10 Dec 2008]
Cisco Mobile Network Solutions for Public Safety
White Paper Applications supporting police, fire, and medical response units are transitioning from simple text and voice to rich multimedia applications. Public safety agencies want to improve their effectiveness... [13 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment Any moderately high capacity battery presents significant fire risk if discharged catastrophically through an inappropriate medium. A PP3 discharging through steel wool is a recognised fire risk in the... [10 Jan 2008]
US plane security turns on batteries
News Recently, the National Transportation Safety Board could not rule out the possibility lithium batteries started a fire in a plane at the Philadelphia National Airport last year, according to the... [04 Jan 2008]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo This shows how a Buckinghamshire fireman is using a mobile device to carry out risk assessments and fire safety audits. Photo credit: Buckinghamshire & Milton Keynes Fire Authority See... [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service is using a mobile process for streamlining assessments by fire fighters of operational risks, home fire risk checks and fire... [27 Nov 2007]
San Diego Emergency Dispatch System Depends on Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Stratus Fault-Tolerant Servers
White Paper When San Diego Fire and Life Safety Services (SDFLSS) needed a new platform for its life-critical Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, it turned to Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Stratus's... [28 Sep 2007]
