BPT Security Systems (UK) Ltd. - a specialist in door entry, access control and gate automation - has launched Thangram, a modular video door entry panel for use with BPT's XIP digital IP system.

Baldwin Boxall is introducing two new amplifiers on stand ISCE1 at PLASA this year. In addition, the company will be demonstrating the Unitouch touchscreen paging station, the BVRD8 voice alarm control microphone, the BFM404 firemans microphone and the popular Omnicare EVC (Emergency Voice Communication) system.

Swindon Borough Council has announced its decision to replace all its existing smoke alarms across its 10,500 properties with Aico RadioLINK Professional alarms.  Aico Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms will also be installed for the first time, interlinked with the smoke alarms.  The systems will be managed through Aico Alarm Control Switches.

As close control air conditioning systems for computer and IT rooms and air conditioning systems for personal spaces become increasingly common throughout Europe, the risk of fire or smoke spreading through the duct systems they use to transfer the warm and cold air increases.

Chris Lewis Fire & Security is carrying out an extensive fire system upgrade at Oxford’s historic Balliol College. The new fire alarm system is being rolled out across the college in phases to minimize disruption to students and visitors, and when completed will see around 1,000 fire detection points networked together across seven control panels.

BS EN 54-23:2010 Fire detection and fire alarm systems. Fire alarm devices.

Visual alarm devices BS EN 54-23 specifies the requirements, test methods and performance criteria for visual alarm devices in a fixed installation to signal a visual warning of a fire between the fire detection and fire alarm system and the occupants of a building.

Bosch Security Systems has launched a new on-line product selector tool to help installers and specifiers to quickly and accurately choose the correct MIC Series make, model and accessories to match their specific requirements.

Advanced Electronics LiTe/LifeLine Product Manager, David Henderson, talks about radio paging communications in the context of the Disability Discrimination Act, and why we should help influence public and private sector building owners to alert the hearing impaired upon activation of a fire alarm.

C-TEC has launched an innovative test kit for audio-frequency induction loop systems (AFILS)

With its easy-to-read digital display, the new Fosmeter Pro Kit is billed the most effective induction loop test kit on the market, containing everything needed to ensure AFILS installations work correctly and comply fully with the updated requirements of BS EN 60118-4.