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Bucks New University approval for Certificate in Pit Training course

Select Management and Security Ltd, the first Crowd Management company in Northern Ireland to hold SIA Approved Contractor status, have today announced approval from Bucks New University to run their Certificate in Pit Training course. The Certificate in Pit Training is recognised across the industry as the qualification required for staff working in the front of stage pit. The course teaches candidates about the origins of the pit, health and... [more]

Posted on 08/09/2010 in  Fire, Health & Safety   Manned Security and Security Guard   Security Services 

Bold Gemini software pulls together Runnymede's disparate security applications into a single management platform

While a number of town centre CCTV monitoring schemes have in the past sought to avoid going outside their core surveillance brief, there is a growing long term trend now, for revenue generation and maximum value leverage, toward the integrated monitoring centre. Revenue generation for the public sector control room is always a hot topic but never more so than at the moment with threats of serious budget pressure. This has meant for some contro... [more]

Posted on 13/08/2010 in  Access Control   Alarm systems   CCTV System   Fire, Health & Safety   Manned Security and Security Guard   Perimeter Protection   Physical Security   Remote Monitoring and Surveillance 

Siemens Security provides an effective and dependable solution to ensuring the security of a safe house

Ensuring the security of a safe house is a difficult and challenging task. Safe houses play an essential role in protecting vulnerable families. A leading Liverpool-based social housing landlord has, however, found that an integrated electronic security system based on equipment from Siemens Security is providing an effective and dependable solution at one of its most sensitive properties. The system was designed and installed by T G Baker Li... [more]

Posted on 12/08/2010 in  Access Control   Alarm systems   CCTV System   Fire, Health & Safety   Manned Security and Security Guard   Remote Monitoring and Surveillance 

TOA voice alarm system installed at the Brussels Expo

Built for the World Expo of 1958 and still retaining all the glamour, elegance and modernity of that era, the 12 halls of the Brussels Expo play host to a string of major exhibitions and events every year, among them the industry show Batibouw, the farming event Agribex, and the ICT technology forum. Voice alarm products from TOA are at the heart of a new paging, evacuation and BGM system installed at the Brussels Expo, one of Europe’s most pr... [more]

Posted on 10/08/2010 in  Fire, Health & Safety 

Prison officers should be protected from kicks, blows and punches as well as needles and razor blades

A zero tolerance and the recent upsurge in violence in British prisons, which included the vicious, callous and unprovoked assault on a female prison officer at high security Frankland prison, have been debated at the Prison Officer Association (POA) during their 71st Annual Conference and subsequent meetings. Stab vests and similar types of body protection should be made available to prison officers immediately, says Robert Kaiser, CEO of PPS... [more]

Posted on 05/08/2010 in  Fire, Health & Safety   Manned Security and Security Guard   Physical Security 

 

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