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MITIE is awarded its largest contract by Rolls-Royce
posted on 04/04/2003

MITIE has been awarded a multi service, multi site contract covering all of the Rolls-Royce manufacturing facilities in England and Scotland. The agreement is long term and will be worth in excess of £20 million per annum. When it is fully operational at the end of April 2003 it will include engineering maintenance, cleaning, catering, security, fabric maintenance, minor building works, materials handling, waste management and help desk. Security includes the manned guarding on the sites, gatehouse duties, control room monitoring and control of the automatic entry control systems. The security service also covers emergency services and integrated emergency response elements. Fire fighting and breathing apparatus training is given for holding response whilst waiting for fire fighters to arrive. Chris Evans who is the account director for MITIE said, “ This contract will allow Rolls-Royce to benefit from the efficiencies that will come from our companies working closely together ... [more]

Pearl Appoint New Chairman
posted on 31/03/2003

The Pearl Security Group of Companies Limited including fire and security installer specialists, Pearl Fire and Security Limited and their support division Pearl Support Services Limited have just appointed a new Group Chairman. Frank Kirk has both UK and International experience of Fire and Security and has been associated with the industry for over 15 years during which time he has held many senior positions. ‘This is a very exciting period for everyone involved with Pearl’ enthused Operations Director, Jon Roadnight. ‘Frank’s knowledge of the business world in general and the fire and security industry in particular is second to none and his high profile will further enhance Pearl’s reputation as the providers of fire and security solutions. This appointment is further illustrative of our controlled growth plan for the future’.... [more]

Brett Ennals appointed as Notifier Fire System's UK Sales Manager
posted on 24/03/2003

To build on the company's strong position in the UK market and to support the increase in demand, Brett Ennals has rejoined Notifier in the position of UK Sales Manager. He departs Siemens Building Technologies, where he served as Sales Manager for the Fire and Security Products division. Brett brings a wealth of knowledge and industry experience to his new position having over twelve years of fire industry experience, including a previous appointment with Notifier as a Regional Sales Manager and having worked for two of Notifier's premier Engineered System Distributors. He possesses an HNC in Business Studies and an ONC in Mechanical & Production Engineering. Brett's immediate key task is to create new sales support initiatives to further advance market penetration of Notifier's new product line. ... [more]

Mains switching output modules for fire systems
posted on 17/03/2003

System Sensor Europe has extended the capabilities of the interface modules available as part of its Series 200 plus analogue addressable detector family with the introduction of the M201E-240 and M201E-240-DIN. The new modules are loop-powered devices controlling an unsupervised double pole relay rated at 5A @ 250VAC. One set of contacts are normally open, the others closed; the modules are bistable, latching into the on or off state on command from the control panel. They are used to manage external mains-powered equipment, switching it either off or on depending on the requirements. Each module has built-in short circuit protection for the communications loop; however, to increase application flexibility, the isolators can be selected or deselected as required. Bi-colour LEDs indicate normal operation or open or short circuit fault conditions. Two alternative mounting arrangements are available. For stand-alone use, the unit is supplied in a high impact flame-retardant ABS... [more]

Bosch Security Systems shows new Fire and Intrusion Detection products plus latest CCTV, Paging and PA systems at IFSEC 2003
posted on 12/03/2003

Bosch Security Systems is introducing many additions to its growing range of Fire and Intrusion detection products and adding new CCTV, PA and Paging products resulting from the recent acquisition of Philips CSI. Among the new Bosch security products is the Save.SensTM Motion Detector which provides simple yet highly cost effective way to add advanced motion detection and alarms to CCTV systems. Simply plug the new Save.Sens V8101P module into the camera and monitor, select the areas of interest and direction of travel, and the detector automatically displays alarm video on the monitor whenever motion is detected. It even highlights the area with motion in colour, and stores pre-and post alarm video images for fast event evaluation. It’s easy to install and set-up either locally or remotely, and adapts to changing light levels as well as different times of day. It is ideal for enhancing any CCTV system for homes or businesses, and can interface to external video recorders, video m... [more]

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