...Dfdf sjfklsdj sdljkf sdj o wf ij iofjlks dsdkjsdk kdfjkl lkj fdkjf fjk dkdkj kfj kjdkj sdj djkf sdkfjklfj fj jfkljfkljf dkj fjdkjf kdjkd dj dkjdskfjei ok.’ An alarm system removes the element of surprise and danger associated with a burglar breaking into your home at night UNANNNOUNCED while you are inside sleeping. TheMOST IMPORTANT usage of a residential alarm system is when you are the most vulnerable, which is when you are asleep. No physical harm can occur to you if you are away from your residence while it is being burglarized.</li> <li> Upon returning home and disarming your security system, even from a very brief absence while you were at the corner convenience store, the alarm keypad will immediately indicate to you that: "While you were gone nothing happened" or "BE CAREFUL - - Here's what occurred in your absence". The alarm keypad's warning message will prevent homeowners from walking into the home and confronting burglars who may still be inside the residence.</li> </ol> My reason Number 2 is especially important for homeowners who don't have interactive notifications from their alarm panels being sent to their cell phones advising them that an alarm has occurred at their home. Additionally, some homeowners have "local alarm systems" that are not subscribed to monitoring services while others have monitoring by a telephone line that the burglars have cut before entering the home. I don't like the over-usage of the word "protection"...
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...Fire Alarm System Research – Where it’s been and where it’s going Wayne D. Moore, P.E., FSFPE Principal Hughes Associates, Inc. 2374 Post Road, Suite 102 Warwick, RI 02886 401-736-8992 Fire Alarm System Research We’ve Come A Long Way!....Or Have We? First Alarms - roving watchmen using hand bell-ringers or church sextons ringing church bells or factory steam whistles Telegraph Invented by Sam Morse in 1840s From the beginning of recorded history people have learned that early response to fires had positive results in controlling those fires. When someone discovered a fire the fire brigades and fire departments were alerted by roving watchmen using hand bell-ringers or church sextons ringing church bells or factory steam whistles. Unfortunately these systems did not provide very much detail and often directed the fire department to the wrong location. But with the advent of the telegraph, invented in the early 1840’s by Samuel F. B. Morse, firefighters were given a faster and more accurate fire reporting system. In 1847, New York became the first American city to begin construction of a municipal fire alarm system required by ordinance “to construct a line of telegraph, by setting posts in the ground, … for communicating alarms of fire from the City Hall to different fire stations, and [to] instruct the different bell-ringers in the use of said invention.” March 1851 Channing/Farmer Municipal Fire Alarm System Installed in Boston April...
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...in the shape of over-officious park keepers. One such confrontation involved the attendance of a police officer complete with his panda car. The officer admitted that he didn’t have a clue about any laws concerning the use of metal detectors in a public place. Luckily, I had with me a photocopy of an article that had appeared in a metal detecting magazine, explaining the bylaws relating to public parks and metal detecting. After reading this he agreed that if no bylaw to prevent metal detecting existed then none could be contravened; also, that if the criminal law had not been broken my being there was none of his concern. The park keeper was by no means convinced and he left promising to return after consulting with a “higher authority”. After detecting on the park for another three hours he had not returned so it appeared that my foresight in carrying the article with me had paid off....
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...PEOPLE DIE IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF A FIRE | A FIRE BURNING IN A HOUSE FOR 1 MINUTE GROWS 3 TIMES ITS ORIGINAL SIZE AND REACHES 50 TIMES IT SIZE IN 11 MINUTES | THE PRESENCE AND MAINTENANCE OF SMOKE DETECTORS INCREASES YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVING A FIRE BY 50 PERCENTM | IS YOUR WATER HEATER SET BELOW A 120 DEGREES TO AVOID SCALDING? | | GENERAL MESSAGES | IF YOU DON'T WATCH YOUR COOKING YOU COULD BURN MORE THAN YOUR FOOD | FIRE CAN NOT START UNLESS YOU GIVE IT A PLACE TO START | NEVER COMBINE OR MIX ANY HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS | | FIRE EXTINGUISHER MESSAGES | A FIRE EXTINGUISHER CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE | A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IS WORTHLESS IF IT CAN'T BE FOUND | HOME ESCAPE PLAN MESSAGES | DOES YOUR FAMILY HAVE A HOME ESCAPE PLAN? | HAVE YOU CONDUCTED A HOME FIRE DRILL? | SMOKE DETECTORS MESSAGES | A NEW BATTERY IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE | WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TESTED YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR? | WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CHANGED YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERY? | ARE YOU A SMOKE DETECTOR NEGLECTOR? | HAVE A NIGHT WATCHMAN KEEP A SMOKE DETECTOR ON GUARD | A SOUND YOU CAN LIVE WITH TEST YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR | THE TIME HAS CHANGED HOW ABOUT YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR BATTERY | RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO BORROW BATTERIES FROM SMOKE DETECTORS | INSTALL SMOKE DETECTORS ON EVERY LEVEL OF YOUR HOME | | ELECTRICAL...
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...FAHOC TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES LTD A SUBSIDIARY OF A.J.C VENTURES LTD RC896874 OFFICE: 18 UKWA STREET INDEPENDENCE LAYOUT ENUGU TEL: 08034775856, E-MAIL: info.fahoctech@yahoo.com, adminfahoctechltd@gmail.com COMPANY PROFILE Fahoc technology services is an IT based company that is specialised in ICT services with special priority in security Engineering. Our services include ICT consultancy and training, supply of office equipment, * CCTV/SECURITY CAMERA INSTALLATION: This acts as a surveillance system too. IP BASE OR ANALOGUE CAMERAA are used together with an alarm (which is optional) the IP base cameras are fixed and connected to internet system which enables a manager, director or whoever is monitoring see all that is happening within and around the office even if he is not around all he has to do is just log on to the internet and he sees everything that is going on. It is connected to a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) which ha the ability to record such that you can see what had happened in your absence. * SOLAR AND INVERTER INSTALLATION: * COMPUTER NETWORKING: In today’s world, we are all connected.people with ideas can communicate instantlywith others to make the ideas a reality. News, events, and discoveries are known worldwide in seconds. Everyone has a chance to connect, to share and to make a difference. As participats in this human network, we are more powerful together than any of us could be apart. The human network has...
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...and mainly just wanted to relieve my stomach from the feeling of hunger. My task was to cook pancakes and bacon. I turned on the stove, and lightly whisked all my ingredients as my wiki How directions instructed. Pouring the mixture into the greased skillet, I watched as the bubbles started to form. I was unaware how to tell when the edges were dry, so I kept it on the first side, until I saw smoke coming from the under the pancake. I froze in panic; thinking I had started a fire. I had neglected to flip the pancake over in time, and it burned setting off the smoke detectors. The loudest noise you can imagine just wouldn’t stop; I knew then I was in major trouble. Running frantically down the stairs my mom came luckily with my grandmother, my amazing savior, to stop my mom from screaming in anger. She then grabs the spatula to throw away the burnt pancake as my grandmother turned on fans to disarm the smoke detector. I could do nothing, but bow my head in shame and wait to be scolded. My mom just grabbed me and held me close. I looked up from the messy skillet, my mom’s domain desecrated. There was no sign of anger on her face, only love, and a red splotch on her hand where she accidently...
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...Shirtwaist Factory Fire; Was is really an “accident?”- March 25th, 1911 It was a normal day in New York City, workers of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company were going about their business as usual. As the work day came to an end, the bell rings, and workers grab their things and get ready to leave. Eva Harris, local seamstress, smells burning and instinctively shouts “fire!” Workers ring the tenth floor to warn them about the fire, instead of warning the ninth floor as well… workers scatter in panic; the ninth floor was never notified. As the fire approached the ninth floor, factory owner Isaac Harris rushed to them. However the door standing between him and the ninth floor was barricaded with a barrel or motor oil. The call to the fire station was made at 4:45pm… Now that the fire has reached the ninth floor, people are rushing to find their ways out of the building. The elevator can only go down once, those who didn’t make it are running out of options. The fire escape was tried, but it turned out to be locked. As the firemen approached, it was already too late. Because the women no longer had any other options for survival, they turned to something a little more fatal; jumping. A total of one hundred and forty six people were said to have died today. Some believe however, that this was no accident. It is said that a match was dropped into a fabric bin, and doors and escapes were locked and barricaded with motor oil to allow the job to get done easier. In fact, Mary Abrams (9th...
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...The Importance Of Fire Safety At Home Fires can be devastating. They can tear apart families and destroy homes. The worst thing about fires at home and within business is that most of them are entirely preventable. Over 72% of the recorded fatalities from fires occur in the home. Every day, people start fires by falling asleep with cigarettes in their hands, leaving candles burning in unattended rooms and by leaving discarded items in front of open fireplaces. The fires that are started are careless and completely avoidable. Also, we can't forget fireworks. It can seem like a good idea to celebrate a happy occasion with fireworks or by setting off a glowing lantern. If you do decide to release any of these items, consider the following: Can you insure that you will not be endangering anyone around you? Do you have enough room to set it out, unobstructed into the night? Accidents are all too common where these items are concerned and you wouldn’t want to be responsible for any devastating consequences. Perhaps consider going to a staged event or an area away from the home to enjoy fireworks or glowing lanterns. Also in recent days, there have been stories of debilitating fires, that have destroyed homes and taken lives all across our region, even in the Oxon Hill area. During October 2010, there was a fire in the Rosecroft Mews Apartment Complex, on the 2400 block of Corning Avenue in Fort Washington, MD, which is very close to the Oxon Hill/Fort Washington border...
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...Fire Safety and Dorm Fires According the the CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) residence or dormitory fires in college campuses are becoming a bigger issue than in recent years. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and The National Fire Protection Agency also state that “Cooking equipment causes 72% of dorm fires”, and “Electrical products, portable heaters, and lighting such as halogen lamps are the source of many dorm fires.” These facts raise awareness to students that living conditions can be extreme fire hazards. Another leading cause of fires in residence halls is arson. Less likely than cooking fires, residence hall fires are started intentionally by arsonists, which is obviously, extremely illegal. Of instances where fires are unintentional cooking equipment is likely responsible. One instance of this was demonstrated by a dormitory fire at the University of Mary Washington. The blaze was started unintentionally by a malfunctioning single cup coffee maker. In blazes such as dorm fires, there has been temperature recordings of over to 800 degrees fahrenheit, that can cause the entire building to explode into flame or severely burn the residents of the building. Fortunately, the fire at University of Mary Washington was contained to one room thanks to an early detection by smoke alarms and fire sprinklers to help douse the flames. Students were evacuated from the building and allowed to return to their residences after the blaze was extinguished by...
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...Basic Guide to Fire Alarm Installation Introduction to BS5839 Part 1, 2002 BS5839 part 1 is a code of practice for Fire Alarm system design, installation and servicing for fire detection for general buildings. The standards have been revised and are effective from mid July 2003. A fire alarm system is generally required to be installed as part of fire certificate required by the Fire Precautions Act or the workplace regulations after an audit of a fire risk assessment. Planning the Fire Alarm System The decision of whether a fire alarm system is required or the type of category should not normally be the responsibility of the designer, customer/installer. The local authorities should take these decisions for enforcing legislation in buildings. With all fire alarm systems there should be an exchange of information and decision process a typical example would be. * Building control officers * Fire authorities * Statuary and insurance requirements When sufficient information and level of category has been obtained then the fire alarm system can be designed. System Design Process/Decision and exchange of information * Purchaser specifies the category of fire alarm system, this would have been provided by the local authorities, if required the designer can propose a category. * System to be designed * Consultation * Any variation of the British Standards to be agreed. * System proposal to be approved by all parties. There are different categories...
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...checkout counter. It allows payments by credit cards or bank, provides sales reports, verifies transactions, coordinates inventory data, and performs several other services normally provided by employees. | CCTV cameras and fire alarm systems | Supermarkets AEON uses CCTV cameras to enhance the job of security guards and keep track of customers who may do illegal actions (stealing, damage of property, not suitable behavior). In many cases CCTV cameras played the key role in determining the perpetrators of various incidents. Fire alarm system is “must have” technology in every AEON supermarket. It is a device designed to alert people from visual and audio alarms when smoke or fire is present. These alarms may be activated from heat detectors, smoke detectors, or from a fire alarm pull station. In case of fire, it automatically calls fire service and turns on emergency water pressure system and sprays water all around the facility to extinguish probable hearth. | Digital weighing scale | Another technology used by AEON is digital weighing scales. It is a device used for weighing the product (meat, vegetable, cereals, fruits etc.), and printing the price based on the weight. It is widely used device that enhances buying process and simplifies job of employee. These are universal machines that are not hard to use. | Current Market For halal-wide target market AEON offers mainly halal products in Malaysia. The basic strategy of the company is low price products, because the analysis...
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... |COUNTERMEASURE | | |Probability |Criticality |Total | | |Example: | | | | | |Information theft |4 |7 |11 |Employee screening, limited computer | | | | | |access, and computer monitoring | |Bomb threat |6 |10 |16 |Security cameras, metal detectors, | | | | | |and security searching bags. | |Unattended baggage |8 |10 |18 |Security guards, secure...
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...alarms are mandatory and advancements to the technology have been occurring rapidly. With the use of smoke detectors, firefighters have been more successful in the saving of lives and the protection of property. Even with smoke detectors getting more technologically advanced, researchers have still been looking into many more changes regarding smoke detectors audio alarm. The National Fire Protection Association also reports that homes with smoke detectors display significant differences than homes without smoke detectors. In 1930, a Swiss physicist named Walter Jaeger developed the first smoke detector by trying to develop an alarm to detect poisonous gases. Jaeger’s first attempt to detect the poisonous gases failed and he decided to take a break and have a cigarette. After the ignition of his cigarette, the smoke entered Jaegers device and it activated. Jaegers unintentional discovery of the smoke detector allowed room for advancement in fire alarm technology. Such advancement was in 1967, the first battery-powered smoke detector was created making it easily installed and replaced. In the 1960’s most businesses and public buildings had them equipped, and by 1969, the battery smoke detector received its first UL rating. During the 70’s, when awareness of residential detectors increased considerably, numerous programs started to hand out battery-powered smoke detectors. Due to this practice, deaths from residential fires decreased significantly. However, since the average battery-life...
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...Why people don't respond to alarm signals People often fail to respond quickly to fire alarm signals. A common example: In a hotel, a fire alarm sounds late at night. Only a handful of people actually dress and leave (often using the elevators). A few people call the front desk. Many people periodically poke their heads out their doors to see what's going on. But mostly, people simply wait for the alarm signal to stop. Eventually, the alarm either shuts off, or someone (hopefully) comes to tell them that there is a real emergency and they must leave. This problem has aggravated and perplexed fire safety professionals over the years. Some denounce the public for their stupidity in failing to recognize the potential danger indicated by a fire alarm signal. Their concern is valid: in many fire emergencies, a rapid response is critical to survival. But attributing the problem to public stupidity is inaccurate and of no value in correcting the problem. In reality, people are simply exhibiting natural tendencies. Why don't people respond to alarm systems? There are several reasons. In this essay, these reasons are divided into two main categories: Alarm signals as sources of information. Other reasons why people do and don't respond apart from the information-value of alarm signals. Alarm signals as a source of information. In order to understand why people fail to respond to alarm signals, we need to look at the information-value of alarm signals. By information-value...
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...to 2012 NFPA statistics there were 480,500 structure fires, 381,000 of which were residential structures. There were 2,405 deaths, 13,175 injuries and over 7 billion dollars’ worth of property loss… This means nearly 80% of structure fires occur in the home. So how do you prevent yourself from becoming one of these statistics? I’ll talk to you about smoking, cooking, smoke detectors, fire extinguishers and dryers. And also some fire survival tips and fire planning that you should use. First I’ll talk about smoking and why you shouldn’t smoke in your home. Every year, almost 1,000 smokers and non-smokers are killed in home fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials. Fires caused by cigarettes and other smoking materials are preventable. Next is cooking, In 2010, cooking was involved in an estimated 156,400 home structure fires that were reported to U.S. fire departments. These fires caused 420 deaths, 5,310 injuries and $993 million in direct property damage. By following a few simple safety tips you can protect you and your family from a potential home fire. Why should you have smoke detectors? About two-thirds of home fire deaths occur when there are no working smoke alarms. Working smoke alarms increase the chance of surviving a home fire by 50 percent. * Placement * Battery replacement * Maintenance Another useful tool to have is a portable fire extinguisher. A portable fire extinguisher can save lives and property by...
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