NOTIFIER announces the Spartan-25™ addressable fire alarm control panel for protecting small-scale properties and controling ancillary systems such as sprinklers and elevator recall.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International released for comments a candidate American National Standard (ANS) to assist public safety answering point (PSAP) managers and their governing authorities in identifying their current level of service capability.

In this free online program, Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI) Executive Director Bill Webb and Meri-K Appy, president of the Home Safety Council (HSC), will discuss how private citizens and public safety advocates can work together to make our homes safer. Register now!

en-Gauge, Inc., maker of en-Gauge monitoring systems for fire extinguishers and building safety devices,announced it was voted winner in the devices category at 7th Annual Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) Technology Awards.

Susan Tellem and Dan Grody, partners at Tellem Worldwide, Inc., a Malibu based public relations and social media agency, are featured speakers at the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Conference & Expo in Las Vegas, June 7-10 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.

The Public Safety Alliance, a partnership among the nation's leading public safety associations, announced a national advertising and grassroots campaign calling on Congress to modify the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) proposed auction of the D Block included in its national broadband plan.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a 14-minute safety video warning of the hazards of welding and other hot work activities in and around storage tanks containing flammable materials.

Chris Ferrara, founder and President/CEO of Ferrara Fire Apparatus, recently was presented the first annual Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fire and Life Safety Council of the Louisiana Fire Service. 

The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) will hold a public meeting on June 28, 2010, in Connecticut regarding its investigation into the natural gas explosion that occurred at the Kleen Energy power plant.

The Center for Public Safety Excellence (CPSE) presents the Excellence Conference Series, an online training program that provides some of the most current and contemporary accreditation process or professional designation teachings available.

This year’s theme aims to educate the public on how smoke alarms save lives and why they should be installed and maintained in every home. Fire Prevention Week will be held from October 3-9, 2010.

Scott Health & Safety announced the donation of more than $600,000 worth of safety equipment to Haitian first responders, replacing badly needed supplies destroyed during the January 12 earthquake in Haiti.

A study on firefighter safety and the emergency response for solar power systems was recently released by the Fire Protection Research Foundation. Recognizing its relevance, the Emergency Management and Response—Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EMR-ISAC) analyzed the main points contained in the final report.

Emergency Technologies, Inc. (ETI) has been selected by the eighth largest U.S. city, the City of Dallas, Texas to provide a Fire Records Management System (Fire RMS).

Firefighters sometimes take the motor used to assist the overhead garage door for granted. As this near-miss report describes, a 600-pound object lifting an unidentified number of feet off the ground will leave a mark when it falls.

When we talk about off-campus fire incidents and try to define what qualifies as such, you could find a differing opinion from just about everyone you ask. Tim Knisely of the Center for Campus Fire Safety tackles this tricky subject.

According to the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), the report is the first to quantify the effects of crew sizes and arrival times on the fire service lifesaving and firefighting operations for residential fires.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined VT Halter Marine Inc., a shipbuilder, for $1,322,000 following a November 2009 explosion and fire that killed two workers and seriously injured two other workers.

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Sperian Protection (Euronext: SPR) announced Honeywell’s intent to acquire through a binding sale agreement with Essilor and Mrs. Ginette Dalloz and through the launch of an all-cash tender offer all outstanding shares of Sperian Protection with an aggregate transaction value of approximately USD $1.4 billion, including the assumption of net debt.

For his support and commitment to Hale’s new Safe Firefighter of the Month program, Hale will present Pennsylvania Fire Commissioner Ed Mann with an award at FIRE EXPO 2010 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.