The Honeywell UVEX Avatar PLUS family of safety eyewear features a contoured shape to help keep dust away from workers’ faces.

Heat stroke and heat exhaustion are the two most dangerous heat-related illnesses, according to OSHA.

Every year around this time I see a meme go around social media about the weather. Unless you live somewhere that is perpetually warm, you have likely seen it.

The 2022 SDM Systems Integrator of the Year shows how to do acquisitions successfully 

We have only just begun to see the impact that AI and Generative AI will have on the security industry.

Boston – Employees may be more likely to participate in workplace wellness programs if employers offer financial incentives, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School’s Department of Population Medicine.

Advances like digitization, IoT, AI and mobile devices put mass notification directly into users’ hands, speeding up response times in emergency situations.

Led by a majority investment from Abry Partners, the new platform combines Assurant Fire Protection, Complete Fire Pump Service and Xtreme Fire Protection. 

When it comes to gunshot detection, no two technologies are alike. What most have in common, however, is their effortless fit within a security integrator’s life-safety product portfolio and business model.

The group of partnering manufacturers and central stations include NAPCO, Resideo, Telguard, Emergency24 and Rapid Response Monitoring.

The Foundation Series is a complete, off-the-shelf fire detection solution featuring addressable and non-addressable models, and a full range of Autocall devices.

We examine the impact of emerging technologies, the resilience of these systems, and the crucial partnership between manufacturers, security integrators and monitoring stations in ensuring public safety during critical events.

SDM spoke with industry experts about gunshot and gun detection solutions and the opportunities those solutions offer to security dealers and integrators.

Apart from making FireProtect 2 a fully certified solution in residential fire alarm systems, the BSI Kitemark certification imposes additional requirements such as bi-annual factory production control inspections, quality control standards, and more.

When it comes to training employees, the ideal learning environment is individualized, one-on-one mentorship. But in the workplace, that kind of training isn’t always practical, efficient or desired. Constraints usually exist – from safety needs that dictate a quick training rollout to all employees, to managing the training needs of a diverse workforce at multiple worksites.

My current fire prevention education program consists of a PowerPoint presentation, and I can tell my workforce is bored. How can I put life back into the program and keep people engaged?

Our workers seem attentive during training, but afterward they quickly forget what they’ve learned. What steps can I take to improve knowledge retention rates?

How can I change up my fire prevention program to provide more advanced lessons to veteran employees? Some have seen my presentation year after year.

Our company has multiple locations. What can we do to make sure our compliance with chemical safety regulations is consistent across the organization?

How do I keep the “10 feet tall and bulletproof” mentality from compromising my safety training?

How can I leverage shift supervisors to ensure consistent safety knowledge among frontline workers?

When it comes to safety, what are the big differences between education and training?

Columnist Roy Pollack challenges professionals to test their knowledge in the latest 5 Minute Tech quiz.

Initiated in 2020, the standard provides a method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems.

TMA-ATN-01 will develop an efficient means for monitoring centers to provide responding authorities with information that assists with an efficient and safe response to active threat incidents.

The TLS Configuration (release candidate) is the first in a new category of add-ons, which are specifications that extend ONVIF conformance to product features that address a specific use case or end-user need.

The purpose of the SAFETY Act is to ensure that the threat of liability does not deter potential manufacturers or sellers of effective anti-terrorism technologies from developing and commercializing technologies that could save lives.

From large storage capacity network video recorders (NVRs) with high capacity RAID backup recording to video security cameras with built-in audio, Hikvision technology meets these stringent compliance mandates at competitive price points.

ONVIF working groups are subsets of the ONVIF Technical Committee and Technical Services Committee, and any ONVIF member company at the full or contributing membership level is encouraged to participate in this work. 

The System and Organization Controls (SOC 2) Type 1 report highlights Axis Communication’s efforts to protect customer and partner data with robust cloud security measures.

Dahua Technology has received the Common Criteria (ISO/IEC 15048) EAL 3+ certificate, along with ISO/IEC 27001 for Information Security Management System, ISO/IEC 27701 for Privacy Information Management System, and CSA STAR certifications. 

The Security Industry Association’s (SIA) New Product Showcase (NPS) is the premier awards-based marketing program in the security industry. It has been in existence since 1979. Each year at ISC West, the NPS program recognizes outstanding contributions to the protection of life and property in residential, commercial and institutional settings. Judging panels composed of industry experts select winners in various categories. The most coveted awards are the Judges’ Choice Award and the Best New Product Award.

These A2 and A3 cut-resistant sleeves are designed with Kevlar, a synthetic, lightweight and heat-resistant fiber that’s incredibly strong, delivering a high-tensile strength-to-weight ratio. It’s also inherently flame resistant, so its fibers won’t melt, drip or support combustion.

As computer and network technology continues to burrow into the devices we depend on for daily connectivity, there is a clear and present danger for all connected devices

Dave Engebretson shares a new innovation in the intrusion detection and alarm monitoring space. 

We have all seen the explosive growth of surveillance video installation and usage. The next step is to provide high-resolution cameras with proper mounting height to enable accurate facial recognition now or in the future.

Ah, yes. An exciting time in Chicago 2022. I had two terrible experiences this past summer which I would like my faithful readers to know about, and take heed.

A new circuit classification, referred to as fault-managed power systems (FMPS), is drafted for inclusion in Article 726 of the 2023 edition of the NEC code.

In this blast from the past, Dave Engebretson revisits a column from December 2014 on 3D Audio

The Vent-Box Ductless Filtration System is designed to protect laboratory personnel from chemical vapors found inside stand-alone chemical safety cabinets.

The Dust Collection Cart meets all engineering and control methods outlined in the OSHA Table 1 requirements for crystalline silica exposure.

Built off the Z-Link platform, the RPB T-Link is a cost-effective replacement/disposable hood option.

The AireHaven 1000 is a personal motorized air purification mask with a built-in two-speed fan and three-stage filter that provides a continuous flow of fresh, filtered air and removes harmful particulates, carcinogens, dust, smoke and other dangerous pollutants.

These two NIOSH-approved respirators are a light, compact solution for health care workers.

The CleanAire Filtration Module is engineered to prevent infection in labs, hospital rooms, waiting rooms, offices and more. Particles as small 0.3 microns, including respiratory droplets, are collected with a 99.99% efficiency.

Elk Grove Village, IL – To help the aging workforce remain productive, employers need to establish a “culture of health” in the workplace, according to a new article from the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and NIOSH.

Washington – The next webinar in NIOSH’s Total Worker Health series will provide an “overview of theory, research data, obstacles and potential solutions for addressing the challenges and opportunities posed by an aging workforce.”

Atlanta – Productive aging is about minimizing losses and maximizing growth. That was the message from James Grosch, NIOSH Center for Productive Aging and Work co-director and research psychologist, during a Sept. 27 webinar, “Productive Aging and Work: Theory, Health Data & Practical Solutions” – part of the NIOSH Total Worker Health webinar series.

Washington — L. Casey Chosewood pointed out the obvious reality every worker faces. “All of us are aging,” the director of the Office for Total Worker Health at NIOSH said during the agency’s June 10 webinar on the future of work and the implications for aging workers.

Washington — The director of NIOSH’s Office for Total Worker Health says employers should think about the physical and mental health needs of their employees returning to the job amid the COVID-19 pandemic.