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Cooper Notification connects to FEMA alert
June 11, 2013SSN Staff
LONG BRANCH, N.J.—Cooper Notification, a supplier of life safety and mass notification systems solutions, is offering its customers the ability to send alerts directly from their Roam Secure Alert Network to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's mobile alert system, according to a company statement.
The Commercial Mobile Alert System, FEMA's public alert and warning system, is the government's latest development to communicate to the public in an emergency by sending specially formatted...
Las Vegas installer likes 'green' solution
May 6, 2013Tess Nacelewicz
LAS VEGAS—A new Cooper Notification solution that combines an LED strobe with high-fidelity sound in speakers that save energy and are so intelligible they can be used not only for emergency messaging, but for general paging and background music, is a boon to dealers, according to Josh Claunch of Communication Electronic Systems.“We're excited to use it,” Claunch told Security Systems News at the ISC West show, held here in April. “It kind of gives us an edge.”He was...
Cooper Notification solution weathers storm in nation's capital
July 17, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
LONG BRANCH, N.J.—A rare and unusually destructive thunderstorm complex hit the nation's capital and surrounding communities on June 29, causing a mass outage of 911 systems in some areas.But emergency management officials still were able to get weather warnings and other important emergency messages out to nearly half a million people during the storm and its aftermath by using Cooper Notification's Roam Secure Alert Network (RSAN).“We were very pleased with it,” Phil Conradt,...
Cooper Notification: New LED appliances are 'industry's first'
June 5, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.—Advanced Fire & Security, based here, is eager to start installing Cooper Notification's new LED notification appliances for reasons that include energy efficiency, ease of installation and a smaller profile, according to the company's owners.“We think it is going to make a difference because there is a much lower draw of current … and the style of the device is a smaller, more sleek design which will give it a much nicer application,” Advanced Fire President...
Eaton Corp. to buy fire & security parent company for $11.5b
May 22, 2012Martha Entwistle
Eaton Corp.—a $13.7 billion diversified power management company that provides electronic components for the aviation and transportation sectors and whose CISO Gareth Webley delivered the keynote address at TechSec 2011 —announced yesterday that it's acquiring Cooper Industries in an $11.46 billion cash-and-stock deal. Cooper Industries' Cooper Safety business is a provider of fire, security, and mass notification equipment, among other products.
Here's a story Tess wrote in May 2011...
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Firsts on the first day of ISC West
March 29, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
Today was the first day of ISC West 2012 and I started my day off at a Honeywell breakfast where Scott Harkins, the new president of Honeywell Security Products, talked about a series of “firsts” the company was announcing at the show.
“We're very excited that this show, the ISC show, is where we're launching the great technology revolution in the intrusion space,” Harkins said.
He cited a series of products and technologies that he said are “firsts for...
Cooper Notification opens new technology center and training institute
July 5, 2011Tess Nacelewicz
SARASOTA, Fla.—Cooper Notification recently announced the opening of its new Technology and Customer Solutions Center and Training Institute here.
Cooper Notification, a major supplier of life safety notification and mass notification solutions—which are increasingly in demand by governmental institutions and others—is a platform of Cooper Industries. The new state-of-the-art, 25,000-square-foot facility, which opened May 1, is “designed to meet the growing demands of mass...