Across The Wire

  1. UL Launches Machine Risk Assessment Services To Mitigate Risk And Provide Safer Industrial Workplaces 5/6/2019

    UL announces the launch of Machine Risk Assessment services designed to help factory owners, asset owners, and employers mitigate risk within the industrial workplace and provide a safer work environment.

  2. Vuzix Collaborates With Eaton To Develop Smart Glasses For Harsh And Hazardous Environments 4/26/2019

    Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, announced it has entered into an Joint Development Agreement ("Agreement") with power management company Eaton to develop an ATEX intrinsically safe smart glasses solution. Vuzix is partnering with Eaton for this joint product development because of Eaton's innovation and expertise in intrinsically safe certifications and solutions for harsh and hazardous areas through its Crouse-Hinds series solutions

  3. TEC Announces Alliance With Ultimate Tool And Safety 4/12/2019

    Texas Electric Cooperatives (TEC) leadership has announced an alliance with Ultimate Tool and Safety, a Fort Worth-based safety equipment and tool resource for linemen, construction workers, telecommunication workers, arborists, tower workers, and ironworkers.

  4. The Future Of Firefighting Is About To Change With LUNAR 4/11/2019

    Given the unpredictable and hazardous nature of firefighting, where seconds could mean the difference between life and death, there's nothing more important for firefighters than being connected as a team

  5. Honeywell Integrates Intel® Vision Products To Add Artificial Intelligence Capabilities To Video Security And Surveillance 4/9/2019

    Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced a first-of-its-kind technology integration with Intel that will enable new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities in its MAXPRO® connected security platform.

  6. Perimeter Solutions Acquires Idaho Based Fire Service And Equipment Companies 3/21/2019

    Perimeter Solutions, the global leader in the production of fire retardants, foams, and water enhancing gels, along with a wide range of services for managing wildland, industrial, municipal, and military fires, today announced it has completed the purchase of a group of companies in Post Falls, Idaho, including First Response Fire Rescue ("First Response"), River City Fabrication ("RCF") and H&S Transport.

  7. U.S. Navy Awards Burns & McDonnell $20M IDIQ Contract For Fire Protection Services At Bases And Facilities In The Pacific 3/20/2019

    Burns & McDonnell has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific to provide a range of fire protection design and engineering services for an up to five-year period

  8. FARO® Releases FARO ZONE 3D 2019 For Public Safety 3/14/2019

    FARO® (NASDAQ: FARO), the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement and imaging solutions for public safety forensics, announces the availability of the FARO Zone 3D 2019 software platform (https://www.faro.com/products/public-safety-forensics/faro-zone-3d/). The FARO Zone 3D platform is specifically designed to enable investigators and security professionals to enhance the quality of site and evidence capture, documentation, reconstruction and analysis for crime, crash, fire and security applications

  9. New App ‘WorkMode' Eliminates Cell Phone Distraction On Safety-Sensitive Worksites 3/12/2019

    Brooklyn start-up Riveted Labs has launched a new app called "WorkMode" (https://www.workmode.net/) that gives employers the ability to measure their employees' personal smartphone usage while physically at work and on shift.

  10. SWANA Adds New Safety Stickers To Protect Workers 3/11/2019

    The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is collaborating with BrandArmor to provide an important new safety decal for the back of waste and recycling collection trucks. BrandArmor has created large, SafetyFirst™ Prismatic Reflective caution decals, which include the familiar warning to Slow Down to Get Around. The reflective decals will be visible up to a distance of 1,800 feet at night.