Euralarm President Jon Könz selected for the CEN-CENELEC Industry Advisory Forum
Jon Könz, President of Euralarm, has been selected as a member of the CEN-CENELEC Industry Advisory Forum. The Industry Advisory Forum consists of 18 members who were selected based on their particular experience and knowledge in the identified CEN-CENELEC Strategy…
Euralarm releases guidance document on integrated fire-protection solutions for lithium-ion batteries
The Extinguishing Section of Euralarm has published a guidance document on integrated fire-protection solutions for lithium-ion batteries. This new Euralarm guideline provides information on the issues related to the use of lithium-ion batteries, how fires start in batteries and on…
Supply chain issues in the fire and security industry
Since the corona pandemic introduced the world to the concept of ‘the new normal’, nothing is normal anymore. A simple incident can be disastrous for something as vital as the supply chain as we have seen with the blockage of…
Kidde Fire Protection joins Euralarm
Following a decision of its Board, Euralarm has welcomed its newest member, Kidde Fire Protection. The company will join the Extinguishing Section of Euralarm. The section monitors the technical and political trends and takes action to guide, influence their development…
Jon Könz new Euralarm President
During the 51st General Assembly of Euralarm, the European association representing the fire safety and security industry, the members have chosen Jon Könz as new President of Euralarm. He succeeds Martin Harvey who was President for the past three and…
Update and webinar on Euralarm false alarm study
In 2013, the Technical Group False Alarms (TG FAS) of the Fire Section began its work to better understand the causes and the data behind false alarms in fire-detection and fire-alarm systems. Since then, the Technical Group published reports and…
Euralarm releases Position Paper on EC proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence
Euralarm recently released a Position Paper on the EC proposal for a Regulation on Artificial Intelligence. The Position Paper follows some informal discussions with DG CONNECT and contains proposals on several articles in the Regulation on Artificial Intelligence. Following the…
Euralarm welcomes FirePro as new member
Following a decision of its Board, Euralarm has welcomed FirePro as new member. The company will join the Extinguishing Section of Euralarm whose activities cover automatic extinguishing systems using gas, water, foam, powder and aerosols, oxygen reduction systems, portable equipment…
Positive vote on EN 50710 opens the doors to the provision of secure remote services
Euralarm’s Services Section reports an important step forward for service providers and end-users of remote services: the very positive vote on the EN 50710, Requirements for the provision of secure remote services for fire safety systems and security systems. The…
The Open Security & Safety Alliance joins Euralarm
The Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA), an industry body comprising stakeholders from all facets of the security, safety and building automation space, today announced it has joined Euralarm, the association of European manufacturers, installers and service providers from the…