Today’s fire systems play a crucial role in alerting people to a potential threat. I heard a fire chief give a presentation to installers at a life-safety conference once. He said, “The truth is, you guys do the job for me. A fire erupts, we roll the trucks, get to the scene and usually everyone is already out of the building. I get interviewed and congratulated by the press, and all I did was fight the fire. You guys protected their lives.”

Since 9/11, Honeywell companies all over the world have been joining forces to raise money for various catastrophes. Honeywell has already committed $500,000 in response to Hurricane Katrina, as well as a dollar-for-dollar match to all employee personal donations. Our employees have been extremely giving, already pledging more than $550,000.

Of course, System Sensor is always innovating ideas and solutions. Any time we learn of a fire or tragedy where lives were lost, our engineers are researching, testing and implementing preventative solutions. Historically, smoke detectors were capable of detecting smoke and making a noise. That was it. Today, we have control panels that distinguish between devices and communicate highly detailed information about the threat. We also have intelligent systems that process detailed, analog data from detectors about smoke levels.

We are not just in the fire detection business anymore. We are in life safety.

John W. Hakanson

President
System Sensor

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Posted in Editorial, Winter 2005

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