Why go wireless?: Why not? (Smarter Buildings - Communications & Technology).(Brief Article)

Buildings,  January, 2002  by Merrick, Kathleen

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Imagine a 1 million-square-toot building with 3,000 pieces of fire and safety equipment. All require inspection to prove compliance to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). That includes more than 1,000 fire extinguishers, hundreds of fire pumps, safety exits, and tamper switches.

For many facilities, that means arming fire and safety technicians with clipboards, paper, and pencils. Technicians must record all inspections on handwritten log sheets and, when they're finished, they must enter all information into a computer. Hours, days, or weeks later, someone prints ...

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