EFSG, an association of European certification bodies operating in the fire and security sectors, and Euralarm’s Task Force EFSG have been working closely together on a common application form for EFSG certification. The form was published recently and can be used for...
The Horizontal Compliance Committee of Euralarm has started a new Task Group focusing on environmental and sustainability issues. The kick-off meeting of the new Task Group took place on August 23rd. Task Group Environment & Sustainability Earlier this year the...
The protection of art and cultural treasures in museums, galleries and exhibitions presents security managers with special challenges. On the one hand, museum operations should be open and attract as many visitors as possible. At the same time, the public presentation...
The new Visa and Mastercard debit cards have an acceptance problem. According to the Federation of German Consumer Organisations (vzbv) (https://vzbv.de), 1,745 problem reports have been received from debit card holders following a consumer appeal. Banks have recently...
President Karl Haeusgen sees an “incalculable permanent subsidy with a watering can”. The German Engineering Federation (https://vdma.org) (VDMA) sees the plans of Green Vice-Chancellor and Economics Minister Robert Habeck as an “incalculable permanent subsidy with a...
At the NRW Security Day of the Alliance for Security in Business West (ASW West), experts from business, science and the public sector once again professed their commitment to economic protection. Among other things, the focus was on the new challenges in the context...
In the event of a fire, just a few minutes are enough to fill rooms and stairwells with, in the worst case, deadly smoke gases. Smoke and heat extraction systems ensure a low-smoke layer, facilitate the evacuation of persons as well as the deployment of rescue forces...
Following a decision of its Board, Euralarm has welcomed ExxFire as new member. The company will join the Extinguishing Section of Euralarm which activities cover automatic extinguishing systems using gas, water, foam, powder and aerosols, oxygen reduction systems,...
On 30 June 2023, the federal government declared its support for cash in response to a major question from an opposition party. In its answer to a major question on the digital euro, the Federal Government made it clear that a possible digital euro should only...
HDT's annual safety conference on 13.09.2023 is also a nationally recognised further training course for immission control and incident officers as defined by the 5th BImSchV. As part of the annual HDT conference "Fire Protection in Tank and Dangerous Goods Storage",...
