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UL Launches Online Search Engine for Finding UL Listed Alarm
Service Companies
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Jul 7, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Underwriters Laboratories
Inc. (UL), the independent, not-for-profit product testing organization,
announces the launch of UL Alarm Finder, an online search engine enabling
commercial business owners and residential dwellers to easily find the
UL-Listed fire and security alarm service companies in their communities.
UL Alarm Finder (www.ulalarmfinder.com)
locates UL-Listed alarm service companies through a zip code-based search
engine. Users can search for companies based on key parameters such as
distance from their current location, type of alarm needed, or manner of
response required. UL Alarm Finder returns a comprehensive list of local
UL-Listed alarm service companies meeting the search criteria, along with
contact information and approximate distance to the alarm company.
"A vast majority of alarm companies do not adhere to recognized safety and
performance standards, which can mean failing systems and false alarms,"
said Isaac Papier, general manager of UL's Security & Signaling Business
Unit. "With our new UL Alarm Finder service, users can be confident that any
alarm service company in our database has been thoroughly inspected by UL to
be in compliance with all local regulations and requirements and will
provide systems that offer them critical protection when they need it most."
UL Alarm Finder is especially significant for the many communities enforcing
the national fire alarm code, NFPA 72, which provides specific guidelines
for proper alarm system installation, monitoring and maintenance. The
equipment and installation and maintenance practices of all UL-Listed alarm
service companies have been independently verified by UL as complying with
the requirements of NFPA 72. UL alarm service companies can also issue UL
alarm certificates, which declare an alarm system's specifications and
provide local authorities confirmation of code compliance.
For more information, go to
www.ulalarmfinder.com, or to learn more about UL's alarm services
program, go to
www.ul.com/alarmsystems.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) is an independent, not-for-profit
product safety certification organization that has been testing products for
more than 110 years. UL tests more than 18,000 types of products annually,
and more than 19 billion UL Marks appear on products each year. Worldwide,
UL's family of companies and its network of service providers include 60
laboratories, and testing and certification facilities. For more information
visit www.ul.com.
SOURCE: Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
For Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Slack Barshinger (Public Relations)
Gina Gesmond, 312-970-5829
gina.gesmond@slackbarshinger.com
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