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Many businesses are moving to card access control systems in order to properly track who is coming and going from their business, to integrate their time and attendance with employee comings and goings, to more easily manage keys and to generally improve the security of their business and commercial space.  Card access systems are easy ...

Welcome to Fire Monitoring of Canada Inc. Tech Tips video. In this video we’re going to teach you how to remove a battery from a DSC DW4975 Wireless Slimline “Vanishing” Door Contact for your Power Series Security Alarm System.  This applies is your have your commercial security alarm system monitored at FMC.   In this video we’re going ...

The verification of fire alarm signals from fire alarm monitoring systems is widely thought to be a thing of the past, something that no longer happens in the fire alarm monitoring industry any more. Indeed, CAN/ULC-S561 is listed in the National Building Code and National Fire Codes, and other provincial Codes, such as Ontario’s Building ...

At FMC, we have moved toward the installing more and more IP-based CCTV video surveillance systems in recent years in our customers businesses and commercial properties.  In fact, we have moved almost exclusively to these systems, and away from their old, analog counterparts.  One major reason for this shift is the simple improvement in overall ...

The right alarm system is absolutely essential when it comes to protecting yourself, your staff, and your office itself from fires. The combination of an effective fire alarm and fire monitoring service can ensure that your team is notified of fire immediately, and that emergency services arrive as soon as possible. Fires can start and ...