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The revised EU Construction Products Regulation (EU CPR 2024/3110) officially came into force on January 7, 2025, bringing updates to the regulatory framework for construction products. However, despite its adoption...

Euralarm presents a new guideline on contracting cloud services for secure remote access to alarm systems and for secure alarm transmission. The guideline provides a description of important concepts related...

Euralarm, the European trade association representing the electronic fire safety and security industry, released a Position Paper to propose definitions that can be endorsed by the European Commission in the...

Organised by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, SIBCON is a bi-annual conference and exhibition for the shipping and bunkering industry. This year, it takes place from 8 – 10 October...

Euralarm emphasizes the potential risks and challenges associated with an uncoordinated and premature shutdown of 2G and 3G networks, after the publication of the EC’s White Paper “How to master...

Why is it important for Euralarm to provide leadership in standardisation? Advancements in technology and industry practices as well as changes in regulatory agendas and directives make it necessary to...

Peter Mita is the new President of Euralarm: during the 2024 General Assembly of Euralarm in Prague, the members have chosen him and now he succeeds Jon Könz who was President...

Recently the European Parliament plenary voted in favour of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). This is a major step towards decarbonisation of the building stock. However, the new...

Carlos Perez is the new Technical Manager for the Fire and Extinguishing sections in Euralarm and succeeds Michael Scharnowsky who is retiring. Well-known within Euralarm, in recent years Perez was member...

Detectortesters became member of the Euralarm Fire Section and Services Section. Detectortesters are the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of functional test solutions for fire detection systems. With over 50...

Euralarm welcomes the European Parliament’s plenary vote in favour of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD): a major step towards decarbonisation of the building stock. Better performing buildings also means...

After identifying video as an expanding technology for the fire business, the Euralarm Fire Section started a new Task Force that will focus on video fire detection.  The scope is to...

The new Euralarm white paper Enhancing Domestic Life Safety aims to explore various strategies and technologies that can be implemented to enhance domestic life safety. By identifying potential risks and proposing...

ONVIF released the final version of the TLS Configuration Add-on to increase the security of communications between devices and software clients within a physical security system. The add-on supports the...

ONVIF today, December 20, announced an agreement with the Open Security & Safety Alliance (OSSA) to take over development of data ontology and metadata specifications. The initiative will continue under...

Euralarm Extinguishing Section delegates have elected Gerd Hülsen as new Vice-Chair of the section. He follows in the footsteps of Torbjørn Laursen. “I’d like to thank Torbjørn – Alan Elder...

Euralarm is one of the co-signers of the Manifesto Keeping EU citizens fire safe in all building. Together with Euralarm the Manifesto was undersigned by ANEC, BSEF, CoGDEM, Concrete Europe...

Euralarm has published a guidance document that focuses on the maintenance of condensed aerosol fire extinguishing systems/equipment controlled by electronic detection systems. This document is available in the English, French...

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...

Euralarm 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. Why did Euralarm start a...