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Monday, November 2, 2015

Electronic Systems Consultants Participates in First Annual OhioMBE Awards Luncheon

Team ESC would like to once again thank Ronda Barber and OhioMBE for the honor of being involved in the first annual MBE Awards luncheon.

Electronic Systems Consultants (ESC) is part of the State of Ohio Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) program.

"MBE has the responsibility for implementing the State of Ohio's minority business set-aside program. This includes certifying minority businesses thereby making them eligible to participate in the state's set aside program, as well as assisting state agencies with the selection of set aside contracts, maintaining a list of certified minority business enterprises, monitoring program compliance, and conducting research and reporting."


Front row (left to right): ESC partners, Rob Heath and John Larkins
Middle row (left to right): Scott Camps, Misty Zemlock, Angie Moore, and Tim Risner.
Back row (left to right): Wayne Clay, Ronnie Curnutte, Chris McNeill, and Greg Davis-Sr.


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Friday, October 9, 2015

The Importance of Quality Inspection & Testing

Smoke detectors are one of the most important life safety items in commercial office buildings, retail businesses, schools, and other facilities. They are commonly called “early warning devices” because that is what they do, give us early warning of a fire in progress. For this reason, smoke detectors are extremely important to include in your facility maintenance and service scheduling. The lives they save cannot be measured.

Unfortunately, far too many facility managers fail to take a pro-active position with regards to their smoke detector inspection and testing. There are cases on the books where deals are struck to issue false inspection/testing reports for a fee, which is generally a lot less than a full inspection.

Case in point, one of our staff members was approached by the facility manager of a large company in North Central Ohio about issuing a false inspection/testing report for the fire alarm system in his building, which included a full-compliment of sprinkler heads. Because the building was fully sprinkled, the only smoke detector in use was above the fire alarm control panel, per code, but there were a dozen or two duct-type smoke detectors. When our employee said no, the manager’s reply was, “Then we’ll find another company that will,” and we never heard from them again.

Another case in point, a second member of my staff, while working for another burglar/fire alarm company in city up north, encountered a situation. According to him his boss routinely provided false inspection/testing reports to this company. Then, one day, a fire took place in a section of the facility and the fire alarm did not work. An investigation by the local fire marshal revealed that there were major problems at which time a full inspection was ordered.

The burglar/fire alarm company in question found that over 60% of the smoke detectors on site were not working within the sensitivity range specified by fire code. In the end, the facility manager dropped the alarm company and chose another to do the actual work. To make matter worse, I’m sure that the local fire authorities knew that the alarm company in question had issued false reports, otherwise that many smoke detectors could never have become defective so soon since the last inspection/testing report was issued.

There are several kinds of smoke detectors in a typical commercial building:

  • Spot-type smoke detectors
  • Duct-type smoke detectors
  • Projected beam-type smoke detectors

The test frequency associated with each is the same, once a year. In addition, someone must visually “inspect” each component in your fire alarm system every six months. The fire alarm company you hire to do the actual inspection/testing, such as Electronic Systems Consultants (ESC) of Columbus, Ohio, will arbitrarily “inspect” the system visually as they test the necessary devices. On the off six month inspections, however, you can have a member of your own staff perform them.

Testing for all of these smoke detectors includes a sensitivity check using a test device or method listed by UL (Underwriters Laboratory, Northbrook, Ill). That can include an internal means of calibration, an external tool sold and/or specified by the maker of the smoke detector, or using a third-party-made sensitivity testing tool, listed by UL for that purpose. In some cases sensitivity testing is conducted continually by a sophisticated addressable fire alarm panel.

ESC offers inspection and testing services not only to our current customers, but also to those who may not be totally happy with their present fire alarm company. ESC has the finest technicians available, factory trained, certified, and ready to assist you at a moment’s notice. ESC also services burglar alarms, access control systems, camera systems, and others.

In addition, ESC holds the following certifications and licenses for your convenience:

  • City of Columbus Contractors License
  • City of Columbus MBE
  • Columbus City School LEDGE
  • Ohio Minority Supplier Development Council
  • Ohio Turnpike MBE Certification
  • State of Ohio DBE
  • State of Ohio EDGE Pg. 1 of 2
  • State of Ohio EDGE Pg. 2 of 2
  • State of Ohio MBE Pg. 1 of 2
  • State of Ohio MBE Pg. 2 of 2

Give us a call at 614-754-1393, email us at electronicsystemsconsultants@gmail.com, or use the handy contact form below and let us prove to you the power of ESC

John Larkin, ESC Senior Partner

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Friday, July 10, 2015

John Larkin Featured in Summit Magazine

John Larkin, founder and senior partner with Electronic Systems Consultants LLC (ESC), based in Columbus Ohio, with branch offices in Cleveland and Louisville, KY, was recently featured in the pages of Summit Magazine (page 9). In the article, Summit offers a fairly detailed view of ESC, the company's offerings, and its history.

The writer begins by covering the basic services offered by John Larkin's firm, which includes security systems; access control, both traditional and managed; fire protection, which includes electronic fire alarms, special hazards, sprinkler systems, fire extinguishers--both monitoring and full code-compliant inspection and testing services; emergency and nurse call, video surveillance; perimeter detection; and others.

The article provides information on John's Minority Business Enterprise and Veteran business ownership status, which is an important certification to both ESC and its clients. The article also provides insights into ESC services as well as an interesting section on John Larkin's climb to success.

John's ultimate goal, according to the Summit story is "...to one day become owner of one of the largest Integration companies in Central Ohio, providing jobs and opportunities to people within the I-270 corridor."

To read John Larkin’s story in Summit Magazine, please feel free to download it on PDF, or you can read it on Summit’s website (page 9).

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Allan B. Colombo, ESC publicity

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Friday, June 12, 2015

The Many Advantages of Managed Access Control

Good morning!
Happy Friday!

For those of you who have and enjoy the advantages of electronic access control, I'm sure you know the rigors associated with taking care of all facets as it relates to enrollment, report generation, removal, image retention, and other aspects related to management. For small to mid-sized firms, this can be a real pain. However, there is an alternative that you may want to consider.

ESC offers what we called Managed Access Control where our professional technical staff administer all aspects related to all the everyday issues that you now have to contend with yourself. We have the technology to do this from our offices in Columbus, Ohio. From afar, through the Internet or a telephone connection, we're able to enroll new users, inputting their images, creating their badges, issuing new cards, providing new PIN (Personal Identification Numbers), and making adjustments where necessary.

Remote system management also is a valuable tool for those of you who have unmanned facilities where you may require a live person to interact with visitors, repair personnel, delivery people, etc. ESC offers this service as part of our Managed Access program. This is also a valuable service for after-hour situations, I might add.

ESC offers the finest technologies available for your security and convenience. Our high-quality technicians are next to none and we're here at your disposal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Let us prove it to you--give us a call today whether your need is immediate or yet to come. ESC is here for you!

John Larkin, Senior Partner


Educational

For those who may not be acquainted with managed access control, please take a few minutes to watch this informative video on the subject.



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