OneEvent™ Technologies recently announced that its OnePrevent™ system is available for installation throughout Wisconsin now that two compliance hurdles have been cleared.

The OnePrevent building and home monitoring system was recently listed by Underwriters Laboratory (UL), a global independent safety science company that certifies, validates, verifies and inspects products for safety and function in regard to compliance and regulation. UL Listing means that UL has tested representative samples of the product and determined that it meets the industry’s requirements, based on its nationally recognized Standards for Safety.

Locally, the City of Madison Fire Department recently approved the use of OnePrevent’s smoke/heat multisensory alarm as it relates to Madison General Ordinance 34.907 — one of the strictest ordinances in Wisconsin.

The wireless OnePrevent system is the first of its kind to give homeowners and building owners and managers the power to protect their assets before damage or danger strikes. OneEvent’s various sensor types connect to the cloud, where the system learns the home or business’s normal patterns to predict when something is truly out of the ordinary. When that occurs, customers get an immediate notification on their smartphone. In addition to potentially preventing problems, the ability for property owners and managers to have access to constant property monitoring lies in the palm of their hand.

“We had a great end to last year when we were voted the Most Innovative Company at the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce’s Nex7 Stage Event for local startups,” Wedig said. “And now, starting the year with our product going to market is perfect timing for our system to be hitting the local marketplace. It’s already preventing freezing pipes in our customers’ buildings and helping them identify opportunities for better energy management. There are just so many ways for our system to help building owners and managers better understand and manage their properties so conveniently.”

OneEvent continues to seek patents and add capabilities to its OnePrevent system. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently granted a seventh patent to OneEvent for a communication protocol of a networked evacuation system for OnePrevent, protecting the company's intellectual property as unique and unprecedented.

The company has selected and trained four local dealer-installers — J&K Security Solutions of Madison, Fearing’s Audio Video Security of Madison, The Electrician Inc. of Mount Horeb, and Mahlkuch Electric LLC of Monroe — that are selling and installing the OnePrevent system throughout southern Wisconsin, with more dealer-installers to be added as the market area expands.

To learn more about the OnePrevent system and how it can protect buildings and homes, call 855.528.8324 or visit oneeventtech.com.

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By Alan M. Petrillo

The Charlotte (MI) Fire Department covers the city of Charlotte, three other townships, and portions of two others with a combination department of six full time paid firefighters and 29 volunteers working out of two stations. Its district is a mix of structures in city, suburban, and rural landscapes, including multifamily dwellings, senior assistance living centers, a courthouse and municipal buildings, and some industrial areas.

The district has a couple of small rivers in it, but of greater concern to the fire department are the miles of highways and a railroad that run through the 154-square mile fire district. The department wanted a vehicle to replace an articulated boom apparatus where three disciplines—pumper, tanker, and aerial—were combined into a single vehicle.

"Our stations are on either side of the railroad tracks, and we wanted a pumper-tanker-aerial to be able to respond on each side of the tracks," says Tyger Fullerton, Charlotte's assistant chief. "We have a 1988 General Safety 65-foot TeleSqurt with a 2,000-gpm pump and a 2,000-gallon water tank on one side and needed to replace a 1977 Snorkel on the other. We replaced it with a Spencer Manufacturing pumper-tanker on a Spartan Gladiator four-door chassis with a 68-foot RK Aerials aerial ladder and waterway carrying a 1,000-gpm pump and a 2,000-gallon APR water tank."

Charlotte Fire Department also runs two Rosenbauer/Spartan rescue-pumpers, each carrying a 1,000-gpm pump and a 1,000-gallon water tank and two mini pumpers—a Ford F-650 unit with a 250-gpm skid pump, 250-gallon water tank, and extrication tools for EMS responses and a Ford F-250 mini with a 250-gpm skid unit and a 250-gallon water tank.

Grant Spencer, the general manager of Spencer Manufacturing, says the Charlotte Fire Department is a new customer for Spencer, but that he was acquainted with the organization as it shares a driveway with Spartan Motors. "The fire department was very clear about what it wanted," Spencer notes. "They wanted a truck with 2,000 gallons of water, a 1,000-gpm Waterous CSU pump, a 68-foot RK Aerials stick, and a 1,000-gpm monitor. We gave them everything they asked for."

The Spencer pumper-tanker-aerial is powered by a Cummins 500-hp ISX12 engine and an Allison 4000 EVS automatic transmission. It has maximized compartment space with pull-out steps and pull-out trays to carry saws, vent fans, extra SCBA, and spare SCBA bottles, says Fullerton. "We even are able to carry a Salamander heater that we use for rehabbing firefighters in cold weather," he adds.

The new rig has four crosslays and all-backlit gauges, Spencer points out, as well as a 6-kW Onan diesel generator, Whelen LED warning lights and LED scene lights, FRC Spectra telescoping lights, ROM LED compartment lights, and a Han