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The mission of
the international nonprofit
NFPA is to reduce the worldwide burden of
fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and
advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training,
and education.
In addition to being members of the NFPA axonX is actively involved in
research studies initiated by NFPA.
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Hughes Associates,
Inc. (HAI) is a global company with leading fire protection
consultants and engineers, and fire investigators that specialize in
fire testing, fire modeling, and fire protection design. Through state
of the art fire engineering, modeling and testing, HAI's engineers and
consultants lead the fire safety and protection engineering industry.
Hughes has evaluated the SigniFire system along side a number of
detection systems during an extensive series of tests conducted by the
Naval Research Laboratory on board the ex-USS Shadwell. Hughes has also
been selected to evaluate the detection systems participating in the
NFPA
research program on fire detection system performance in roadway
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Aberdeen Test Center
(ATC) is a major Range and Test Facility Base (MRTFB), operating
under the guidance of the DOD. ATC also conducts testing for federal,
state, and local governments, academia, private industry, and foreign
governments. A $50,000 Aberdeen Technology
Transfer Initiative grant provided the means for testing the axonX SigniFire™
Video-Based Fire Detection system within the standards of the Factory
Mutual (FM)
Approval Process. The Aberdeen Test Center (ATC)
will assist in the performance fire testing and provide a large volume
building to demonstrate the detection ability of the SigniFire™
system over long ranges
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