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Joint letter sent to CEN and CENELEC Euralarm has signed a joint letter of the European industry to CEN and CENELEC. The signing parties call CEN and CENELEC to consider having an in-depth discussion about their corporate and technical governance model with recognised stakeholders, especially industry. The background of the letter is the change in internal regulations at CEN and CENELEC without consulting any of their ‘recognised stakeholders’ from the industry. The signing parties consider the industry to be the European standardisation’s key stakeholder and main user of standards. The parties feel the industry’s contribution would be most effective if it were considered adequately at a political and technical level in the European Standardisation Organisations. The parties believe that it therefore would be highly desirable to make the whole standardisation process and structure more effective and relevant to the respective markets and society at large. An in-depth discussion between CEN, CENELEC and all stakeholders, especially industry, is in the opinion of the signing partners the start to come to a more effective standardisation process and structure. Apart from Euralarm the letter to CEN/CENELEC was signed by ORGALIME, AFECOR, CECAPI, CECE, CECED, CECIMO, CECIP, CEMA, COCIR, EFCEM, EGMF, ELVHIS, ESMIG, EURELECTRIC, EURO-AIR, EUROPACABLE, FARECOGAZ, FEM, LIGHTINGEUROPE, PNEUROP and T&D EUROPE.
Unattended CCTV system for London Borough The London Borough of Redbridge is reportedly using the first unattended CCTV enforcement system for moving traffic offences in the UK. The pilot system has been supplied by Videalert and has been operational at four locations to monitor a range of moving traffic offences since November 2013. They include one restricted access, one yellow box junction and two banned turns. According to David Richmond, CEO of Videalert: “This new system combines video analytics and ANPR detection to capture more offences than can be achieved by traditional legacy solutions and will deliver a higher return on investment and compliance whilst increasing road safety wherever it is deployed.” The system, which was contracted through OpenView, London Borough of Redbridge’s incumbent CCTV contractor, has been installed
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BAFE elects new Chairman The Council of BAFE has elected Douglas Barnett, Head of Customer Risk Management, AXA Insurance (UK) plc as their new Chairman, following the retirement of Phil Toase CBE, QFSM, DL. Phil served as Director and Chairman for nine years and had overseen the major developments and growth at BAFE, which now has over 1100 registered companies across a range of schemes and in every part of the UK. Phil said: “I have enjoyed my time at BAFE, it has been great to help shape the future of the organisation and be involved in the general acceptance of BAFE as a safeguarding organisation for the fire industry”. Douglas has over 25 years’ experience in risk management with an extensive global background. He represents the Association of British Insurers and other commercial groups in consultations with Government bodies and technical groups. In accepting the role of BAFE Chairman, Douglas paid tribute to the growth in both numbers and standing that had been achieved under Phil’s tenure. “I am honoured to take over the role of BAFE Chairman from Phil Toase”, commented Douglas, “I aim to work with the staff team to gain greater credibility for the use of third party certificated companies by end users and specifiers, with the consistent aim of improving fire safety throughout the built environment.” using a capital expenditure neutral model, whereby all costs are recovered through the issuance of Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs). It automates the detection and capture of the moving traffic offences and provides efficient post review and validation processing of the evidence data before automatic posting to the back office system that issues the PCNs. Councillor Shoaib Patel, Cabinet Member for Environment Transportation and Crime for the London Borough of Redbridge added that: “The Videalert system was installed to counter the high number of drivers that were ignoring the traffic restrictions that were in place, causing severe safety hazards to pedestrians and other drivers. The system is working well and we have captured a number of vehicles committing serious traffic contraventions which is promising. I am confident this will lead to a more efficient means of enforcement, reduce traffic congestion and improve road safety.”
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