LAS VEGAS--In the 18 months or so since UK-based Kentec acquired Viking Electronic Services and renamed it VES Fire Detection Systems, the product line has been expanded, a central station added, and ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.--In a September interview with Security Systems News, Ray King, president of VES Fire Protection Systems (formerly Viking Electronic Services), announced that he’s ...

One of the fireground search techniques that seems to tweak a nerve (or start a heated discussion) is vent, enter, search (VES). You’ll hear people say things like, “We don’t do that; it’s too ...

VES Fire Detection Systems has launched the eMATRIX System, which provides a clear, geographical indication of fire alarm activation, enabling speedy identification of the source of an alarm. The ...

Vent enter search (VES) is a decades-old tactic that’s used by firefighters across the country to get into a building in an attempt to search for and rescue trapped or unconscious occupants who are ...