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Hotel Panic Button Compliance in the U.S.

Home / Blog / Hotel Panic Buttons Regulation & Compliance Hotel Panic Button Compliance in the U.S. There is no federal hotel panic button requirement, but there are three state laws and a dozen city ordinances, each with different room thresholds, device specifications and penalties. Here’s the current map. GI Grace Industries Connected Safety Team […]

NFPA 1970 What Changed for PASS Devices

Home / Blog / NFPA 1970 and PASS Standards & Compliance NFPA 1970: What Changed for PASS Devices — and What It Means for Your Department NFPA 1982 is gone, folded into NFPA 1970 (2025 ed.). Here’s what section 22.5 actually changed for standalone and integrated PASS, why intrinsic safety is now optional, the interconnection […]

Funding PASS Devices Through Federal Fire Grants

Home / Blog / PASS Grant Funding Fire Service Funding Funding PASS Devices Through Federal Fire Grants A PASS is Tier 1 PPE inside a turnout gear ensemble under AFG — and an explicitly authorized purchase under seven other federal grant programs most fire departments never look at. Here’s the full funding landscape and what […]

Firefighter Accountability, Why RF Telemetry PASS Beats All Others

Home / Blog / Firefighter Accountability Firefighter Safety Firefighter Accountability, Why RF Telemetry PASS Beats all others A standalone PASS protects the firefighter wearing it. A telemetry PASS tells the incident commander. Here’s what the LODD research says about communications and accountability failures — and how In-Command®, TPASS® 5 and SuperPASS® 5X close the gap. […]

Subscription and Non-Subscription Telemetry Systems: Why Both?

Home / Blog / Subscription vs. Non-Subscription How It Works Subscription and Non-Subscription Telemetry Systems: Why Both? Does a lone worker safety system have to carry a recurring fee, and is that fee buying something you actually need? The honest answer has nothing to do with cheap versus capable. Underneath, the technology is the same […]

Lone Worker Laws Are Changing: What’s coming and what to do

Home / Blog / Lone Worker Laws Are Changing Regulation & Compliance Lone Worker Laws Are Changing: What’s Coming and What to Do Now Canada already treats working alone as a regulated duty. California has written workplace-violence prevention into statute. Europe and the UK locked the framework in place decades ago. Here is where the […]

Two Types of Subscription Based Telemetry System, What’s The Difference?

Home / Blog / Two Types of Telemetry Systems How It Works Two Types of Subscription-Based Telemetry Systems: What’s the Difference? Telemetry sounds technical, but the idea behind it is simple — and understanding it is the key to choosing a safety system that matches how your people actually work. There are two fundamentally different […]

Do You Need a Lone Worker Safety System? Take the Questionnaire

Home / Blog / Lone Worker Questionnaire Lone Worker Safety Do You Need a Lone Worker Safety System? Take the Questionnaire Working alone hides inside industries that never label themselves that way. If you cannot say with certainty that your people are covered, this short self-assessment will show you where the gaps exist. GI Grace […]