The purpose of this position is (1) producing Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings, and (2) provide support for project permitting.   The project permitting process includes, but not limited to, assembling permit packages for distribution to company representatives and/or respective AHJs, and facilitate the engineering approval process.

Job Responsibilities:

Produce Fire, Security and Access Control system CAD Drawings

Facilitate the Permitting process (Create & assemble Permit Packages)

Maintain consistent communications with Installation Manager and Field Supervisor

Ship documents to appropriate offices

Other duties as deemed necessary by management

Job Requirements:  It is necessary to have past experience in low voltage wiring and excellent customer relations’ skills.  A high school diploma or GED, good communication and customer service skills, basic computer experience, electrical experience are needed. IT and networking experience helpful.  A clean background & driving record is needed.

The HRA is expected to perform duties in such a way as to meet the primary objectives, which include the following:

• Exemplify the Redwire “Our Shared Values”
• Provide exemplary customer service
• Demonstrate an extraordinary work ethic

The HRA will be charged with support of or responsibility for various functions typically found in an HR Generalist environment.  The HRA does not manage or direct personnel.  The HRA will need great listening and follow-up skills.  The HRA will need good people skills and have the ability to handle sensitive information in a discreet and tactful manner.

Job Requirements: 

1. Payroll processing experience
2. Experience working with commission, hourly, and piece-pay compensation plans
3. Experience with employee on-boarding and exit administration
4. Benefits enrollment experience
5. Must be comfortable working with highly sensitive & confidential information and matters
6. Excellent organizational skills & attention to detail
7. Keen sense of professionalism, balanced with a good sense of humor
8. Experience with Microsoft applications (outlook, word, excel, etc.)
9. Experience with HRIS system preferred

Degree from accredited college or university preferred

The BGM is responsible for the development and performance of all sales activities in the assigned market, including staffing and managing a sales team. The BGM does not manage or direct other Branch personnel. The BGM establishes plans and strategies to expand the customer base in the market area. The BGM provides leadership to achieve maximum profitability and growth that is in line with company projections.

Job Requirements:
1. Proven leadership and ability to drive sales teams
2. Proven sales experience record
3. Experience selling to various vertical markets and industries
4. Experience with enterprise solutions and large, complex organizations
5. Utilize electronic sales/performance tracking tools (i.e. Sales Force)
6. Four year degree from accredited college or university preferred

Here are the top ten tips for a safe and fun Halloween, in random order:

1) It is better to wear make-up than wearing a mask, the visibility can be greatly reduced when wearing a mask, especially if the mask is not a perfect fit for the child.

2) It is always better to trick-or-treat with an adult. This parent can stay in the street and will be very helpful to carry the extra bags. Seriously, in case of emergencies, an adult carrying a cellular phone can be of great help.

3) Wearing a bright costume is highly recommended. Although a black, dark costume can have its effect it can easily be missed out by passing cars. A costume in which it is easy to walk is also highly recommended. Smaller children tend to get tired fast at Halloween and can tumble and fall if their costume is too long.

4) Carrying a flashlight or a fluorescent necklace can be very handy and will make children more visible upon walking the streets in Halloween.

5) A child should never trick-or-treat alone. Furthermore, even though most people are trustworthy, children should be informed to never go into any house.

6) While trick-or-treating, street signalization should still be respected. It is highly recommended to only cross streets at intersections and waiting for cars to go by. After all, although your children are wearing Superman and Spider-man costumes, this does not make then invincible against a car hit.

7) Reinforce to your children that they should never get into a vehicle unless it is yours.

8) When your children arrive from their Halloween treasure hunt, check their candies with them making certain that none contain suspicious matters. Most children will naturally limit themselves to a certain amount of candies. It is somewhat recommended to supervise their ingestion of candies so they don’t get carried away and end-up regretting it.

9) It is recommended, while trick-or-treating on one street, to do one side and then the other. This way, the children only get to cross the street once, thus limiting the dangers.

10) If your children are older and want to trick-or-treat in a group and have forbidden you to tag along (it can happen), make sure you know their route and what time they plan on returning. In our modern days too, it is very easy to trust your children with a cell phone and keep contact this way. You do have to remind them to turn it on before leaving…

Written by Dr Nathalie Fiset, a family doctor, a certified hypnotherapist and a neuro-linguistic practitioner, for streetdirectory.com.

Redwire Operator Alex Bryant received an alarm activation from a Mobile restaurant at 9:52pm. He received the initial signal from a window, and then another from within the business and immediately dispatched the local police.

Officers arrived to discover entry was made through the rear window and a bottle of liquor was missing. The  police officers on scene were able to review local video of the break-in and obtain a clear description of the intruder. The suspect was spotted and arrested just a few minutes later.

Thank you to the Mobile Police Department and Monitoring Operator Alex Bryant for a job well done!

Redwire was honored to be a sponsor of the event, and we are also proud to announce that our very own Nan O’Kelley, Marketing, chaired the awards ceremony.

Congratulations to all of the finalists and honorees!

Watch the award winners give their remarks below.

According to the results of the 2012 Federal Signal Public Safety Survey conducted by Zogby International on behalf of life safety and security systems manufacturer Federal Signal, many Americans are oblivious when it comes to emergency communications capabilities in their local communities.

The online nationwide survey, which included responses from 2,059 adults, found that while 56 percent of Americans believe they are knowledgeable about the steps they should take when disasters strike, 71 percent said that they were unsure if a personal alerting and notification system (ANS) existed in their area.

If an ANS solution was available in an area, slightly more than 36 percent of respondents said that they would be motivated to take action on those alerts, which was higher than those willing to act on emergency messages from traditional communication mediums including radio/TV public service announcements (30.6 percent), community warning sirens (20.9 percent), communication from friends and family (7.7 percent), and reading news online (2.6 percent). Nearly two percent of respondents said that no notification would have an impact on them.

In addition to the awareness of a presence of ANS alerts in their community, many Americans (27 percent) do not even know if their community has a warning siren system at all and more than half of respondents (56.6 percent) do not know when their local sirens are tested.

A more disturbing trend noted in the survey than Americans’ lack of knowledge about the presence of emergency communication systems is their apathy towards taking action once they’ve received an alert of some kind. Less half of the survey respondents (47 percent) said they would be motivated to take action during a warning of potential severe weather and 33 percent said that they would require actual property damage or injury to care strongly about public safety awareness. In fact, one in 12 people said that nothing would cause them to care.

“Not only is it necessary to create a thorough preparedness and response plan for an emergency or disaster, it’s critical that people are as educated as possible about the emergency communications systems in place within their communities—which can prove lifesaving,” said Len Pagano, president and CEO, Safe America Foundation in a statement. “We were surprised to see just how many people remain unaware of the alerting systems in their area, and even more disconcerting, how many are apathetic in their response to emergency scenarios and communications.”

More than a quarter of respondents (28 percent) said that they would need confirmation of severe weather, such as a tornado sighting, flood waters or visible fire to take immediate action.

“We were shocked to see that the public could be so complacent when it comes to awareness and response to emergency communication,” said Joe Wilson, president of the Industrial Systems Division, Safety and Security Group at Federal Signal. “The fact that people could receive a warning that wouldn’t motivate them to action is extremely concerning, particularly with 99 FEMA major disaster declarations issued last year alone.”

The survey also found that 58 percent of Americans rely on their public officials to ensure sufficient public safety standards, communication and planning in their communities. However, only 29 percent of respondents said that they believed their local officials are investing or giving government attention to public safety.  More than 40 percent of respondents believe that the economy has had a negative impact on the level of public safety investment in their community.

For more information about the survey, visit http://www.alertnotification.com/.

Source: Securityinfofwatch.com

Like all universities, West Virginia University (WVU) collects and stores a great deal of sensitive financial, health-related, and other personal data about its 33,000 students and staff. A growing number of security and privacy regulations require that such data be protected. With that in mind, a few years ago, the university, which develops many Internet-facing applications in-house, in addition to those it purchases from outside parties, decided to strengthen its application security, says Alex Jalso, assistant director in the university’s office of information security.

The university looked at several Web application scanning solutions, he says. Based partly on reviews by security analysts and others, as well as by experience trying the solutions, Jalso eventually selected IBM Rational AppScan Enterprise Edition software. In addition to the software’s strong reputation and ease of use, Jalso says he particularly liked the way the solution would let the university have a central, Web-based interface that would help it conduct multiple, customized, and sometimes concurrent Web application security scans. Rational AppScan would also help the university’s many IT and security managers and staff share information on vulnerabilities and threats.

Jalso says it took about six months to get up and running with the tool across the university’s numerous IT departments. Rolling out the tool required educating IT managers and staff, which was accomplished with the assistance of IBM account representatives and support staff. It has been fairly simple to learn and use, Jalso says.

Part of introducing the solution included convincing other managers of its potential value. Jalso explained to other IT and security managers how the tool could scan applications before they were put into use. Not only would this “more proactive” approach be a lot more secure but it would also save the staff considerable time when compared to the previous approach of responding to incidents after they occurred.

When the IT office begins working with a new group now, the group provides information on the appplication to be scanned including sensitive data and any compliance issues. The IT department enters such information into the AppScan Enterprise before conducting a scan.

The university also uses the tool to conduct scans over the life of the application. That has led the school to significantly increase the number of security scans it conducts. In 2009, it conducted just two security scans, compared to 52 in 2010 and 90 last year.

The increase in scans helped the university to identify and analyze what some of the largest security risks have been and to see risk trends. It has used that information to build security into the development of applications and to remedy vulnerabilities in a more efficient manner. As a result of these efforts, the number of vulnerabilities found by scans in 2011 dropped by more than 60 percent compared to 2010, Jalso says.

Another benefit of the solution has been the centralized reporting feature. This function has helped different departments and IT managers share information on vulnerabilities through a Web-based interface, he says. The university has also appreciated being able to create customized reports to show to auditors examining whether the university is following certain regulations and mandates. The reports can be set to prioritize issues by their level of security; the system can also provide suggestions about how certain code or other application weaknesses can be remedied.

Using this product has been fairly intuitive, Jalso says, and it has also been reliable. He gives high marks to IBM’s customer service. “IBM’s one of the best vendors I’ve ever worked with.” While there have been no problems that they needed to address, he says that IBM has helped the university learn all of the capabilities of the software so that staff can get the most out of it.