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East Coast Fire Protection completes company-wide rollout of
Discrete Wireless MARCUS® 6 GPS Fleet Management System
Atlanta, GA - (January 29, 2005) - Atlanta-based Discrete Wireless, Inc. today announced that Richmond, VA based East Coast Fire Protection Inc., has completed installation of the Discrete Wireless MARCUS® 6 GPS Fleet Management System across the company’s entire fleet. East Coast Fire Protection, Inc. (ECFP) designs, fabricates, installs, inspects and services fire protection systems that include fire sprinklers, fire alarms, and special hazards. ECFP has ten locations and over 200 vehicles in the Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States.
Claude Gibson, ECFP Senior Vice President of Operations, stated, “We strive to give our customers the best service in the industry and we chose the Discrete Wireless system for that reason. The dispatch feature alone helps us better serve our customers by reducing our response time by getting the closest vehicle to our customers faster. As part of our comprehensive safety plan, we also utilize the speed alerts to ensure our drivers are operating our company vehicles safely.”
ECFP purchased the MARCUS® 6 system through GPS North America, the largest Discrete Wireless distributor in the Northeastern United States. Todd Lewis, President of GPS North America, commented “The ECFP roll-out is further proof that the MARCUS® 6 system gives incredibly rapid ROI for fleets of all sizes, as we have succeeded in selling the system across the spectrum.”
The new MARCUS® 6 GPS Fleet Management Application has the most comprehensive suite of features and tools in the industry. New components include point to point routing with driving directions, dispatch and messaging, automated report delivery and vehicle maintenance. Enhanced features include new mapping, a user-defined location radius, route playback, new reports and additional real-time alerts.
About East Coast Fire Protection
Based in Richmond, VA and with ten locations and over a thousand years of experience among top management and engineers on staff, ECFP is a national leader of fire protection issues. These issues range from initial consultations, preconstruction services to code related fire protection related questions. ECFP is one of the largest customers of several leading brands of fire sprinklers and designs, installs and services all types of fire/smoke detection and fire alarm systems.
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About Discrete Wireless
Discrete Wireless delivers GPS Fleet Management Systems. The Home Depot, Estes, Siemens, and 2,500 other distribution and services businesses nationwide rely on Discrete Wireless Fleet Management Systems to track the movement of their vehicles, employees, and goods and services. Discrete Wireless customers see dramatic increases in driver productivity, decreases in overtime, reduced excessive speeding and increased vehicle safety, and customer service. To learn more, go to http://www.discretewireless.com
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MEDIA CONTACT:
Shawn Millar
678-338-5944
Director - Marketing
mkting@discretewireless.net |
