With
the emphasis on visibility either at the scene of an accident or during
emergency vehicle high speed driving or pursuit, Hazard has available a
wide range of proven emergency warning light systems designed to meet
all standard and special applications (including off road and
underground). All emergency light systems comply with local and most
International standards.
Sound
One
of the most important factors in an emergency situation is the
pre-warning of other road users of approaching emergency vehicles.
Hazard’s siren and public address systems have been designed to meet
these demanding requirements. The use of the latest technology in
design and manufacturing methods, ensures our well known high level of
performance and reliability.
Safety
Hazard has for over 30 years manufactured emergency warning equipment
with public safety being the driving force behind our focus and the
design of our sight and sound emergency warning systems. We have
developed a range of simple to operate and totally integrated PA siren
systems with automatic warning light control thus minimising operator
attention.
Company Background
1970 :
Hazard founded by Richard Ireland and Andy Burton.
1985 :
Chris Bam and Ed Kemsley bought Hazard Emergency Systems.
1992 :
Name changed to Hazard Electronics (Pty) Ltd.
1998 :
Hazard bought Sastron and operated it as a separate company.
2003 :
Manamela Investments (Pty) Ltd acquired a shareholding in Hazard and name
changed to Hazard Bonako (Pty) Ltd. Fred Manamela appointed as chairman.
2008 :
Sastron integrated into the Hazard fold.
Product Development
1992 :
The Hazard Fastback which became the biggest selling Lightbar in South Africa.
1994 :
HAC2500 Integrated Siren Amplifier which was over the next few years was
superseded by the HAC4500 and then the HAC5500.
1999 :
Sastron Lightbar range now known as Starbars
2003 :
The integrated Logic Siren range with touch controls. The Logic 500 became
popular to such an extent that a competitive company had it copied in China.
2006 :
The Slimline LED Lightbar range with 5mm, TOPLED LED’s and Generation 3 LED’s.
2007 :
Due to the limited space in modern vehicles it was decided to introduce a range
of Siren Amplifiers with separate compact Controllers for easy installation onto
the dash, central utility cabinet or overhead console.
The Logic 250 and Logic 550 are backlit and they were designed to control not
only the Siren and several lights but the LED cluster patterns can be
programmed and the patterns displayed on the Controller. The operator can then
confirm the patterns decided on.
With our experience of the Logic 500 being copied we have registered our design
and intend to take strong legal action against any infringement.
2007 :
Slimline LED Beacon
With the introduction of our Logic range we decided to reduce the amount of cabling required when connecting emergency systems. All our communication between our system components are software controlled and therefore allows us the ultimate in flexibility to cater for customer requirements. Also the installation of our systems is based on “Plug and Play” and no technical knowhow is required to interconnect the system components. We distribute throughout South Africa and help is always nearby in case of queries or service.
The above indicates the continuous developments over the years by our company.
Our Research and Development cost is one of our main expenditure items but we firmly believe that in order to sustain a continuous growth the investment in development cannot be compromised.
We also feel proud to know that our products can compete technically wise with the best in the world.
