Bucks County, Penn., became the first municipality in Pennsylvania to go live with Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a technology that automates communication between alarm monitoring central stations and 911 centers, resulting in improved accuracy and speed of emergency response.
The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) board of directors formally approved the CSAA/Verisk Data Exchange Project at its October 11 annual meeting in Sonoma, Calif.
COPS Monitoring, a provider of nationwide wholesale alarm monitoring and dealer services, added two former alarm company owners, Ernie Gambone and Charlie Crenshaw, as account executives.
An Illinois-based legal battle involving an attempt by public entities to take over fire alarm monitoring in Illinois has received national attention for its potential to influence fire monitoring in districts across the United States. While many know that, to date, the courts have sided with the alarm companies operating in Illinois, not as many may know the specific legal explanations for why the courts reached those rulings.
A San Jose, Calif. Police Department policy change, on a questionably fast track by police officials still sending out mixed signals to local alarm companies, ended in the institution of verified alarm response the first of this year.