Articles Tagged with ''monitoring''

Since 2006, The Monitoring Association (TMA) has been recognizing the top performers in monitoring with its TMA Monitoring Center Excellence Awards (previously called the Central Station Awards). The Excellence Awards, hosted by TMA and co-sponsored by SDM Magazine, recognize exceptional personnel and monitoring centers in the industry (both TMA members and non-members) that are certified by an approved Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL).

American Alarm released a five-year study, “Regional Security Report: Five-Year Study of Verified Alarms, 2014-2018,” examining verified alarms in greater Boston and central New England.

When my daughter was in sixth grade, the dad of one of her classmates asked what we had done as parents to give our daughter so much confidence.

The role of the monitoring center operator has experienced several incarnations.

Emergency24 developed a free service that allows subscribers to acknowledge non-critical signals via two-way text messaging in order to further enhance the customer experience.

Cutting-edge technology that delivers what it promises is always a big draw in an industry that relies on protecting life and property.

The topic of video monitoring is hotter than ever, and more and more dealer-owned and central monitoring stations are offering some version of it to customers.

Video monitoring just may be the answer to decreasing revenue from hardware-centric sales, DIY pressures and new market entrants offering monitoring for historical lows and no contract.

The Monitoring Association (TMA) has joined with APCO International, the world’s oldest and largest organization of public safety communications professionals, in calling upon security industry professionals to support the bipartisan, bicameral 9-1-1 SAVES Act, a zero-cost bill that would fix the federal classification by grouping Public Safety Telecommunicators with other "Protective" occupations.

Virginia Beach, Va. is the latest municipality to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), technology that automates communication between alarm monitoring central stations and public safety answering points (PSAPs)/911 centers, resulting in faster, more accurate emergency response.