AFA Protective Systems Inc. (AFA), a fire and safety systems provider ranked on the SDM 100 as the 23rd largest security company by recurring monthly revenue, announced the award of its General Services Administration (GSA) Facilities Maintenance and Management Schedule 03FAC Contract.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has a number of events planned for next week’s ISC West — so many, in fact, that the association is hosting a webcast from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. today (March 27) to explain them all.
It’s hard to believe this, but ISC West begins in less than a week. After weeks and months of planning, scheduling, coordination and other details — some minor, some very, very major — the security industry will gather in Las Vegas for three days that will leave heads pumped full of so much information that you may start to understand how an IT network responds when it’s overloaded with uncompressed video data.
The Women's Security Council, Tampa, Fla., a network of successful security professionals focused on promoting the advancement of women in the industry, has opened nominations for its 2014 Women of the Year awards.
On Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, House Bill 5683 was introduced by Representative Timothy L. Schmitz (R-Geneva) to amend the Fire Protection District Act to allow the adoption of ordinances regulating the supervision and monitoring of fire alarm systems maintained within a district.
The seventh annual ESA Leadership Summit wrapped up a few weeks ago, sending the more than 250 security industry professionals who attended back to their companies will their minds full of information, strategies, new contacts and more — all of which ESA carefully crafted to help security businesses not just survive, but thrive.
Anyone who walked into the office of Habitec Security in Toledo, Ohio, on February 7 would have been greeted by an office building illuminated in red. Once inside, the sea of red was even stronger, as employees proudly sported red in honor of National Wear Red Day.