From a business continuity perspective the reliability of the central station monitoring service for your security and life safety systems is extremely important. After your alarm system is installed – assuming it is installed expertly with quality parts, it should be trouble free for decades. There are only a few parts that need periodic replacement; e.g. batteries, carbon monoxide, and smoke detectors expire in time. Maintenance aside, over the long haul it is your central

Alarm monitoring has been around for well over one hundred and fifty years. Monitoring for fire alarm signals dates back to the 1850’s. The first 100 years used the basic technology of connecting the central monitoring station to each client by a pair of wires. Initially a telegraph service was used, followed by a dedicated telegraph line with a special fire alarm transmitter and receiver. One early innovative way of signaling was the McCulloh mechanical “clock” style system,

Alarm monitoring has been around for well over one hundred and fifty years. In fact, the first monitoring for fire alarm signals date back to the 1850’s when the telegraph was used to send an address / location code to a telegraph office. In 1854 Dr. William Channing together with Moses Farmer of Boston Massachusetts applied for the patent of an “Electromagnetic Fire Alarm Telegraph for Cities”. One year later in South Carolina, John Gamewell purchased regional rights to mark

Their future is in our hands. It is our job to protect them. As we walk our individual paths through life, we all want to be safe and secure in our homes and to be confident that when we are not home things will be ok. Maybe you think a home security system is the answer? Beware, when it comes to home security systems most of the systems sold fail to provide the protection you really need. Most alarm companies only care about getting maximum monthly revenue by minimum effort,

Fire alarms are a life safety system first, a property protection system second, and lastly a business continuity and risk mitigation strategy. As a life safety system a "fire alarm" may contain more than just the basic fire detectors such as: smoke detectors, flame detectors, sprinkler activation detectors, other suppression systems activation monitoring and to alert and guide occupants; mass notification indicators. Fire alarm systems are now being used for the management