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MacDowell to deliver opening keynote at TMA's Virtual Mid-Year Meeting

March 19, 2024
MacDowell will delve into the pivotal traits of effective leadership within the alarm monitoring industry.
Alarms & Monitoring

TMA appoints Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) Council co-chair

Feb. 22, 2024
In this important role, Rickert joins seated Committee Co-Chair Richard Flores, Puget Sound.
Alarms & Monitoring

Two new ECCs go live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

Jan. 24, 2024
TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers to Emergency Communication Centers (ECCs).
Industry Trade Associations

The Monitoring Association welcomes new President

Nov. 20, 2023
As TMA’s president, Butkovich is also focused on strengthening relationships with organizations within the security industry, as well as those in law enforcement and public safety...
Emergency Communications Equipment

Wisconsin ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

Nov. 17, 2023
Brown County’s ECC is the 3rd ECC in the state of Wisconsin to implement ASAP.
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Industry Trade Associations

Louis T. Fiore Electronic Communications Scholarship accepting applications through Sept. 30

Sept. 27, 2023
Students seeking such a degree in electrical engineering or an associate degree in electronics at any nationally accredited educational institution may apply. The deadline to ...
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Industry Trade Associations

Fourth Maryland ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

Aug. 2, 2023
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers to ...
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Industry Trade Associations

Monroe joins The Monitoring Association team

Aug. 1, 2023
In her new role as TMA Program and Administrative Coordinator, Monroe will be responsible for TMA’s Five Diamond, IQ, and FirstNet designation programs.
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Industry Trade Associations

TMA's Fiore Scholarship open for student applications

July 31, 2023
The Scholarship is open to anyone studying an electronics curriculum, specifically electronic communications, or software development related to electronic communications, regardless...
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Emergency Communications Equipment

Three ECCs go live with TMA's ASAP-to-PSAP

July 11, 2023
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers to ...

Articles & News

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The Monitoring Association is looking to standardize how monitoring center operators communicate with first responders when it comes to threat detection technologies and alerts.
Alarms & Monitoring

TMA to Standardize Monitoring Center Threat Detection Response

Oct. 12, 2023
The new TMA-ATN-01 Standard would formalize how monitoring centers respond to and notify authorities of gunshot and weapons detection, lockdowns and more
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CSaaS is one way for integrators hosting central stations to deal with rapidly aging central station receivers and evolving IT and staffing needs.
Central Station Alarm Monitoring

Cloud-Hosted Central Stations: The New Alternative

Oct. 31, 2022
CSaaS is one way for integrators hosting central stations to deal with rapidly aging central station receivers and evolving IT and staffing needs
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A concerted effort among the industry to change how alarm information is received, exchanged and relayed should pay dividends for officer safety, prioritized response, false alarm reduction and more.
Alarms & Monitoring

Alarm Classification: The Next Evolution of Monitoring

May 6, 2022
A concerted effort among the industry to change how alarm information is received, exchanged and relayed should pay dividends for officer safety, prioritized response, false alarm...
Timothy J. Pastore, Esq., is a Partner in the New York office of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP (www.mmwr.com), where he is Vice-Chair of the Litigation Department. Before entering private practice, Mr. Pastore was an officer and Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the U.S. Air Force and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Reach him at (212) 551-7707 or by e-mail at tpastore@mmwr.com.
Alarms & Monitoring

Legal Brief: The First 3G Sunset Deadline is Almost Here

As the AT&T deadline looms in February, do not depend on the FCC to give you an extension
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IQ-certified companies are dedicated to reducing false alarms and saving customers hundreds of dollars in fines.
Integrators

How IQ Certification can be a Differentiator

Oct. 8, 2021
Integrators certified by The Monitoring Association make quality service into a competitive advantage
Timothy J. Pastore, Esq., is a Partner in the New York office of Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP (www.mmwr.com), where he is Vice-Chair of the Litigation Department. Before entering private practice, Mr. Pastore was an officer and Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the U.S. Air Force and a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice. Reach him at (212) 551-7707 or by e-mail at tpastore@mmwr.com.
Emergency Communications Equipment

Legal Brief: FirstNet - From Tragedy to Triumph

How the communications network came to be, and how the alarm industry can be a part of it
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The Telephone Consumer Protection Act may prohibit some methods of communication between alarm companies and customers
Central Station Alarm Monitoring

TCPA Impact on Monitoring Providers

Oct. 16, 2018
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act may prohibit some methods of communication between alarm companies and customers
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The alarm industry is nearing the end of a five-year long battle to have disputed language changed in NFPA 72.
Fire & Life Safety

Alarm industry continues its fight against NFPA 72 changes

Aug. 22, 2018
TMA, other industry officials make final appeal to NFPA Standards Council
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With the door-to-door sales season set to shift into high gear, the Better Business Bureau (BBB), in conjunction with the Electronic Security Association (ESA), The Monitoring Association (TMA) and ADT, held a press conference in Baton Rouge, La., last week in the headquarters of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal to discuss how consumers have been impacted by deceptive sales tactics and what authorities and reputable dealers are doing to combat the problem.
Integrators

Alarm industry sees progress in its continuing fight against deceptive sales

May 22, 2018
Despite a declining number of complaints, industry vows to maintain pressure on fraudsters
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai.
Alarms & Monitoring

Net neutrality revoked: What does it mean for security?

Dec. 15, 2017
Forget streaming video, the biggest effect for this industry concerns direct competition with ISPs

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Third-Party Providers

2021 Wholesale & Third-Party Central Station Monitoring Directory

Oct. 8, 2021
Annual Security Business magazine section with featured and state-by-state listings of providers in the United States and Canada
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Third-Party Providers

Third Party & Wholesale Central Station Monitoring State-by-State Directory

Oct. 8, 2019
The annual listings from the Security Business Central Station Monitoring Resource Guide

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Industry Trade Associations

The Monitoring Association appoints new Government Relations Committee co-chair

June 22, 2023
Tommy Whisnant will join seated Committee Co-Chair James Marcella, Axis Communications, in leading TMA’s state and local advocacy efforts and often partnering with the Alarm Industry...
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Associations, Research & Training Organizations

Narowski and Raisch to Co-Chair TMA’s Technology Committee

May 10, 2023
Narowski and Raisch succeed longtime Technology Committee Chairs Steve Butkovich, CPI Security, and Sascha Kylau, OneTel Security, both of whom are moving into new leadership ...
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Alarms & Monitoring

Seven New ECCs Go Live with TMA ASAP-to-PSAP

May 9, 2023
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to Emergency...
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Industry Trade Associations

TMA names committee co-chairs for monitoring center notification of active threat standard

March 17, 2023
Monitoring centers are increasingly monitoring shot detection, weapons detection, manual lockdown notification, as well as other innovative threat detecting technologies.
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Industry Trade Associations

TMA Names Elkins to its Board of Directors

Feb. 9, 2023
The Monitoring Association welcomes Zeus Fire and Security CEO to its Board of Directors.
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Industry Trade Associations

TMA seeks volunteers for new standard

Feb. 2, 2023
This standard will develop an efficient means for monitoring centers to provide responding authorities with information that assists with an efficient and safe response to active...
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Integrators

TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Validation Standard receives ANSI accreditation

Jan. 31, 2023
Initiated in 2020, the standard provides a method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems.
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Alarms & Monitoring

California DOJ approves pilot of TMA’s automated secure alarm protocol

Jan. 18, 2023
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, The Monitoring Association's ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm...
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Industry Trade Associations

The Monitoring Association honors security leaders at annual meetings

Dec. 6, 2022
Past presidents David Carter and Don Young receive awards