A Practical Guide to Central Station Burglar Alarm Systems — Updated for 2018

The fifth edition of “A Practical Guide to Central Station Burglar Alarm Systems” is now available!

This updated edition of TMA’s best-selling burglar alarm guide is designed for insurance agents, underwriters and loss-prevention specialists and is also an invaluable resource for monitoring center managers and designers.

This revised version of the definitive guide for burglar alarm systems contains the following information, updated for 2018:

• Burglar Alarm Systems
  Types of Burglar Alarm Systems
  Components of a Central Station Burglar Alarm System
• The Burglar Alarm Certificate Service of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
  Purpose
  UL Listings for Central Station Alarm Companies
  UL Certificate Verification Service (ULCVS)
  UL Procedures for Issuing Alarm Certificates
  Conclusion
• Protection for Commercial Risks
  Physical Security
  Safe and Vault Protection
  Central Station Burglar Alarm Service
  Central Station Burglar Alarm Certificate Service
  Conclusion
• Selecting a Central Station Burglar Alarm System
  Risk Analysis
  Loss Potential
  Loss Probability
  Determining Protection Level
  Levels of Protection
• Glossary of Terms
• Technical Descriptions of Alarm Systems
  Detection Devices
  Alarm Signaling Systems
  Line Supervision
  Line Security
• Technical Descriptions of Safes and Vaults
  Burglary — Resistant Safes
  Burglary — Resistant Vaults

Order your print copy here. Cost: $62.50. TMA members receive a 20% discount. 

TMA thanks Stanley Oppenheim, president of DGA Security Systems, for his efforts to produce the 5th edition of this important publication.