Entries by Bryan Ginn

Don Young, ADT, Becomes TMA’s 35th President

The Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce Don Young, CIO and EVP of Operations of ADT, as the new President who officially began his two-year term on Thurs., Oct. 17, 2019 at the conclusion of TMA’s 2019 Annual Meeting, Young recently served a two-year term as Vice President on the Executive Committee leading up […]

Cincinnati, OH Becomes 62nd ASAP-to-PSAP

The City of Cincinnati OH is the 62nd Emergency Communications Center in the United States to implement ASAP, and the 4th ECC in the state of Ohio to implement ASAP. According to Bill Hobgood, the consultant who managed the Cincinnati Ohio ASAP implementation, “Cincinnati Emergency Communications Officials are thrilled with the ASAP go-live. On day […]

UL Releases Statement Addressing Industry Concerns

In a statement from UL: UL’s public mission is to promote safer working and living environments for all people. We make every effort to confirm that UL-certified products meet stringent safety requirements, including opening a Product Incident Report for any issue that comes to our attention. Consistent with our usual policies regarding product safety matters, […]

West Palm Beach, FL – 61st ASAP-to-PSAP Launched

West Palm Beach, FL became the 61st Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the country to implement the ASAP-to-PSAP program and the 8th ECC in the state of Florida. The following alarm companies became functional as of October 10, 2019 in the order listed below: Vector Security and Rapid Response, followed by Affiliated, Security Central, Tyco, […]

TMA Issuing Certificates of Verification for FirstNet Services

The Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce that it has now started issuing TMA Certificates of Verification to qualifying alarm companies to support review of eligibility for FirstNet services. As we announced in April, TMA reached an agreement with AT&T to provide qualified alarm companies with a TMA Certificate of Verification that will enable […]

Net Neutrality Fight Heads to States, Capitol Hill

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals dropped a long-awaited ruling Tuesday on the FCC’s rollback of the Obama-era net neutrality rules, largely upholding the Republican-led repeal. But the court knocked down the FCC’s attempt to broadly override state efforts to craft their own net neutrality rules. An FCC senior official told reporters the ruling leaves open the […]

Hanover County, VA – 60th ASAP

Hanover County is the 60th in the United States to implement ASAP, and the 11th ECC in the state of Virginia to implement ASAP.  Hanover County went live on September 17th with Vector Security and Rapid Response Monitoring initially, followed by Affiliated Monitoring, AT&T Digital Life, Guardian Protection, Brinks Home Security, the National Monitoring Center, […]

TMA Member – WeSuite – Seeks Your Feedback

New TMA member, WeSuite, has set up a survey for other members to provide insights into a variety of topics relating to business software needs and how your organization goes about finding solutions. Ten lucky respondents will have a chance to receive a $100 Amazon gift e-cards. Take the survey.