Written by David Morgan, Co-Founder/Vice President, Security Dealer Marketing, dmorgan@sd.marketing Much like 2020, 2021 saw continued challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The ongoing implications for the security industry and the alarm monitoring industry specifically continue to be profound and will reverberate for years to come. An extended time of social distancing has […]
By Ryan Brady, TRG Associates, rbrady@trgassociates.com A PERS unit is a device that is used to request help from a monitoring center in the event of an emergency. The monitoring center can alert family and emergency services to help the customer. There are two main types of medical alert devices: traditional and mobile. Landline PERS […]
By Marjorie Fitton, DICE Corporation, Marjorie.Fitton@dicecorp.com Automation Monitoring Software provides central station operators with the information needed to handle events for the safety and security of life and property. Signals are transmitted from sensors, detectors, alarms, videos, access controls–or any other device that sends out a signal to the central station receiver. The receivers convert […]
Vector Security President and CEO Pamela Petrow has been appointed to the board of directors of the Philadelphia Contributionship (TPC) Mutual Holding Co., the oldest property insurance company in the United States. Vector Security, based here, is a sister company of TPC. “We are pleased to welcome Ms. Petrow to The Philadelphia Contributionship Board of […]
With your support and participation, TMA has advanced the following initiatives so far this year: With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, TMA initiated many efforts to assist and protect our members: When members contacted TMA about the potential impact of stay-at-home orders and social distancing on their UL-listings if their operators […]
Underwriter’s Laboratories (UL) has revised its March 16th Virtual Workplace Guidelines and seeks feedback from security industry practitioners prior to publication.
Since the initial release of the Guidelines, it’s become clear that health risk mitigation measures will likely be required for longer than any of us had anticipated. UL now seeks feedback from industry stakeholders that rely on UL Certifications as part of their own risk management programs to review the updated Guideline revisions, which are intended to better define virtual workplace security measures.
Please review the revised draft of the Virtual Workplace Guidelines.
