Monitoring Station Marketing: Pivoting for Success in 2022

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 […]

What is PERS and what can the service offer your business?

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 […]

What is Automation Monitoring Software?

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’s Petrow Joins Philadelphia Contributionship Board

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 […]

TMA 2020 Achievement Highlights

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 […]