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NEW TMA Dispatch Now Available for Download

TMA is excited to bring you the first issue of its newly-designed TMA Dispatch! The updated design takes on more of a magazine look and feel, offering readers full color images and illustrations throughout. We’ve also taken the content in some interesting new directions.

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TMA delivers two publications to keep its members informed of key association initiatives, member and industry news, and legislative and regulatory issues impacting the security industry.

TMA Dispatch – a quarterly magazine

The TMA Dispatch is a full-color publication that features a combination of topical feature editorials and standing columns from industry experts. The association president and executive director share their insights each quarter into trends and issues influencing the security monitoring, installation, and service industry. Other standing columns provide analysis from the chairman of the Alarm Industry Communication Committee (AICC), legal perspectives, and updates on legislative and regulatory activities. The TMA Dispatch focuses on the delivery of news and information to advance the industry and position our members for business success.

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Note: TMA Dispatch is designed as a print publication, but due to the pandemic, it currently being delivered digitally. 

TMA Signals – a weekly digital newsletter

The TMA Signals delivers a combination of TMA news, industry news from various news outlets, and interesting professional development stories. Emailed weekly to TMA members, this digital newsletter offers members easy and quick-to-read, informative news briefs.

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A Practical Guide to Central Station Burglar Alarm Systems – Fifth Edition

This updated edition of TMA’s best-selling burglar alarm guide is designed for insurance agents, underwriters and loss-prevention specialists.

It provides information on how to select the most cost effective burglar alarm system, and explains the advantages of Underwriters Laboratories’ Burglar Alarm Certificate Service Program.

Member: $60 / Non-Member: $72
Price includes USPS standard shipping fees
Bulk pricing available for members

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2020 TMA Wage and Salary Survey

TMA’s 2020  Wage and Salary Survey was prepared to assist businesses within the alarm industry with knowledge-based competitive compensation practices. The current report is based on information that was collected in 2019 for data compiled in 2018.

Overview

The Monitoring Association (TMA) coordinated this Wage & Salary Survey to assist businesses within the industry with competitive compensation practices. The purpose of this survey is to provide monitoring & security companies with information to guide hiring and compensation decisions. The Survey collected information from the year 2018 in the following areas:

  • Demographic Data
  • Types of Monitoring
  • Executive & Operational Management positions
  • Dealer & Customer Support
  • IT & Telecom Services
  • Benefits Packages

Participation was open to all monitoring companies. Company specific information is not published to ensure confidentiality. The survey was created by TRG Associates, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in the security alarm industry.

Member: $400 / Non-Member: $500
Digital copy only

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ASAP to PSAP Program

Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), The Monitoring Association, the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) and the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (Nlets) have...

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TMA Five Diamond Designation

Gain a competitive edge when your monitoring center becomes TMA Five Diamond designated.

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