As an ANSI Accredited Standards Development Organization, or SDO, The Monitoring Association (TMA) often serves as the lead organization for the development of various standards impacting the security monitoring industry. This page provides information on current standards that have been developed by TMA.

TMA-AVS-01 Alarm Verification Standard
Overview: A standardized method of creating an alarm scoring or classification metric for unauthorized human activity detected by alarm systems that will assist law enforcement with resource allocation and Call for Service prioritization.

Initiated: 2020
Committee Chair: Mark McCall, Immix
Committee Co-Chairs: David Holl, Larry Folsom
Status: Preliminary Technical Review Period (Comment deadline is June 17, 2022)

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APCO/TMA ANS 2.101.3-2021 Alarm Monitoring Company to Emergency Communications
Center (ECC) Computer – Aided Dispatch (CAD) Automated
Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP)

Initiated: 2013

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ANSI/TMA CS-V-01-2022: Alarm Confirmation, Verification and Notification Procedures Standard

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