Tag: alarm
OneTel and TouchTone deliver SMS mobile messaging services
June 3, 2025SSN Staff
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. — OneTel Security, in partnership with TouchTone Communications, has launched its new real-time SMS mobile messaging services tailored specifically for the alarm, life safety, and security industries.
Including Rich Communications Services (RCS) where available, and engineered for mission-critical applications, this solution enables secure, interactive, and compliance-ready A2P (application-to-person) messaging to support alerts, monitoring, and emergency communications.
With...
New Dice focuses on advanced monitoring solutions in first half of 2024
July 15, 2024SSN Staff
BAY CITY, Mich. — The New Dice has announced significant growth in the first half of 2024, attributing the surge to the company's focus on its core platform and catering to the growing demand for advanced technologies in the alarm monitoring center environment.
Dice said its approach includes the introduction of presence awareness. This feature creates customizable "areas of interest" that transform any camera or IoT device into a potential alarm sensor. Users can seamlessly...
RapidFire acquires Paraclete Fire & Safety
January 31, 2024SSN Staff
ST. LOUIS – RapidFire Safety & Security (RapidFire) has announced the acquisition of Paraclete Fire & Safety, a 33-year-old fire extinguisher, alarm, inspection, suppression, and sprinkler provider in Brea, Calif., serving the Greater Los Angeles area.
RapidFire said that the acquisition of Paraclete cements itself as a world-class curator of people-centric, family-built businesses throughout the Midwest, Southwest and Western United States.
“In my decision to work...
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires Comtron Systems
October 5, 2023SSN Staff
ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety, a fire protection, life safety and security services provider, has acquired Comtron Systems, a security, alarm and fire detection company based in Palm Desert, Calif.
Pye-Barker noted that this is its third acquisition in the Coachella Valley region of California. The deal solidifies Pye-Barker's market share in the area and expands its full-service offerings in California. The company’s aggressive acquisition strategy has led to exponential...
Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response announces 2023 board members
August 14, 2023SSN Staff
FRESNO, Calif. – The Partnership for Priority Verified Alarm Response (PPVAR), an organization promoting the value of verification and validation of alarm events during the emergency response process, just announced its new board president and secretary for the 2023-2024 term.
According to the PPVAR the president for the 2023-2024 term will be Mark McCall, the director of global Operations for IMMIX. The secretary role is set to be filled by Kristy Johnson, director of integrations at ADT.
McCall...
Pye-Barker enhances offerings in Florida with acquisition of The Hartline Company
April 13, 2023SSN Staff
ATLANTA – Pye-Barker Fire & Safety added to its security and full-service capabilities this week through the acquisition of family-owned and operated The Hartline Company.
The Hartline Company is a security, alarm, and fire prevention business serving clients throughout central Florida. This strategic acquisition is the latest for Pye-Barker who recently surpassed 150 branches across the nation as it solidifies its position in the U.S.
Alan Hartline founded The Hartline Company in...
A conversation with BluB0X
July 22, 2015Martha Entwistle
In the course of putting together the educational program for our new Cloud+ conference, I've been talking cloud almost every day and last week I met a new cloud provider called BluB0X.
The company is new, but the folks behind BluB0X have been doing cloud for a long time--the executives and some of the team are the people who founded TouchCom. Remember Touchcom? It was acquired by G4S in 2008. Here's a story about that deal.
I had a great conversation with BluB0X CEO Patrick Barry and...
NationWide Digital opens N.C. sales branch
July 2, 2013Leif Kothe
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C.—NationWide Digital Monitoring Co., a Freeport, N.Y.-based central station monitoring service, just extended its reach in the Southeast with the opening of a regional sales office here.The new branch will supplement the expansion of NationWide's dealer program, Security Doctors, which was launched in 2011 and continues to grow in the Southeast, making North Carolina a logical location choice. The sales office will serve as a locus for dealers in several states in the region,...
Church intruders bungle burglary
April 8, 2013SSN Staff
DETROIT—Intruders broke into the New Greater Faith Missionary Baptist Church, and things seemed to be going according to plan until one of them answered a ringing phone. Unfortunately for them, the call was from the alarm company, according to an article from mlive.com, a Michigan digital news outlet.
The alarm company called to ask why the alarm was triggered at 2:30 a.m. When the intruder provided an unsatisfactory answer and did not know the alarm code, the alarm company told him that the...
Security system helps nab burglary suspect
March 7, 2013SSN Staff
HOMEWOOD, Pa.—Authorities here said a home security system helped police catch a burglary suspect early Wednesday morning, according to an article from WXPI, a news station based in Pittsburgh.
Officers were dispatched to a house just after 3 a.m. March 6 when the home's alarm system went off, according to the police report. The keypad informed the victim that the alarm's activation point was his garage.
When he went to the garage, baseball bat and machete in hand, he saw the suspect with tools...