Tag: ASAP to PSAP
Leadership in action: Celia Besore retires from TMA after evolving industry practices
June 17, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
MCLEAN, Va.—As she concludes her 19-year career at The Monitoring Association (TMA), retiring CEO Celia Besore is proud of what she has accomplished. “It's been a ride,” she said. “I've always been very proud of TMA. I've always believed in it, which is the reason why it was never a job for me.”
‘Dream come true’
Besore’s tenure with the association spanned two separate time periods. She first joined the former Central...
Two new ECCs go live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
January 25, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that the Glenview, Ill., Public Safety Dispatch Center and the City of Allen, Texas, Police and Fire Communications became the 140th and 141st Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) in the U.S. to implement TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP).
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm monitoring centers...
TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol welcomes Denver as its 104th ECC
May 9, 2022SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) welcomed its 104th U.S.-based PSAP/Emergency Communication Center (ECC) to its ASAP-to-PSAP service on April 12, 2022.
The Denver 9-1-1 Communications Center is the second agency in the state of Colorado to implement ASAP-to-PSAP. Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to Emergency Communication...
Vector helps Cumberland County, Pa. launch ASAP to PSAP
February 15, 2021SSN Staff
PITTSBURGH—Cumberland County, Pa., joins a growing number of municipalities across the nation to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) at its Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP).
ASAP automates communication from alarm monitoring central stations to PSAPs and 911 centers resulting in faster, more accurate emergency response by delivering alarm notification information directly from the alarm monitoring centers to PSAPs via computer rather than by phone.
All pertinent data...
TMA’s ASAP-to-PSAP Program Marks its 79th and 80th ECCs
February 1, 2021SSN Staff
McLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced the addition of its 79th and 80th municipalities to go live with its expanding ASAP-to-PSAP program, welcoming the Cayuga County NY 9-1-1 Center and Paradise Valley AZ Police Communications Center.
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA’s ASAP-to-PSAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to PSAPs.
“TMA’s ASAP-to-PSAP program experienced...
TMA onboards 63rd PSAP
January 30, 2020SSN Staff
McLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced the onboarding of its 63rd PSAP in the United States — The Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County Tenn. Department of Emergency Communications.
Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA's ASAP-to-PSAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm companies to PSAPs.
“The security industry is in the business of life safety. Manufacturers and service providers collectively...
The Monitoring Association onboards its 50th, 51st and 52nd PSAP
June 12, 2019SSN Staff
VIENNA, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) is pleased to announce the addition of three new PSAPs (Public Safety Answering Points) to its ASAP-to-PSAP service, bringing the total number of participating jurisdictions up to 52. Bradley County, TN; Virginia Beach, VA; and, Burleson, TX are the three latest municipalities to go live. Launched in 2011 as a public-private partnership, TMA's ASAP-to-PSAP service is designed to increase the accuracy and efficiency of calls for service from alarm...
I-View Now announces new service
May 16, 2018Spencer Ives
I-View Now recently announced the launch of a new service: Police Alarm Portal. The process is powered by I-View Now's Software as a Service Video Verification platform, and will send video directly to authorized emergency responders through the ASAP to PSAP program. Additionally, I-View Now will provide the service to law enforcement free of charge.
In the announcement, I-View Now said that Police Alarm Portal helps the entire electronic security industry by improving the path of communications...
ASAP expands in Virginia
August 9, 2017Spencer Ives
PITTSBURGH—Vector Security announced in early August that Newport News, Va., is now live with Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). Newport News joins other municipalities in the state of Virginia using ASAP, such as the City of Richmond, James City County, York County, and Henrico County.
The ASAP to PSAP program, created by The Monitoring Association—formerly CSAA—and the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials automates communication between alarm monitoring central...
Pennsylvania starts getting ASAP to PSAP
January 26, 2017SSN Staff
PITTSBURGH—Bucks County in Pennsylvania went live with the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol, making it the first in the state.
"More than 3,500 alarm users in Bucks County will benefit from faster and more accurate emergency response with the implementation of ASAP," Anita Ostrowski, vice president of central station services for Vector Security, said in a prepared statement. "We hope the positive impact that ASAP will bring to Bucks County will encourage other major 911 centers in Pennsylvania...