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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...

ASAP to PSAP, Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), City of Allen, Texas, Police and Fire Communications, Emergency Communications Center (ECC), Glenview, Ill., Public Safety Dispatch Center, Jennifer Qvist, Steve Butkovich, The Monitoring Association (TMA)


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Fourth Maryland ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

August 3, 2023SSN Staff

MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Queen Anne’s County, Md., Emergency Services is the 131st Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States 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 to Emergency Communication Centers. ...

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Three ECCs go live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

July 11, 2023SSN Staff

MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has welcomed three new Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) into its Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). The Seattle Community Safety & Communications Center (CSCC) in Washington, the Bell County Communications Center in Texas, and the Crawford County Department of Public Safety in Pennsylvania are the 128th, 129th and 130th ECCs in the United States to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol.  Launched...

Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), Bell County Communications Center, Crawford County Department of Public Safety, Seattle Community Safety & Communications Center (CSCC), The Monitoring Association (TMA)


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Seven new ECCs go live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

May 9, 2023SSN Staff

MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced it has welcomed seven new Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) to the list of its Automation Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP-to-PSAP) users in 2023. The latest additions bring the total nationwide total to 127. 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 ECCs.    The seven new ECCs (in order by live...

Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), ECC, The Monitoring Association (TMA)


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New Hanover County ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol

July 29, 2022SSN Staff

MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) welcomed its 111th Emergency Communication Center (ECC) in the United States on Monday, July 25, 2022. The New Hanover County ECC in North Carolina became the 12th ECC in the state of North Carolina to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). The New Hanover County ECC went live with Rapid Response Monitoring, Vector Security, Tyco (Johnson Controls), Stanley Security, Guardian Protection, Securitas, ADS, United Central...

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Montgomery, Ala. goes live with ASAP with Vector Security's help

January 23, 2019SSN Staff

PITTSBURGH—Users of monitored home and business security alarms in Montgomery, Ala. will benefit from faster, more accurate emergency response as the city becomes the latest municipality to implement Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), a technology designed to automate communication between alarm monitoring central stations and public safety dispatch/911 centers. Vector Security, a full service security provider based here, assisted the city by helping to perform extensive testing prior...

Anita Ostrowski, Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), Vector Security


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MONI introduces ASAPer

February 8, 2017Spencer Ives

DALLAS—ASAPer, MONI Smart Security's latest monitoring offering, will allow alarm users and their emergency contacts to quickly communicate and determine the validity of an alarm. “We really wanted to have a central communication hub whether the customer—the subscriber—could easily communicate with our monitoring facility, as well as communicate with their emergency contacts,” Grant Graham, MONI's director of monitoring operations, told Security Systems News....

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Vivint latest big player to go ASAP

October 7, 2015Spencer Ives

PROVO, Utah—Vivint in late September started planning its ASAP to PSAP adoption. “Vivint was told from this point it is typically four to six weeks before going live with the first PSAP,” Amy Becht, Vivint director of central stations, told Security Systems News. The ASAP program increases the speed and accuracy of transmitting alarm information by sending it digitally from the central station to the PSAP. In the short term, the program does not affect much of Vivint's...

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Guardian implements ASAP to PSAP in Richmond

August 27, 2014Leif Kothe

WARRENDALE, Pa.—When Jason Bradley was named director of central station operations for Guardian Protection Services in April, he said implementing the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol program would be high on the agenda. Just a few months into his tenure, that objective has been realized, with the company going live with the program in Richmond, Va., where the company has a strong account base. It's a critical first step toward broader implementation in other PSAP-ready jurisdictions,...

Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), Guardian Protection Services, Jason Bradley, Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs)


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NICE Systems launches PSAP tool

August 16, 2013SSN Staff

RA'ANANA, Israel—NICE Systems recently announced the launch of NICE Inform Version 6, which enables Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) to evaluate the quality of service delivered across an entire emergency incident, according to a company statement. The solution offers value to public safety organizations by supporting the evaluation of single calls as well as complete incidents, including the processing of multimedia input, such as GIS, video and CAD screen. This helps PSAPs...

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