Tag: Emergency Response
Sielox awarded new PEPPM Purchasing contract
February 17, 2026SSN Staff
CHERRY HILL, NJ — Sielox, a provider of integrated access control and emergency response technologies, has announced that a new PEPPM Purchasing contract has been awarded for its "Crisis Lockdown Alert Status System" until the end of 2028.
Granted by the National Purchasing Cooperative in all 50 states, PEPPM can be used as an agreement with participating schools, local, and state agencies and non-profits.
“We’re thrilled to have been...
Dataminr expands agentic AI capabilities with Intel Agents for the physical world
September 30, 2025SSN Staff
NEW YORK — Dataminr has announced the expansion of Intel Agents to cover the full spectrum of events discovered across the physical world.
This use of agentic AI for real-time intelligence deploys AI agents at scale to uncover and deliver the most relevant event context.
"Intel Agents for the physical world transform real-time event detection into AI-powered real-time event, threat, and risk intelligence - a fundamental leap forward for the category Dataminr first pioneered,"...
Eye spy
August 20, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Back in the day parents used to task a fake elf with enforcing good behavior in children, but having bought the premium package, schools have upgraded to law enforcement.
Yes, it has been kind of a slow news week so far, and I may have read the phrase “First in the county” as country from a news story and began writing this blog on a false premise, but I think its still worth addressing. Long story short a school district in Missouri granted full-time access of its new security system...
AURA expands emergency response platform to U.S.
August 6, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
AMSTERDAM — AURA, a technology platform specializing in on-demand security and medical response services, has launched in the United States, an expansion that Timothy Garrett says is driven by public need.
Garrett, president of the company's U.S. division, says cities like Dallas, Seattle, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles and Atlanta have police departments whose resources are stretched thin, placing them among AURA's targeted expansion areas.
He talks with Security...
Coby Richard is Acadian Total Security’s 2025 Employee of the Year
May 27, 2025SSN Staff
LAFAYETTE, LA — At Acadian’s annual company meeting held in early May, National Sales Representative Coby Richard was recognized as Acadian Total Security’s 2025 Employee of the Year.
Richard was presented with his award by Acadian Companies Vice President Brandon Niles. The company stated that he was chosen for recognition due to his established results, professionalism, excellent customer service.
Richard has been with Acadian Total Security since September 2017, where he...
Intrado appoints Liz Nguyen as CTO
July 8, 2024SSN Staff
LONGMONT, Colo. — Intrado Life & Safety (“Intrado”), a global provider of emergency communication services and end-to-end solutions, has announced the appointment of Liz Nguyen as its new chief technology officer (CTO).
“In today’s world, leading-edge technology is absolutely critical to successful emergency response – for businesses, schools and society at large,” said Matt Carter, chief executive officer at Intrado. “We're excited to welcome...
Alarm.com releases Q4, full-year 2022 results
February 24, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
TYSONS, VA – Alarm.com has released its fourth fiscal quarter 2022/full-year results, and the outlook is positive for the residential security provider.
On Feb. 23 the company held its conference call and webcast discussing its earnings as the company looks to 2023. At a glance, the company’s fourth quarter Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and license revenue increased 10.5 percent year-over-year to $134.6 million, and total revenue increased 6.6 percent year-over-year...
ADT enables professional security monitoring over FirstNet
February 21, 2019SSN Staff
BOCA Raton, Fla.—ADT announced it will be offering an enhanced communication experience via FirstNet, public safety's dedicated, nationwide communications platform built by AT&T along with the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority), an independent agency within the federal government.Covering over 99% of the U.S. population, FirstNet is designed for first responders and others critical to their emergency response. The nationwide broadband platform provides a reliable, highly...
ADT and West Corporation team up
December 19, 2018SSN Staff
BOCA RATON, Fla. and OMAHA, Neb.—ADT and the West Corporation, a global technology-enabled services company, announced that they have entered into an agreement to enhance customer experiences with 911 emergency communications. Through this arrangement, ADT will use West's Emergency Response Link (ERL) to help ensure homes and businesses monitored by ADT benefit from the most accurate location data available so that the correct response teams are deployed even faster.ERL is a fully managed,...