The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced the Pasco County Fla. Emergency Services 9-1-1 Communications Center is the 90th ECC in the United States and the 10th ECC in the state of Florida to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP). Pasco County went live on Tuesday, June 13 and Wednesday, June 14 with Vector Security, Rapid Response Monitoring, Securitas, Affiliated Monitoring, AT&T Digital Life, Tyco (Johnson Controls), Security Central, Protection One, National Monitoring Center, Vivint, Stanley Security, Guardian Protection, Alert 360 and ADS Security. Brinks Home Security and ADT will be brought online at a later date.

“Pasco County Emergency Services 9-1-1 is continually and consistently looking for ways to increase efficiencies and reduce call-processing times,” said Jody Kenyon, Technical Support Manager. “ASAP delivers a method to help us achieve these goals by providing a service that improves efficiencies in the processing.”

For more information on ASAP-to-PSAP, visit TMA’s website.