Articles by Maggie Shein

Though many alarm companies in the area have weathered hurricanes and other natural disasters before, it doesn’t make preparations any less urgent.

More homeowners and small businesses are installing surveillance cameras inside and outside their properties, and police departments across the country have taken notice.

SDM recently spoke with Richard Ginsburg, president and CEO of Central Security Group (CSG), Tulsa, Okla., a company that is ranked No. 9 on the SDM 100 Report for 2018. Ginsburg refers to CSG as the largest security company you hear from the least often, and that’s with good reason, SDM found. The company, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary this year, is laser-focused on providing the best customer experience possible to end users, along with consistent and reliable performance. 

This year’s Excellence Awards have a slightly different name as the newly branded TMA Monitoring Center Excellence Awards (formerly the CSAA Central Station Excellence Awards), but the awards — now in their 12th year —

Monitoring companies are not created equal. Each one has a unique approach, different focuses and specialties just like any other business.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is calling for the implementation of voice and video recorders on locomotives across the country. The call comes after the release of the TSB’s report on its safety study, “Expanding the use of locomotive voice and video recorders in Canada.”

According to the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, there were more than 4,000 reported incidents of workplace violence against Canadian nurses between 2008 and 2013, and still, sources in the industry believe that these types of incidents are woefully underreported.

The CSAA Central Station Excellence Awards have been formally recognizing top-notch professionals in the industry for more than a decade.

Over the next five years security alarm services industry revenue in Canada is expected to increase slowly at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent to $1.1 billion, which includes 1.0 percent anticipated growth in 2016 alone, according to a recent report from market research firm IBISWorld.

The Security Canada Conference and Expositions, presented by CANASA, are planned throughout the country for 2016.