On April 27, 1967, Dante Monteverde founded what is now EMERgency24 in Chicago.

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

Technology and business processes are changing and central stations are changing with them.

The small community of Sandy Springs, Ga, revoked law enforcement response to 39 alarm companies it claimed had outstanding bills.

The Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) is joining with the Georgia Electronic Life Safety & System Association (GELSSA) to fight an ordinance from Sandy Springs, Georgia, that would fine alarm companies instead of the end-user when systems generate a false alarm and could suspend law enforcement response to all customers of a dealer with a single unpaid fine.

National Monitoring Center (NMC) announced the integration of all Nest Cam security cameras into their monitoring capabilities.

Rapid Response Monitoring, an alarm and critical events monitoring provider, is expanding its Rapid West facility even further.

Dynamark Security Centers, a Five-Diamond central station, has purchased Ohio-based Buckeye Protective Services and added it to the Dynamark Security group of central stations.