Tag: Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP)
Tampa Police Department implements ASAP Service to handle alarm notifications
April 14, 2025SSN Staff
TAMPA, Fla.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Tampa (Florida) Police Department (TPD) recently implemented its ASAP Service to lessen the impact of alarm/sensor-generated calls that its 911 communications center receives.
The solution leverages the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP), which was developed jointly by TMA and the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO).
Each year, the center handles about 300,000 calls for emergency service and...
Adams County, Colo., enhances public safety with ASAP implementation
March 18, 2025SSN Staff
COMMERCE CITY, Colo.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Adams County Communications Center Authority (ADCOM911) has completed implementation of the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) Service.
ADCOM911 went live with the service on March 4, becoming the 149th emergency communications center (ECC) in the U.S. and fourth in Colorado to adopt the ASAP program
The ECC dispatches emergency services for multiple law-enforcement agencies, including the Adams County...
Orange County, N.C., ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
August 2, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that the Orange County Emergency Services, Public Safety Communications Division became the 146th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States and the 14th in the state of North Carolina to implement the 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...
Buncombe County ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
July 11, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) announced that the Buncombe County Public Safety Communications Center (BCPSC) became the 145th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the United States and the 13th ECC in the state of North Carolina to implement the 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...
Florida ECC goes live with TMA’s Automated Secure Alarm Protocol
May 21, 2024SSN Staff
MCLEAN, Va.—The Monitoring Association (TMA) has announced that the Palm Beach County Fla. Sheriff's Office became the 144th Emergency Communications Center (ECC) in the U.S. and the 11th in the state of Florida 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 ECCs.
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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...
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. ...
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.
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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...
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...