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Brinks Home reaches ‘standardized framework’

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Brinks Home reaches ‘standardized framework’

March 31, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor

DALLAS – Brinks Home announced that its monitoring centers have earned UL certification for Alarm Validation Scoring (AVS-01), giving them the ability to provide Emergency Communications Centers with clearer information.  Designed by The Monitoring Association, the AVS-01 is a framework for alarm validation scoring that provides ECCs with the information needed to accurately assess the severity of an alarm and pass that information to the appropriate authorities before they arrive on-site.   “The...

Alarm Validation Scoring (AVS-01), Brinks Home, Emergency Communications Center (ECC), monitoring, Rick Sheets


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Brinks Home achieves certification for AVS-01

March 25, 2025SSN Staff

DALLAS—Home security and alarm monitoring company Brinks Home has announced that its monitoring centers have earned UL certification for Alarm Validation Scoring (AVS-01). With only a handful of certified companies, it marks a significant advancement in alarm verification practices, and through Brinks Home’s achievement, the certification reinforces the company’s commitment to improving emergency response and reducing false alarms. The AVS-01 certification comes at a time...

AVS-01 Alarm Validation Scoring Standard, Brinks Home, Emergency Communications Center (ECC), Emergency Dispatch Operators (EDOs), Rick Sheets, The Monitoring Association (TMA)


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