Tag: Seacoast Security
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety acquires Seacoast Security
December 19, 2024SSN Staff
ATLANTA—Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has announced the acquisition of Seacoast Security, a Northeast provider of security systems, fire alarms and video surveillance with eight locations in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
These locations will be Pye-Barker's first in these three states, marking important milestones for the company. By partnering with values-aligned organizations like Seacoast, Pye-Barker is in nearly every continental state.
Since 1976, under the...
Seacoast Security acquires in Maine
June 29, 2016Spencer Ives
WEST ROCKPORT, Maine—Seacoast Security, a full-service company based here, acquired about 3,000 accounts, $80,000 in RMR, from Main Security Surveillance—sister company to Unlimited Technology.“We are in acquisition mode right now,” Scott Haynes, Seacoast president, told Security Systems News. He said this was a great deal for the company, bringing Seacoast's account total to about 15,000. Terms of the deal were not released.Acquisitions are standard procedure for Seacoast;...
Northeast's snow and central stations
March 11, 2015Spencer Ives
YARMOUTH, Maine—Amidst record-breaking amounts of snow, totaling more than 100 inches in some cities this winter, central stations in the Northeast still needed to operate fully staffed.For American Alarm and Communications, based just outside Boston, which got walloped with 104 inches of snow by early March, that meant inflatable beds, hotel rooms and shovels. Amherst Alarm is based outside of Buffalo, N.Y., which experienced especially heavy snow in some parts and more normal accumulation...
Mice and men: False alarms and blame in rural Maine
April 3, 2012Rich Miller
PARIS, Maine—A sheriff's office frustrated by the cost of responding to false alarms is taking a tougher line with alarm companies. But the companies say they are being unfairly singled out for a problem that is typically the fault of residents—human or otherwise—at rural Maine addresses.The policy, including a $150 charge for the alarm company after the third false alarm at a residence or business, was detailed in a letter sent last fall by Chief Deputy Dane Tripp to the 12 alarm...