Alarms & Monitoring

Knight Security Systems and Pye-Barker team members.
Pye-Barker Fire & Safety has acquired Pennsylvania-based Knight Security Systems, expanding its regional security services footprint while retaining the company’s local team and...
Jan. 29, 2026
Nominations are now open for the 2026 James M. Shannon Advocacy Medal recognizing advocacy that has advanced fire and life safety and reduced losses from fire and related hazards.
Jan. 22, 2026
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The next evolution of security operations is less about headcount — it’s about efficiency, powered by AI, automation, and intelligent orchestration that enable SOCs to operate at machine speed, processing machine-scale volumes of data without sacrificing human oversight.
Jan. 21, 2026
Evan Newman brings more than a decade of association membership and marketing experience to his new role at The Monitoring Association.
Jan. 20, 2026
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Jan. 20, 2026
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The Monitoring Association is developing a proposed standard focused on procedures for video-based alarm monitoring center operations.
Jan. 16, 2026
With a career spanning nearly every role in the life safety industry and a NICET Level IV certification, Ben Adams is a sought-after author and speaker. In 2020, he founded Field Sim to accelerate training for companies, shrinking time-to-value for new techs from months to just days. Most of his columns are excerpted from Fire Alarm 101 training content, which can be found at https://training.fieldsim.com.
Jan. 16, 2026
Omnilert released its 2025 gun violence statistics highlighting changes in national and school-related incidents.
Jan. 15, 2026
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The Louis T. Fiore Electronic Communications Scholarship was established in 2022 to support students pursuing careers in electronic communications.
Jan. 14, 2026

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