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City of Richmond, Virginia, Chooses Intergraph’s Interoperability Framework to Integrate Alarms with Computer-Aided Dispatch
April 4, 2012HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 27, 2012 — The City of Richmond, Virginia, has deployed Intergraph’s Interoperability Framework (IIF) for intelligent convergence…
Read full articleASAP to PSAP: What Will Your Agency’s Return on Investment Be?
March 29, 2012Savings experienced by those 9-1-1 PSAPs using the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) to facilitate the rapid and accurate delivery of alarm notifications from alarm monitoring companies varies widely. Before delving into the two case models discussed in this article, let’s take a moment to review the difference between hard and soft savings.
Read full articleASAP to PSAP: Alarm Monitoring Companies Lining Up
February 28, 2012A new Message Broker server managed by the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) will become operational soon. The Message Broker…
Read full articleASAP to PSAP: A Preview of Phase II
January 26, 2012Positive changes are coming soon on behalf of the ANSI-approved Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) program that will benefit the…
Read full articleASAP Makes a Difference in Houston Burglary
December 13, 2011On Tuesday 12/01/11 around 1:30 a.m., a Monitronics 3rd shift Emergency Dispatch Operator, Delia Rico, received a counter motion burglary…
Read full articleAutomated Secure Alarm Protocol Reduces 9-1-1 Processing & Responses Times
August 2, 2011Notable things are taking place this year surrounding the use of an ANSI-approved APCO International American National Standard (ANS) that streamlines the delivery of alarm notifications between alarm monitoring companies, also-known-as central stations, and 9-1-1 PSAPs. The official title of this standard, approved by ANSI on Jan. 15, 2009, is the Alarm Monitoring Company to Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Computer-aided Dispatch (CAD) External Alarm Interface Exchange — APCO/CSAA 2.101.1-2008, abbreviated the “External Alarm Interface Exchange.”
Read full articleHouston’s New Alarm Response Program Projects Annual Savings of $1 Million – $ 2 Million
July 6, 2011HOUSTON, TEXAS: The Houston Emergency Center (HEC) has implemented a revolutionary computer-aided dispatch system (CAD) communications system—the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP)—that will offer an innovative and cost-effective way to process information from alarm monitoring stations needing emergency dispatch.
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