Children of First Responders Receive 2020 ESA Youth Scholarship Awards

Children of First Responders Receive 2020 ESA Youth Scholarship Awards

Winners of the 2020 ESA Youth Scholarship Program have been announced. These high school seniors are children of first responders who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence and are inspired by the work their parent(s) do in our communities.   In 2020, the program awarded more than $33,000 in scholarship awards across the...
ClareOne Panel: Redefining Smart Security

ClareOne Panel: Redefining Smart Security

Forever changing the way home technology professionals install and manage security and smart home systems, Clare Controls recently announced the availability of its groundbreaking ClareOne Wireless Security and Smart Home Panel. Together, SnapAV and Clare developed ClareOne to unify smart...
Meet Incoming President Jamie Vos

Meet Incoming President Jamie Vos

Jamie Vos entered the security business in 1994 with locksmithing, when he started working for his father’s company, Bellingham Lock and Safe. Vos worked in various roles until a need became evident and he stepped up as general manager of the electronic security division.  And...
ESA Leadership Summit Going Virtual in 2020 with Stay Connected

ESA Leadership Summit Going Virtual in 2020 with Stay Connected

The ESA Leadership Summit — the strategically efficient annual event for company leaders in the electronic security and life safety industry — has announced it will take the summit experience virtual in 2020 as ESA Leadership Summit Stay Connected. This...
Legislative Report June 2020

Legislative Report June 2020

Federal Legislative Report Summary Congress continues to explore and wrangle with the economic impact of COVID-19. In June the only substantive bill to pass was H.R. 7010 – the “Paycheck Protection Flexibility Act of 2020.” This bill provides several needed...
District Week 2020 – A New Approach to Government Engagement

District Week 2020 – A New Approach to Government Engagement

Most ‘fly-in’ events, if not all, have gone to virtual formats this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but ESA took the first step toward this format back in 2018 when we decided to schedule visits between our members and...
Companies Donate to Workforce Development Industry Initiatives

Companies Donate to Workforce Development Industry Initiatives

With the recent necessary cancellation of the annual AIREF Golf Classic Tournament in Las Vegas this year, the organization’s sole fundraising event, some companies are stepping up to support the vital mission of driving new talent to the electronic security and life safety industry. ...
Jason Lutz, Resideo, Secures Another Term as Associate Member Representative on the ESA Board of Directors

Jason Lutz, Resideo, Secures Another Term as Associate Member Representative on the ESA Board of Directors

After the 2020 election ballots were tallied yesterday, Jason Lutz of Resideo has secured another term on the ESA Board of Directors as the Associate Member Representative. Lutz ran alongside several hopeful volunteers, seeking to represent vendors, manufacturers and service...
8 Questions to Consider When Selecting an End-to-End Surveillance Solutions Provider

8 Questions to Consider When Selecting an End-to-End Surveillance Solutions Provider

While you might have customers that require enterprise-level security systems with best-of-breed components and open platforms, there are many businesses and organizations that can benefit from a simple, all-in-one solution. In many cases, video surveillance systems don’t need to be...
ESA Members Dominate the SDM 100

ESA Members Dominate the SDM 100

ESA’s member base consists of companies at every step of their growth, and this year the big ones made a strong showing on the most recent annual SDM 100 Report, which outlined performance in 2019 and ranked companies by RMR....