Civil Immunity: Key Legislation for Getting the Economic Wheels Back on Track

Civil Immunity: Key Legislation for Getting the Economic Wheels Back on Track

When the emergency executive orders (EO) from mayors, county executives and governors began last March, many businesses closed their doors or migrated to remote workplaces. This changed the economic paradigm for electronic security and life safety businesses in a monumental way. Technicians had difficulty performing...
ESA Members Vote to Restructure and Empower Board of Directors

ESA Members Vote to Restructure and Empower Board of Directors

In 2019, the Electronic Security Association Board of Directors made the decision to sunset its Chartered Chapter program. This put in motion a need to update and restructure the Board of Directors that reflects not only best practices for nonprofit...
Women’s History Month: ESA Recognizes Intelligence, Strength and Tenacity in This Electronic Security Professional

Women’s History Month: ESA Recognizes Intelligence, Strength and Tenacity in This Electronic Security Professional

Can you name this successful woman in the electronic security and life safety industry? She …. … worked as a waitress and bartender in Vermont. … raised three daughters and two sons, and created two prosperous businesses. … began her...
ESX 2021 Virtual Experience to Deliver Real Education, Innovation and Connections

ESX 2021 Virtual Experience to Deliver Real Education, Innovation and Connections

Join your community of security professionals at the ESX 2021 Virtual Experience, the only national event dedicated to networking and educational opportunities for the professionally installed and monitored electronic security and life safety industry. Hosted by the Electronic Security Association (ESA), the 14th Annual ESX exhibition will take place June...
ESA Celebrates Women’s History Month: Patricia M. Smith — A Heart of Servitude with the Goal of Unity

ESA Celebrates Women’s History Month: Patricia M. Smith — A Heart of Servitude with the Goal of Unity

Memories are powerful in that they evoke emotions in the present that were formerly felt and allow for time travel back into the past to experience events that once took place. On behalf of all of us here at ESA...
Important Update: ESX 2021 is Going Virtual

Important Update: ESX 2021 is Going Virtual

Out of an abundance of concern for the well-being of our community, with many variables beyond our control, we believe moving forward with an in-person event in Louisville would not be in the best interest of the health and safety of the...
ESA Celebrates Women’s History Month: Sara E. Jackson — A Testament of Hard Work and Perseverance

ESA Celebrates Women’s History Month: Sara E. Jackson — A Testament of Hard Work and Perseverance

It began as a week, but a special week at that, the first of which took place 43 years ago in Santa Rosa, California. Planned by the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County Commission on the Status of Women...
ESA Members Among the 2021 Smart Home Division Mark of Excellence Award Winners and Finalists

ESA Members Among the 2021 Smart Home Division Mark of Excellence Award Winners and Finalists

Just as ESA is passionate about security as reflected in one of our most popular hashtags used on social media — #passionatesecurity — the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is comprised of a community of passionate individuals who believe technology is...
ESA Celebrates 73rd Birthday

ESA Celebrates 73rd Birthday

The year was 1948. The first Porsche was built — the 356 sports car — and NASCAR had its first modified stock car race at Daytona Beach. Technology advanced with the random access storage device, Velcro and the transistor radio....
Vermont Association’s Generosity Increases ESA Youth Scholarship

Vermont Association’s Generosity Increases ESA Youth Scholarship

The Vermont Alarm and Signal Association donated $5,000 to further demonstrate the industry’s appreciation for police, firefighters, paramedics and EMTs working for safety and security within our communities. This money will be used to increase the amount of the national...