ARE YOU READY FOR AN ADVENTURE in leadership development, team building and mentorship? Enter ESA’s Rising Leaders Forum, October 2-4 in Myrtle Beach, SC. This interactive, nonconventional 2-day forum caters specifically to the rising leaders of our industry. We have...
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Newport News, VA is now the latest municipality to adopt the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol. The ASAP technology automates communication between monitoring centers and 911 centers to improve accuracy and speed of response. Newport News, VA is now the latest...
Irving, Texas (August 16, 2017) — The Electronic Security Association’s National Training School (ESA/NTS) is pleased to announce that the Cobb County, GA Fire Marshal has recently approved its Certified Fire Alarm Technician (CFAT) Level II Certification as an equivalent to NICET Certification. *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|*...
Irving, Texas (August 7, 2017) — The Electronic Security Association (ESA) and CEDIA have announced a strategic reciprocal training relationship that will expand the educational opportunities for members of both professional trade associations. The program will make available ESA’s electronic security and life safety and CEDIA’s...
Gone are the days of business agreements on a handshake. Love them or hate them, contracts are a vital part of the world today. Contract review is tedious in any business, but security companies like any business also live and...
Irving, Texas (August 1, 2017) — The Electronic Security Association (ESA) announced today the rebranding of its Young Security Professionals (YSP) Group to the Rising Leaders Group. ESA — the largest trade association in the United States representing the electronic security and life safety...
Jon Sargent’s robust and impressive 44-year career in the electronic security and life safety industry launched, surprisingly, by chance. A young Jon Sargent worked as a security guard for some pretty memorable rock concerts as a teenager — and like...
We all do it. There are some items on our to do list, that quite frankly, we don’t want to do. We push them off. We procrastinate — postponing to the point that we impede progress. I heard a great...
Spend a little time with ESA, it can have a MAJOR IMPACT. Membership is the BEST DECISION you can make for yourself and for your company — providing resources, advocacy, connections and education for professionals like you. Here are seven...
Many technicians and company owners in the electronic security industry tend to take job safety procedures, training, and documentation lightly. I never gave this concept much thought until I recently had a conversation with a long-time ESA member about his experience...