The Electronic Security Association Announces Kevin Stone as the Chairman Elect for 2023-2024

The Electronic Security Association Announces Kevin Stone as the Chairman Elect for 2023-2024

The Electronic Security Association - ESA is pleased to announce Kevin Stone, COO and Executive Vice President of Doyle Security Systems in Rochester, New York, as the Association’s Chairman Elect for 2023-2024. As the association’s current Chairman, John Loud, finishes...
ESA Certifications – A Roadmap to Professional Growth 

ESA Certifications – A Roadmap to Professional Growth 

I recently heard from an ESA Member that they came very close to losing their most cherished technician. The tech was being wooed away by a competitor who was offering more money. The member company was able to salvage the...
Save 15% on Fire Alarm Installation Methods through August

Save 15% on Fire Alarm Installation Methods through August

ESA’s National Training School’s Fire Alarm Installation Methods course provides broad training for attendees to learn proper installation and service requirements for commercial fire alarm systems based on NFPA and ICC codes. NFPA now requires that fire inspection and testing...
ESA Members Make It To SDM’s 2023 Top 100 List

ESA Members Make It To SDM’s 2023 Top 100 List

The 2023 SDM 100 ranks U.S. companies that provide electronic security systems and services to both residential and non-residential customers. This ranking is based on information provided to or, in few cases, estimated by SDM. Ranked companies were asked to...
Your Partner in Building Technologies – LONG Inc.

Your Partner in Building Technologies – LONG Inc.

“I decided to strike out on my own. I had zero money…I had no assets, only an idea and courage.”  In the fall of 1965, Wills Long made the bold move to leave the comfort of a sales engineer position...
A Look at Industry Veteran & Sara E Jackson Recipient Kirk MacDowell And His Years of Service

A Look at Industry Veteran & Sara E Jackson Recipient Kirk MacDowell And His Years of Service

Named after Electronic Security Association’s (ESA’s) former president, the Sara E. Jackson Award recognizes and honors an ESA member's work on an association committee, task force or board. ESA Chairman John Loud presented Kirk MacDowell with the award during the...
Home Automation Unifies Security, Lighting and Network Control, Making Life Easier for a Busy, Young Australian Family

Home Automation Unifies Security, Lighting and Network Control, Making Life Easier for a Busy, Young Australian Family

This three-story new construction home features a Control4 system as well as custom Triad speakers, delivering crystal clear sound and control throughout the residence. When Australian integrator Life Style Store was referred to an extensive whole-home project located in Gladesville,...
Weinstock Award Winners Continue to Blaze a Trail

Weinstock Award Winners Continue to Blaze a Trail

Weinstock Leaders throughout history have come from all different walks of life and devoted themselves to all different causes. But they all share one common quality – they blaze a trail for others to follow in. Within the security industry,...
ESA Announces its 2023 Youth Scholarship Award Winners

ESA Announces its 2023 Youth Scholarship Award Winners

Our police, firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs put their lives on the line to keep us safe. The security industry works closely with these forces, providing support and technology to help them do their job more efficiently.   But ESA wants to...
Foundation for Advancing Security Talent Welcomes Aiden O’Brien as FAST Executive Director

Foundation for Advancing Security Talent Welcomes Aiden O’Brien as FAST Executive Director

Aiden O’Brien will lead FAST in its efforts to connect passionate, innovative professionals with new opportunities in the electronic security and life safety industry. The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) has named Aiden O’Brien to serve as FAST’s first...