ESA Members Compete Head-to-Head in Fantasy Football 

ESA Members Compete Head-to-Head in Fantasy Football 

NFL Football is finally back — kicking off tonight with the Buffalo Bills vs LA Rams. ESA is again hosting its Fantasy Football Leagues, where security pros from across the nation compete head-to-head. Security pros from coast to coast are...
Kevin Stone Leads ESA’s Finance Committee

Kevin Stone Leads ESA’s Finance Committee

Kevin Stone, CEO of Doyle Security Systems in Rochester, NY, who has recently been appointed as Treasurer on the Electronic Security Association’s Board of Directors, additionally becomes the Chair of ESA’s Finance Committee.   The Electronic Security Association’s Finance Committee meets...
ESA Fire Certification Offers Smoother Alternative to NICET

ESA Fire Certification Offers Smoother Alternative to NICET

For businesses that design and install fire alarms, making sure that technicians are trained and credentialed entails a significant allocation of resources. Typically, states that require certification approve NICET certifications for fire alarms. The process to obtain NICET certification can...
ESA Establishes Resolution to Support Alarm Dispatch Reduction by Adopting Technology

ESA Establishes Resolution to Support Alarm Dispatch Reduction by Adopting Technology

The Electronic Security Association’s Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution on August 24, 2022, to support efforts to reduce false alarms through more efficient and effective notification methods. One of the greatest threats to the electronic security and life...
Familiar Faces Return To ESA’s Board In New Capacities

Familiar Faces Return To ESA’s Board In New Capacities

Steve Firestone and Jamie Vos Continue to Serve Association The Electronic Security Association recently installed Jamie Vos, President of Security Solutions Northwest and Steve Firestone, CEO Firestone Strategies Group on its new Board of Directors.  The purpose of a director...
Meet ESA’s 2022 Youth Scholarship Winners

Meet ESA’s 2022 Youth Scholarship Winners

The electronic security industry works closely with the public safety sector, and we greatly appreciate the contributions that police, firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs offer to our communities.  To show our appreciation, the ESA Youth Scholarship program was developed to provide...
What Makes A Great Monitoring Center?

What Makes A Great Monitoring Center?

Customers rely on monitoring centers for daily operations and peace of mind. When looking for a monitoring partner, one of the most prominent and crucial factors to evaluate is if they heavily invest in their facilities' continued advancement and modernization....
Ken Kocher of Force Security Solutions Appointed To Join FAST Board Of Directors

Ken Kocher of Force Security Solutions Appointed To Join FAST Board Of Directors

Ken Kocher of Force Security Solutions has been selected by The Foundation for Advancing Security Talent (FAST) to join the nine-member board of directors drawn from the membership of the Electronic Security Association (ESA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA)...
Uncompromising Storage with a WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive

Uncompromising Storage with a WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive

WD Purple drives are engineered specifically for surveillance to help withstand the elevated heat fluctuations and equipment vibrations within NVR environments. An average desktop drive is built to run for only short intervals, not the harsh 24/7 always-on environment of a...
Together, We Can!

Together, We Can!

By John Loud, ESA Chairman I am honored to have been elected to serve as the 2022-2024 Chairman of the Board for the Electronic Security Association. ESA has and always will be a place for the security professionals and vendors...