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 OHIO
Security Alarm Industry register of
companies and organizations:
Security Industry Register:
Ohio
Directory
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Listing of OHIO Security Alarm sources,
information, by geographic location, with organization type and other identifiers,
contact information - organizations listed:
Police dispatching on
security alarms...
Listing are Free.
Our goal:
To provide a
comprehensive and free "Security
Industry Register" of sources appropriate to the mission, one
that is clearly the most complete and reliable.
Directory
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Ohio security alarm dealers, security alarm
installers, security alarm inspection,
security
alarm maintenance services
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Ohio security alarm consultants, distributors, manufacturer's reps, security alarm
equipment, wholesale, products, security alarm
specifications, application assistance
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Ohio security associations, security alarm suppliers, security groups
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Ohio security alarm monitoring companies
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Ohio government agencies
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Security alarm industry
descriptive terms:
In preface,
we
use the term "security alarm" to include terms such as burglar
alarms, an old fashioned and limited term, and intrusion alarms or detection
alarms, a higher level term. And while "security system" may seem more apt, that
a security system may include more than a security alarm (various other security
aspects), an alarm for the purpose of providing actual alarm, detection of and
alerting people to a condition, and signaling to or alerting public safety
forces is at the very heart of a security system. "Alarms: Security" is the
choice for this heading.
 Other terms have have gained some popularity in the security alarm community,
such as the term "Electronic Life Safety Systems". There are several things that
favor this, as it is much more descriptive of the reality of what a sales and
installation company may actually provide to a customer, the form it takes and
the purpose or application - life safety, beyond an alarm, using electronics.
While those in the industry may like this term (not all do), as it tends to
elevate the status of a company to providing "life safety" instead of an "alarm
dealer" or an "alarm contractor", it is new, very limited in use, and foreign to
the thinking of the majority of businesses and consumers. When the population as
a whole tends to individually identify and say, "I need an electronic life
safety system" instead of "I need an alarm", then all the terminology will shift
and actually change. To accomplish this will take a huge amount of exposure and
public relations and educational effort. Again, "Alarms: Security" is the choice for
this heading.
- - Publisher
 Ohio security alarm industry,
notes, briefs:
In Ohio, a central fact is that there is little to no state regulation of the
security alarm industry or its practices, and currently there is no state
license for security alarm providers. No license, unlike fire alarms in Ohio
where there is a state license, an exam, where a company and individuals must be
licensed, means that anyone can enter the industry and practice as they please.
Ohio is one of but a handful of states without a state license, less than a
dozen, and many affects flow from non-licensure, positive or negative depending
upon your view of the functions of government - whether regulation is positive
and absolutely necessary or to be avoided like the plague. However, there are
many local or municipal ordinances regarding false alarms from security alarm
systems, and there may be local permits or ordinances that may place limits on
alarm companies. Regardless, security alarms and their provision and the
practices of companies are fairly wide open. Unlike the fire alarm industry, at
least at present, there is no promulgation of or accumulated experience that is
codified and followed by practitioners in the industry as standard practices,
except informally.
While the N.F.P.A. (National Fire Protection Assoc.) is attempting to formulate
standards for security systems, this may be admirable, but in this publisher's
opinion it is wholly inappropriate and beyond their scope - their expertise is
fire; not security. There is no single, objective, well-formulated, independent standard to point to as in some other fields.
Yet. ASIS International (formerly the American Society for Industrial Security -
expanded to international in scope) is working toward standards in a variety of
areas, and this may encompass alarms. However, nothing yet is in place in Ohio.
While a license is surely no cure-all for security alarm industry problems, as
it has not stopped many problems in other fields to be sure, one can point to
some benefits. There is legislation being introduced in the Ohio legislature. For more on
licensing or regulation or practice, contact security alarm associations or
established professionals in the industry (see directory listings for reference). Regardless of all of this and always
as a rule of thumb, use due diligence, investigating sources before entering
into any agreements. See disclaimers.
- - Publisher
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