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SIA New Member Profile: FDI

Security Industry Association

This milestone was crucial to the company’s success on the French market and, in particular, allowed it to join, in 1995, the very closed circle of five manufacturers authorized by the national French postal services to manufacture VIGIK access control systems to allow professionals to access the common areas of buildings.

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Some Cities Are Requiring Alarm Verification for Response – What It Means for the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

Verified Response Beginning in 2000 in Salt Lake City, Utah, similar verified response policies have been heavily promoted by some local law enforcement agencies. SIAC has helped local alarm associations address this type of issue for more than 20 years. Follow SIAC for announcements and updates on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. million lives, affecting 4.2 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”.

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SIA New Member Profile: The CMOOR Group

Security Industry Association

Connie Moorhead, CEO, The CMOOR Group Connie Moorhead : CMOOR Group began in 2000 when I had a revelation about the security industry and its dire need of training for its technicians, installers, project managers – all the technical field personnel. Unfortunately, that organization did not survive the technology bubble burst of 2000.

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SIA New Member Profile: Calibre Engineering

Security Industry Association

Emily Villines : Calibre was founded by Greg Murphy in 2000. The views and opinions expressed in guest posts and/or profiles are those of the authors or sources and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Security Industry Association. Tell us the story of your company.

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SIA New Member Profile: Enterprise Security, Inc.

Security Industry Association

Joseph Emens : Established in 2000, Enterprise Security, Inc., Photo badging adds an extra layer of security by visually identifying individuals, ensuring that only authorized visitors gain entry. Emens, chief operating officer at Enterprise Security, Inc., about the company, the security industry and working with SIA.