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Schaumburg, IL Adopts CSAA False Alarm Online Training
On Tuesday, April 26, 2005, the Schaumburg, Illinois Village Board approved unanimously the CSAA False Alarm Online Training for use as the village's official remedial training course for false alarm offenders. The CSAA online class will replace a two-hour seminar that was previously in use by the village. Any alarm user with more than five false alarms will be required to take the CSAA online course. Municipalities in several other states are also considering adopting the program.
“The Village of Schaumburg has had an ordinance under which subscribers with an excessive number of false alarms must attend a class on false alarm prevention taught by our crime prevention officers,” said Officer John Nebl. “Once we found out about the CSAA program and reviewed it, we were impressed by its quality and decided that it was better than any program that we could offer in-house,” added Nebl.
According to CSAA's Executive Vice President Steve Doyle, "we have received calls from all over the country from all sorts of AHJs, from the state level to the local municipality, enquiring about adopting the CSAA False Alarm Online Training course. We are exceptionally pleased at the reception this program, so vital to our industry, is receiving.”
“Our thanks to Ed Bonifas of Alarm Detection Systems, Aurora, Ill., for his initiative with the Village of Schaumburg," added Doyle.
CSAA released the False Alarm Online course in February 2005. The course educates users about the dangers of false alarms and provides them with solutions to prevent them. The course is also of great value to anyone interested in the correct use of alarm systems.
To learn more about the course, visit www.csaaul.org and click on the "False Alarm Reduction" button.
ACCENT Listserver Participation Award Recipients
Irv Fisher receives his award from CSAA President Dick Sampson |
The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) and the Security Industry Association (SIA) are pleased to announce the recipients of the first ACCENT Participation Awards. These awards were conceived to recognize those participants of the Alarm Call Center Education, Networking and Training (ACCENT) listserver, who consistently offer their wise advice and support to those peers who participate in the listserver.
The recipients for 2005 are:
- Morgan Hertel, The Command Center, Inc., Corona, CA
- Jeff Martin, Paragon Monitoring Center, Albany, OR
- Irv Fisher, API Alarm Co., Concord, ON
Hertel received his award at the past ISC West and Fisher at the recent North American Security Symposium & Exposition (NASS EX) last week in Montreal, Canada (see photo). |
ACCENT is a listserver developed by the Security Industry Association (SIA) and the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) for the exclusive use of its members.
To sign up to join the listserver, please visit www.csaaul.org/ACCENTListserver.htm. |
Save These Dates!
- October 21-26, 2005: CSAA Annual Meeting, JW Marriot Ihilani Resort & Spa
at Ko Olina, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
- May 17-21, 2006: 2006 CSAA Electronic Security Forum & Expo (formerly the North American Security Symposium & Exposition (NASS EX)), Hyatt Regency Hotel, Savannah, Georgia
- November 3-8, 2006: CSAA Annual Meeting, Rome Cavalieri Hilton, Rome, Italy
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