Vol. 13, No. 13 - August 29, 2007
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This issue of the CSAA Signals is brought to you by our sponsor:


Please visit www.security.honeywell.com/about_us/features/84411.html for more information.

Please thank the sponsors of the 2007 CSAA Annual Meeting:
ADI (Opening Reception Wine & Beverage and Music); Alert Alarm of Hawaii (CSAA Board of Directors Dinner); Altronix Corp. (President's Dinner & Dance Reception); Bold Technologies (partial sponsorship of the President’s Dinner/Dance dinner); Bosch Security Systems, Inc. (Tuesday Continental Breakfast/AM Break); DGA Security Systems, Inc. (T-shirts); Digital Monitoring Products (DMP) (Room Key-cards); DSC/Sur-Gard (President's Dinner & Dance Band); Fire-Lite Alarms (Monday Spouse Hospitality);GE Security (Wednesday Continental Breakfast); Honeywell Security (Golf Tournament); HID Corporation (Opening Reception Hors d'oeuvres); MicroKey Software (President's Dinner Dance Centerpieces); NAPCO Security Systems (Band for the Theme Dinner); Security Industry Association (SIA) (Dinner for the Theme Event); SPECO Technologies (Monday Continental Breakfast); System Sensor (Tennis Tournament); and Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (PSLC Committee & AHJs Dinner)
Please thank the host of the 2007 CSAA Operations Management Seminar, Interface Security Systems,
and its sponsors: Bold Technologies (Monday and Tuesday Continental Breakfasts); CenterPoint Technologies (Tuesday Coffee Break); DICE Corporation (Monday Coffee Break); GE Security (Monday and Tuesday luncheons); and MicroKey Software, Inc. (Student Manuals)

Table of Contents

CSAA Representation Urgently Needed at NFPA

While NFPA will always accept membership applications for its various committees, there is a two-week window from now until very early September in which we can apply for membership as CSAA principal and/or CSAA alternate for the upcoming, 2010 cycle for some important NFPA 72 committees.

History has shown the importance of direct participation on these committees and their affect on the Central Station industry. This opportunity should not be missed.

The important NFPA 72 committees and what CSAA is looking for:

  • Fundamentals: Alternate to Bob Bonifas
  • Protected Premises: Principal and Alternate
  • Supervising Station: Alternate to Bob Bitton
  • Household Alternate to Rick Simpson
  • Mass Notification Principal and Alternate

Additionally, there is a possibility of seats as principal and alternate on NFPA 720. The NFPA 720 CO Installation Committee has no central station members.

To apply to NFPA Technical Committee Membership, visit www.nfpa.org/assets/files/PDF/TCApp.pdf.

If you apply to the committee, please fax CSAA a copy of your application to 703-242-4675, so CSAA can add its endorsement of your application.

If you have any questions, please contact Lou Fiore at ltfiore@aol.com.

IACP Foundation Dinner

The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) will hold its IACP Foundation Dinner on October 14, 2007 at 6:30pm at the Doubletree Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana. The guest speaker will be Presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani.

If you are planning to attend the dinner, please let CSAA Executive Vice President Steve Doyle know at director@csaaul.org or 703-242-4670, Ext. 13 since CSAA is trying to host a table. In addition, please let Steve know if you are interested in being a sponsor or sponsoring a table.

The proceeds of this event will benefit the IACP Foundation. The Foundation was established in 1990 with as its primary goals the advancement of professional policing and survivor support.

Fontana, California Goes to Verified Response

Effective October 1, 2007, the Fontana (California) Police Department will implement a "Verified Response" policy on all burglar alarm calls. Verified Response will not apply to manually activated panic, duress, robbery alarms or medical alarms. These will continue to be treated as high-priority calls.

Errata

Digital Monitoring Product's (DMP) sponsorship of the 2007 Annual Meeting room keycards was left out inadvertently of the meetings sponsorship list in previous e-newsletters. Sorry for any inconvenience.