Covid-19

In a conversation with Sergeant Dustin Morgan, Administrator of the alarm licensing division of the Arkansas State Police, we were informed that as of Monday, March 16, 2020, a two month extension would be granted on all licensing application deadlines.  This is in...

Group Health Association Plan

I am extremely excited to announce we are in the beginning stages of creating a Group Health Association Plan in conjunction with NESA (National Electronic Security Association). As you know if you have under 50 lives on your health insurance plan the rates are filed...

Bentonville Fire Department

The Bentonville City Council approved a city ordinance (linked below) that allows them to charge for permitting fire alarm systems.  We believe this to be in direct conflict with our licensing law which states: 17-40-106: Exclusive regulation — Authority of political...

Consumer Alert: Smoke Alarm Recall

Kidde has recalled almost 500,000 dual-sensor smoke detectors in the U.S. and Canada because a manufacturing malfunction can compromise the devices’ ability to detect smoke. Specifically, a yellow cap that was left on during manufacturing can cover one of the...

Notice from Honeywell

January, 2018 To Our Valued Customers and Friends: For over three quarters of a century, Honeywell has provided you with innovative, high quality and cost-effective security products and services. I would like to personally thank you, and everyone in your company, for...

3G CDMA Update

You may have read that Verizon will no longer support 3G CDMA devices beyond Dec. 31, 2019. They have an update that they want you to know about. Read it here.

Comcast Internet Outage

Yesterday, folks across the country reported that Comcast internet was down — an unusually large outage that lasted around 90 minutes. It turns out that the problem was caused by Level 3, an enterprise ISP that provides the backbone for other internet providers...

Hurricane Harvey

The FCC is posting their communication updates regarding Hurricane Harvey here. A less official, but sometimes easier to navigate source is DownDetector.