Press Release

IQ Program Gains Acceptance

FOR RELEASE February, 1998

Contact: Jennifer Burnstein, IQ Program Coordinator

On February 6, 1998, the number of companies designated as Installation Quality (IQ) Certified by the IQ Certification Board reached 21.

The voluntary IQ Certification program gives alarm companies that meet the IQ Certification requirements a way to show their customers and prospects that they are proactively addressing quality and false alarm reduction issues. The latest companies that have earned the IQ Certification mark are C.O.P.S. Monitoring, Cen-Signal, Zeplin Security Group, Franklin Alarm, and Wiregrass Security. Each of these companies have met the rigorous standards for ethics, employee training, customer service, system design, equipment, installation and monitoring set by the independent IQ Certification Board. According to IQ Certification Board Chairman David Mandel, "The IQ Board is pleased with the acceptance that the IQ program is gaining in both the installation and monitoring community. We are also looking forward to certifying many, many more companies in the coming weeks."

Among the IQ Certified companies offering installation services are: Action Alarm of Baltimore, MD; Amherst Alarm of Amherst, NY; Cain Security of Alexandria, VA; Control Security of Hunt Valley, MD; Franklin Alarm of Franklinville, NJ; General Alarm of Indianapolis, IN; Security Consultants of Memphis, TN; Sterling Security Systems of Waterbury, CT; Tenn Security of Rockville, MD; TotalWatch of Louisville, KY; Wiregrass Security of Dotham, AL; Zepplin Security Group of Camp Hill, PA.

IQ Certified companies offering contract monitoring services as of February 6 include: Amherst Alarm of Amherst, NY; Cen-Signal of Columbus, GA; Control Security of Hunt Valley, MD; C.O.P.S. Monitoring of Williamstown, NJ; DynaWatch of Hagerstown, MD; Emergency24 of Chicago, IL; Monital Signal Corporation of Manasquan, NJ; Monitor Controls of Wallingford, CT; Security Central of Statesville, NC; Security Consultants of Memphis, TN; TotalWatch of Louisville, KY; and World Security Services of Portland, OR.

According to Mandel, the IQ Board meets approximately twice a month and certifies new companies at each meeting.

Questions about or requests for applications for IQ Certification should be directed to: IQ Certification Board, 8300 Colesville Rd, Suite 750, Silver Spring, MD 20910, fax: (301) 585-1866, e-mail info@iqcertification.org.