Sound Familiar?
The company that installed your fire alarm was a local outfit you could call by name. Then it was bought. The invoices changed, the account number changed, and the person who knew your building is gone. Now a service call means a 1-800 number, a ticket, and a technician who has never seen your panel. And at renewal the rate went up.
That is the most common story we hear from New Jersey facility managers and property managers, and it is the reason this page exists. You can move your monitoring to a local company, usually without touching the panel on your wall.
How a Monitoring Takeover Works
- Call us or send a photo of your panel. We identify the make and model and tell you whether it can be taken over as is. Most commercial panels can.
- We check your contract. Term, renewal date, and cancellation notice window. If you are mid-contract, we will tell you what it costs to leave now versus waiting.
- We handle the transfer. We coordinate with your current company and the central station. You don't have to chase paperwork.
- We swap the communicator. The communicator is the part that sends signals to the central station. We install a cellular communicator, so your monitoring no longer depends on a phone line that carriers are retiring.
- We test every signal end to end. Alarm, supervisory, and trouble signals, confirmed with the central station operator on the line.
- Only then do you cancel the old service. Your building is never unmonitored during the switch.
What It Costs
Commercial fire alarm monitoring with cellular communication starts at $95/month. The final price depends on your panel size and whether annual inspection is bundled in. We quote the job, not a portfolio rate, and we'll show you exactly how it compares to what you pay now.
Why Local Matters for Fire Alarm Monitoring
Fire alarm monitoring isn't a set-and-forget subscription. Your system has to pass annual inspections, your fire official expects signals to reach a monitoring station, and when a trouble signal comes in at 6pm on a Friday you need someone who knows the building. We are a third generation, family-owned company based in Edison, and the owners still personally service accounts. Our customers aren't account numbers.
Related reading: how to switch alarm companies without losing monitoring, what the copper phone line shutdown means for your alarm, and how often commercial fire alarms need inspection.
Ready to Switch?
We're Certified Protection, family-owned and based here in New Jersey. If your alarm company was sold twice and forgot your name, call us at 732-346-5333 or use the form below.