The City of Westerville OH Communications Division is the 70th ECC in the United States to implement the Automated Secure Alarm Protocol (ASAP) and the 5th ECC in the state of Ohio to implement ASAP. Westerville went live with Vector Security, Rapid Response, Affiliated Monitoring, Amherst Alarm, AT&T Digital Life, Guardian Protection, Brinks Home Security, National Monitoring Center, Protection One, Security Central, Tyco (Johnson Controls), and Vivint on Wednesday, June 3. ADT is expected to go-live with Westerville in the upcoming weeks.

“The implementation of the ASAP to PSAP protocol within the City of Westerville ECC provides the Communications employees with another avenue to more efficiently and expediently dispatch Fire and Police responders to alarm calls involving both businesses and residences within Westerville”, said Holly Wayt, Westerville Communications Division’s Communications Manager. “We are truly excited about bringing this advancement in service to our community; increasing our ability to assist in saving lives and protecting property by decreasing the amount of time it takes to respond to and subsequently dispatch in progress alarm calls.”