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Please submit sites, with brief descriptions (please no key words, excessive capitalization, or superfluous language), to the appropriate subcategory.

This category contains sites that offer fire and security services, products, or other professional, scientific, or technical services to persons, government, and private industry.

Associations

This category is for professional fire and security associations that have active members. This can include organizations representing a range of products, services, or a commercial business sector.
Most fire and security associations promote professionalism, and provide education and training opportunities for its members. Many provide certifications, code of ethics, standards of conduct, best practices, legislative oversight, develop professional standards, allow for networking, and information exchange.
Fire and security associations can require minimum qualifications for membership, professional licensing, or prior employment within a private sector.

Central Station Monitoring

Companies that provide monitoring of security and/or fire alarms as their primary business can/may be listed here.

Installation and service companies should submit their sites to the appropriate location in Alarm Installation and Service or Fire Alarm Installation and Service

Companies that provide monitoring of security and/or fire alarms as their primary business.

Consulting

Fire and security consultants generally give advise to business entities and sometimes individuals regarding security, fire, crime prevention, and loss prevention.
True security consultants are independent and non-product affiliated. Consultants provide expertise in environmental design, fire and security system design and specification, access control, physical security, protection of assets, theft prevention, crime prevention, loss prevention, executive protection, information security, special event security, emergency and disaster planning, and security training.
Some consultants in this field perform fire and security surveys and risk analysis and make recommendations on how to reduce the threat. Some consultants make crime foreseeability assessments and adequacy of security evaluations. Some security consultants testify as an expert witness in litigation.

This category organizes sites for businesses that provide emergency planning, disaster preparedness, and related services to other businesses and corporations (B2B), communities, and government agencies (B2G).

The following categories list other types of sites on this topic. Please submit to the category that matches the content of your site. Failure to do so will significantly delay review of your submission.

Home/Emergency_Preparation/ - consumer-oriented resource sites about emergencies and disaster preparedness.
Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/ - EMS, Rescue, and Ambulance Services, and other immediate response services, organizations and companies.
Science/Earth_Sciences/Natural_Disasters_and_Hazards/ - Reference and information sites about natural disasters and hazards.

This category organizes sites for businesses that provide emergency planning, disaster preparedness, and related services to other businesses and corporations (B2B), communities, and government agencies (B2G).

The following categories list other types of sites on this topic.

Home/Emergency_Preparation/ - consumer-oriented resource sites about emergencies and disaster preparedness.

Health/Public_Health_and_Safety/Emergency_Services/ - EMS, Rescue, and Ambulance Services, and other immediate response services, organizations and companies.

Science/Earth_Sciences/Natural_Disasters_and_Hazards/ - Reference and information sites about natural disasters and hazards.

Fire

Manufacturers or wholesale distributors who provide fire alarm or fire fighting equipment can/may be listed here.

Sites generally not listed in this category:

Online shopping: Sites that exist primarily to sell goods and services directly to the consumer should be listed in the Shopping category. See the Shopping category description for more detail.
Sites that focus on providing information to consumers are listed under Home: Consumer Information. See the Consumer Information FAQ for more information.
If the website serves only a limited geographic area, submit it to the proper locality listing within Regional. Duplicate listings, other than in Regional and one other branch, will not usually be considered.

Please take the time to find the most appropriate category for your submission, click on the link leading to that area, and then submit your site. This will allow your submission to be reviewed much sooner.

Please do NOT submit affiliate sites, mirror sites, non-English sites or sections of a larger site (deeplinks). Non-English sites should be sent to the correct category in World/.

Companies that primarily manufacture, distribute or install fire alarm systems or fire fighting equipment.

News and Media

Please check the appropriateness of your submission to ensure it is entered onto the directory as quickly as possible. Incorrect category submissions may mean a considerable delay or possible deletion of submission.

Security and fire software, services, equipment suppliers and manufacturers have their own sub category.

Websites dealing specifically with books of varying categories should submit their site to a main category (Books) and not submit individual books covered by this category.

This category is for business fire and security related books, newsletters, magazines, and other publications. Online and printed versions.

Security

Manufacturers or wholesale distributors who provide access control equipment to alarm installing companies can/may be listed here.

Sites generally not listed in this category:

Online shopping: Sites that exist primarily to sell goods and services directly to the consumer should be listed in the Shopping category. See the Shopping category description for more detail.
Sites that focus on providing information to consumers are listed under Home: Consumer Information. See the Consumer Information FAQ for more information.
If the website serves only a limited geographic area, submit it to the proper locality listing within Regional. Duplicate listings, other than in Regional and one other branch, will not usually be considered.

The Security Industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in the protection of people, property, and information. Nearly every Legal or Law Enforcement entity is mirrored in the security industry, in many cases government agencies utilize civilian security professionals in a consulting or contract capacity.

This category contains sites that offer security services, products, or other professional, scientific, or technical services to persons, government, and private industry.

Please submit sites, with brief descriptions (please no key words, excessive capitalization, or superfluous language), to the appropriate subcategory.