Business Models
If you look at the business model of the local cable companies that have recently entered the electronic security market and compare them to Guard Tronic, it is easy to see where each spends their resources. Cable companies have only been providing security for a few...
Ring Recalls Doorbells
Amazon-subsidiary Ring is recalling hundreds of thousands of video doorbells after receiving reports of them catching fire. https://twitter.com/geekwire/status/1326808950956720128 The potential fire hazard impacts around 350,000 2nd generation Ring doorbells sold in...
Veteran’s Day 2020
"We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which...
Who We Are
Fort Smith, AR Springdale, AR Muskogee, OK Bryant, AR (central AR) Forrest City, AR Del City, OK We cover all of Arkansas, all of Oklahoma, southeast Kansas, and southwest Missouri. We specialize in burglary, fire alarm, surveillance, access control systems, and home...
Bundled Package Not a Great Deal
You got a security system through your cable provider because the monthly fee was cheaper with their bundled package of internet, television, and security. But two years later, you are paying several hundred dollars per month and don’t trust the service provider to...
DMP Training
The Muskogee office of Guard Tronic was proud to host Luke Harris, Central States Trainer for Digital Monitoring Products, today. Luke covered how DMP could upload / download Honeywell control panels using the DMP DualCom communicator. Customers are also able to use...
Google Nest Security – No Longer Available
Source: National Electronic Security Alliance Google has discontinued its Google Nest Secure alarm system, the company first confirmed to Android Police. And sure enough, if you visit the Nest Secure’s page on the Google Store right now, there’s a big button right at...
Halloween 2020
With Halloween less than two weeks away, many of us are planning ways to safely give candy to Trick-or-Treaters. A Z-Wave switch or bulb for your front porch light and a doorbell camera can help you make sure everyone visiting your home stays safe. Turn the light...
3G Sunset
Before cancelling your alarm system service, please take note of the generation of cellular service your system is using to communicate to the monitoring station. Cellular companies aren’t allowing activation of any 3G (for third generation) communicators because of...
Help Wanted
We are hiring technicians at three of our offices: Fort Smith, AR Muskogee, OK Del City, OK These are safety sensitive positions and require a background check (felonies and Class A misdemeanors are disqualifying factors) and pre-employment and random drug testing. ...
Did Fall Bring False Alarms?
As temperatures plunge, critters and varmints are looking for places to keep warm….and motion detectors make the perfect condominium. Please take a few minutes while cleaning your home or business to brush/vacuum over your motion detectors. If you think there may...
Add Us as a Contact
We would ask everyone, especially our customers, to add our central station phone number to their list of contacts. All calls and texts about your alarm system will come from: (800) 687-0668 Calls from customer service representatives, sales representatives,and...
UL 827 Audit – 2020
Guard Tronic Central Station employees Denise Black and Jordon Brown hosted a virtual audit today from Underwriters Laboratory. Nick Mirus performed the audit to ensure compliance to UL 827. Guard Tronic has been UL Listed since the mid-1970s. Our file numbers are:...
Fire Alarm System in Trouble
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) defines a trouble condition as “an abnormal condition in a system due to a fault.” Fire alarm systems should not be allowed to remain in a trouble condition. The building owner is putting the lives of everyone in their...
Labor Day 2020
If 2020 has taught us anything, it is how much we rely on each other. It is critical that each of us go to work every day, so that we can serve our neighbors and be served by them. When that can’t happen, ALL of us suffer. If you have been unable to work, we pray...
Key or Credential?
An access control system is less expensive than traditional lock and key knobs. It also makes life easier for a business owner / manager. No more re-keying locks after an employee leaves without returning their key. No more wondering who your employees have given...
Multiple Sites – One App
Does your business have multiple locations? Do you have more than once residence, such as a VRBO or AirBNB? Do you have a close older family member and would like to be able to control their system as well as your own? With our Virtual Keypad app, you can control...
Back to School 2020
Stay connected with your older children after school by turning on notifications in the #VirtualKeypadApp. Did you know you can receive notification alerts to your phone when someone has entered/left your geo-fence? Plus, get notified of any door/window activity,...
Highest Quality of Service
The market for a UL certificated system is pretty small. Banks, jewelry stores, and customer that have experienced significant losses are the primary places you will find a system required to be audited by UL on an annual basis. However, the expertise required to...
Photography
Anyone with a Polaroid or smart phone can take a picture. You hire a professional photographer to bring out the very best of the images. In the same way, anyone can install their own security cameras. You hire a professional security company to get the very best...
Texting
Most alarm systems users would prefer receiving a text message over a phone call. Statistics from 2019 say that Americans send and receive five times as many texts as they make phone calls and spend more time on text messages than on the phone. As many as 70% of...