Road Trip
With many of us planning one last road trip before school starts, there is still time to add an extra layer of security to your home with automatic lights. It’s great because all interior and exterior lighting can be set up on a schedule (using a Z-Wave device) and...
Reviews
"I have been a customer for over 40 years.  That should tell my satisfaction." Richard H. Muskogee area Guard Tronic has received poor on-line reviews from ex-employees fired for sleeping on the job, ex-spouses of employees trying to get them fired, people with whom...
Oklahoma City
Guard Tronic has been providing service to central Oklahoma since the early 1970s.  Some of our existing customers would move west and want to keep their service with us, or a chain of retail stores would ask us to travel to take care of their stores.  We truly...
Too Good To Be True
The alarm industry has a self-professed attorney for our industry, Ken Kirschenbaum.  One of the many services he provides our industry is a daily email regarding legal issues in our industry. His email on Saturday, July 4, 2020 contained an article regarding the...
Independence Day 2020
Happy 244th birthday to the United States of America! As we celebrate the Fourth of July, please be safe with fireworks.  Here are some simple safety tips: Spectators should stay at least 25 feet away for ground-based fireworks and at least 75 yards away for aerial...
Hiring in Del City
We are looking for a licensed burglary, commercial fire, access control and surveillance technician. Ideal candidates would have experience in Honeywell / Residio and DMP products. Technician would be responsible for leading installation crews and performing service...
Forrest City
Mark Birchler started Landmark Alarms after he retired as the police chief of Forrest City, AR.  He grew his company, which consisted primarily of residential and small commercial accounts, until he decided it was time to completely retire, so in 1997, he sold...
Little Rock
Guard Tronic opened our central Arkansas office in 1988, when Frank Gilbert, our founder’s youngest brother, moved to Little Rock after purchasing Williams Cable. He opened our office on Patterson, just off of 65th Street, where we remained until a couple of years...
Alarm Company Employee Spied On North Texas Customers’ Home Security Systems, Lawsuit States
News story linked below: Devices connected to the web are more vulnerable to unauthorized access. It is sad that this access came from those entrusted with securing the customers' homes . https://twitter.com/home_allied/status/1265700960745160719 We recommend...
Muskogee
Guard Tronic opened our office in Muskogee in 1974. We had been performing installations and service calls in the area using a Cesna 172 plane, flying out of the Fort Smith airport. We finally had enough accounts in the area to open an office and move Rick Brown...
Springdale
Guard Tronic moved to Northwest Arkansas in 1973, when Dave Gilbert, our founder’s younger brother, opened our office on Township in Fayetteville.  As the growth in that area moved North, so did our office. We moved to Johnson Road in Springdale after a couple of...
Fort Smith
Serving Fort Smith Continuously since 1959 Guard Tronic was born in Fort Smith, AR in 1959 as Twin City Patrol. We were both an electronic (burglar and fire alarm systems) and physical security (guards and patrols) company. The name was changed to “Guard Tronic,...
25 Years of DMP
Guard Tronic is celebrating our 25th year of installing burglary, fire, and access control systems from Digital Monitoring Products (DMP), the only American manufacturer of security equipment. DMP is based in Springfield, MO, and manufactures the most advanced...
Professional Alarm System Company
Just because you hired a professional installation company to install your alarm system doesn't mean they will install your system in a professional manner. One of our sales representatives was asked to consult a customer about taking over the monitoring of their...
Memorial Day 2020
Every generation gets the experience of learning from those who have gone before.  We exist because of the great sacrifice of those willing to lay down their lives for our freedoms. As many of us enjoy a day off work, please remember and honor those to went to war...
Service Contracts
Budgeting allows you to create a spending plan for your money, it ensures that you will always have enough money for the things you need and the things that are important to you. Following a budget or spending plan will also keep you out of debt or help you work your...
UL 681 Audit – 2020
Guard Tronic hosted our first ever virtual audit to UL Standard 681. A UL auditor has visited Guard Tronic every year for the last 40+ years. We typically spend several hours in the office auditing paperwork, including: maps from our facility to our customers, work...
Summer 2020
As America’s business open, many parents will be leaving their children home alone. It happens every summer.  But this year is different…. Guard Tronic can push notifications or text messages to your smart device when your child leaves the house. You can also get...
Coronavirus and Plastics
Studies reveal that Covid-19 may remain on plastic surfaces for two to three days. This makes cleaning those surfaces, such as alarm systems' touchpads, vital in maintaining a clean, healthy environment. Guard Tronic is offering another solution:  What if you never...
Smoke alarm or smoke detector
We saw this tweet on the Texas Fire Marshall's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/TXSFMO/status/1256297582994882561 We wanted to promote life safety, but also wanted to let our customers know that this might not apply to them, so we tweeted this:...
UL Task Group
Jordon Brown, our Fort Smith regional manager, was added to a Underwriters Laboratories Task Group for the standard, UL827. The group is evaluating how central stations can maintain security during a pandemic event like Covid-19. This Task Group has a goal of...