A Facility that monitors alarm activation. When an alarm is activated , the operator calls the police , advice them about the alarm and supply important information regarding precise location of entry (particular door or windows). Operator will also contact owner or other reference about the intrusion. There are guards on duty 24 hrs.
Another generic name for a monitoring facility. However this term, as broadly and traditionally used in the alarm and insurance industry, refers to a monitoring facility that is physi-cally remote from the building or building complex in which the alarm system it monitors is located.
(1) An organization or business established for the purpose of monitoring subscribers' alarm systems from a centralized monitoring location rather than at the individual sites. Communication with subscriber alarm systems is generally by telephone line, but may be by wireless or direct wire. The central station notifies police or fire services immediately upon receipt of alarm. All alarms are recorded and investigated. Central stations may utilize WATS lines to extend services on a regional or national basis. (2) The control point of a monitoring system that is normally supervised by security personnel.
A remote location that is designed to monitor signals from alarm systems.
A building or suite of offices that house a company engaged in the monitoring of alarm and supervisory systems in accordance with this standard. Close Glossary Window
Headquarters station, which contains administrative offices, special equipment, fire apparatus, and personnel.
Central Station (Portuguese: Central do Brasil) is a 1998 drama film set in Brazil about a young boy's friendship with a jaded middle-aged woman. The movie was adapted by Marcos Bernstein and João Emanuel Carneiro from a story by Walter Salles and directed by Salles. It features Fernanda Montenegro and VinÃcius de Oliveira in the major roles.
Formerly, Central Station was an intercity passenger terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois, located at the southern end of Grant Park at Roosevelt Road and Michigan Avenue. Owned by the Illinois Central Railroad, the former terminal also served other companies via trackage rights. The station opened in 1893, replacing the Illinois Central Depot (on the site of the current Randolph Street Terminal), and closed in 1972 when Amtrak rerouted the last services to Union Station.
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Central-Station is a common term used to refer to a company that provides services to monitor burglar, fire and residential alarm systems. The central-station may also provide watchman and supervisory services.
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Currently, Central Station refers to neighborhood within the Near South Side, Chicago community area (neighborhood) in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Once 69 acres, later 72 acres,McClendon, Dennis, Near South Side, p. 563, Eds. Grossman, James R., Keating, Ann Durkin, and Reiff, Janice L., 2004 The Encyclopedia of Chicago.