Airef Research Results

Most Recent Studies

• Alarm Management Solutions Video
  AIREF recently funded a new law enforcement video featuring law enforcement officials discussing their successes in reducing false alarm dispatches. In this video, SIAC is credited for helping implement the changes leading to fewer false dispatches. Watch the video now.
  
  
• An Assessment of the Calculation Process and Validity of False Alarm Estimates
  This report provides a starting point for identifying and defining the relevant terminology as well as offering suggestions for improved false/invalid alarm calculation and reporting in the future.
  
  
• Rutgers
  A comprehensive study of five years of statistics by researchers at the Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice (SCJ) in Newark found that residential burglar alarm systems deter crime.
  
  
• Salt Lake City
  This study shows 65 percent of registered voters in one of the first communities to adopt verified response disapprove of it and would vote for politicians who would change it.
  
  

What is the Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation?

The Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation (AIREF) is a
tax-exempt foundation representing the electronic, life safety, security and systems industry and their associations, under the auspices of the
Electronic Security Association (ESA, formerly NBFAA).

AIREF serves as the research arm of the electronic life safety, security and systems industry engaged in initiatives critical to public safety, consumers and the alarm industry. Through research and education AIREF will provide the resources and statistics that public safety officials can use to better understand and utilize our industry in their effort to protect and serve the community. Consumers can potentially benefit from AIREF's products and services through data that is collected on the effectiveness of alarms. The dealers, distributors, manufacturers and monitoring stations will gain an advantage from these types of studies not only in potentially increased acceptance of their products, but through improved relations with both the public sector and the end user.

AIREF is continually working on industry research projects and welcomes donations and new ideas that would benefit the industry. Donate Now!