ASIAL Certified Monitoring Centres - Australian Security Industry Association Ltd (ASIAL)

ASIAL Certified Monitoring Centres

ASIAL operates a grading scheme for alarm monitoring centres. This is a well-respected system of independent inspections that check compliance with Australian Standard 2201.2:2004 (Intruder Alarm Systems - Monitoring Centres).

A typical site with a monitored alarm system passes responsibility for 'watching' the site to the monitoring centre company for about 3/4 of the time. For the major part of its life, a building remains empty. When the owner has his/her alarm system sealed, he/she has the right to expect the monitoring centre to maintain certain operating abilities.

Typically the sort of items that are covered in the standard are:

the construction of the centre, together with its physical and fire protection,
access into the centre and its 'modus operandi',
ventilation systems and emergency breathing equipment,
power supply arrangements,
communications (telephones, duress and radio),
redundancy in the monitoring equipment,
and its record-keeping

The ASIAL scheme seeks to provide customers with the reassurance that the standards applied at a monitoring centre are independently audited on a regular basis.

It is an unfortunate fact that some monitoring companies are claiming to be graded when in fact this is not correct - we advise customers or consultants to check any such claims. This can be done by either asking the company to produce its certificate (dated certificates are issued, normally with a validity of two years) or by viewing the ASIAL list of the graded centres.

List of ASIAL Certified Monitoring Centres - 15 December 2008

* The listed ASIAL Certified monitoring stations reflect those organisations who have gone through the grading system as per Australian Standard AS2201.2-2004. ASIAL takes no responsibility for companies who may change the operation subsequent to certification.

ASIAL Certified Monitoring Centre Grading Application Form

Applicants please note: AS 2201.2 includes a full checklist covering all aspects of the Standard. Further, a useful Pre-Grading Checklist is available that will assist applicants in preparing for their Certification (grading) inspection. This will be provided by email once an application is received by ASIAL. The checklist may also be useful for ASIAL-Certified monitoring centres to undertake their own in-house audits mid-term between formal grading inspections.