Articles from Becklar

Ogden, Utah, April 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar Monitoring was thrilled to be recognized by The Monitoring Association (TMA) with two prestigious honors in the recent TMA 2025 Monitoring Center Excellence Awards celebration.  

Ogden, Utah, March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar is proud to introduce Becklar Monitoring, the leader in SMART Critical Event Monitoring. The new corporate name follows the successful integration of Becklar’s two US monitoring divisions, AvantGuard Monitoring and Eyeforce Remote Guarding. These industry powerhouses provide unmatched safety and protection for people, property, and workers across North America.

Ogden, Utah, Dec. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar, a leading provider of comprehensive connected safety and monitoring solutions, is pleased to announce that it has received an investment from Graham Partners (“Graham”), a private investment firm targeting high-growth, technology-driven businesses. This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in Becklar's mission to deliver enhanced safety, monitoring, and response technologies that empower businesses and individuals to protect what matters most. Becklar management and existing private equity partner BV Investment Partners welcome Graham as the new lead investor. 

Innovative Real-Time Monitoring Enhances Worker Safety and Emergency Response

Ogden, Utah, Oct. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AvantGuard (AG), a Becklar Monitoring Company, in partnership with the AG Cares Foundation, just concluded their 11th annual ‘Run for a Reason’ 5K fundraiser in Ogden, UT, along with subsequent 5K events in Rexburg, ID, and Cedar City, UT. These 5K events have become popular in their respective communities to help raise funds and rally around families who are experiencing heavy burdens from significant medical challenges and expenses.  

Ogden, Utah, June 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar Enterprise Monitoring and its industry-leading, professional monitoring service providers, AvantGuard (AG) and Eyeforce, were recognized by the Electronic Security Association (ESA) with two prestigious Innovation Awards at this year’s Electronic Security Expo (ESX). These awards highlight next-generation products and services that present significant growth opportunities for security dealers and integrators.

Ogden, Utah, May 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freeus, a Becklar Personal Health & Safety Company, is excited to announce the availability of Belle Series S across the United States, on the Verizon 4G LTE network. Belle S joins a portfolio of Freeus mobile medical alert products, offering resellers a variety of services and price points for their subscribers. Freeus products are used by more than 900,000 customers in North America.

Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Armstrongs, A Becklar Company, is proud to announce the grand opening of a state-of-the-art critical event monitoring and data centre in Laval, Quebec. The centre will provide dedicated video monitoring and remote guarding, as well as traditional security, fire and medical alert services. Armstrongs has been providing exceptional wholesale, ULC-listed alarm monitoring services to independent security dealers across Canada since 1989, and this new centre represents a significant investment to expand services further.  

Ogden, Utah, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar, the parent company of AvantGuard, Eyeforce, Armstrongs, and Freeus, is pleased to announce its successful patent of their AI-powered event response monitoring Engage platform. The newly patented Becklar Engage platform uses AI and machine learning to automatically determine the intent of incoming alarms, enabling live operators to focus on emergency signals and respond quickly in the moments that matter. This process improves the efficiency of inbound and outbound call handling, directing emergency calls to a live operator in half the time, and enhances the customer experience by providing context to calls as they are answered. This technology has led to industry-leading emergency response times of nine seconds and has improved efficiency by successfully handling 60% of incoming, non-urgent signals autonomously.

Ogden, Utah, Dec. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar Workforce Safety is proudly working with People in Need (PIN), a non-profit organization that provides humanitarian aid to critical regions around the world. PIN is using Becklar’s WorkerSafety Pro app to protect their employees in Ukraine to keep accurate counts of workers in war-stricken, dangerous areas.

Ogden, Utah, Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AvantGuard Monitoring Centers, a Becklar Company, in partnership with the AG Cares Foundation, held their annual ‘Run for a Reason’ benefit events in September at their Ogden, UT, Rexburg, ID, and Cedar City, UT locations. These 5K events help families in the community who are experiencing financial strains from medical issues. With over 400 participants across the three events, and countless donations from employees, community members and corporate sponsors, AvantGuard (AG) and Becklar are excited to announce that a total of $43,000 was raised, and 100% of the proceeds from the events were donated to the three sponsored families.

Ogden, Utah, July 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar is pleased to announce that they will now protect more than forty thousand new subscribers for one of North America’s largest Telecommunication providers, as part of their Health & Wellness solutions. The provider will add Becklar’s industry-leading devices and safety response applications to their portfolio and will monitor life safety events beginning in the fall of 2023. 

Ogden, Utah, June 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar, the leading provider of connected safety solutions for enterprise and individuals, announced today that one of the 15 largest states in the US is implementing Becklar’s Workforce Safety solution. The state will begin protecting their 1,700 + employees who work alone or in potentially dangerous environments with Becklar’s solution this month.

Ogden, Utah, June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar, the parent company of AvantGuard, Armstrongs and Freeus is pleased to announce the acquisition of Eyeforce, the leading provider of wholesale monitored remote guarding solutions. Eyeforce combines video surveillance, AI/machine learning analytics, and live audio operator response intervention to protect commercial property, enhance safety, prevent crime, and reduce theft and loss. Combining these services with Becklar’s industry-leading enterprise monitoring, personal health and safety, and workforce safety solutions results in the market's broadest and most innovative portfolio of connected safety offerings across North America.

Ogden, Utah, April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Freeus, a Becklar Personal Health & Safety Company, is excited to announce the launch of Belle X now certified on the Telus Network in Canada. The Belle X is the leading personal emergency response device in the United States protecting over 750,000 subscribers on AT&T and Verizon and is now available to customers in Canada on the Telus network. Dealers can now offer high quality devices with reliable coverage for their subscribers across North America – ensuring superior protection wherever they go. 

Ogden, Utah, Feb. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar, the leading provider of connected safety solutions for enterprise and individuals, announced today that they will be working with Sunnova Energy International, Inc. ("Sunnova") (NYSE: NOVA), a leading U.S. Energy as a Service (EaaS) provider, to implement Becklar’s Workforce Safety Solution to better protect Sunnova employees in the field who work alone, at height, or in hazardous environments.   

Ogden, Utah, Oct. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Becklar, the parent company of AvantGuard Monitoring Centers and Freeus, is pleased to announce AvantGuard’s  acquisition of Armstrong’s National Alarm Monitoring and their central stations in Dartmouth, Moncton, Montreal and Edmonton, Canada.

Ogden, Utah, Oct. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AvantGuard, a Becklar Company, is excited to announce the acquisition of Armstrong’s National Alarm Monitoring and their monitoring centers and offices in Dartmouth, Montreal, Edmonton and Moncton, Canada. AvantGuard continues to broaden the markets they serve and protect, now with eight monitoring centers spread across the US and Canada.