by Lauren Dublin | Feb 23, 2026 | Industry Trends, WHIRC News
Rockford, Minn. (February 23, 2026) WH International Response Center (WHIRC), a leader in technology and monitoring solutions, proudly announces that its alarm monitoring center has successfully achieved UL Certification from Underwriters Laboratories for the 33rd consecutive year. This milestone underscores WHIRC’s commitment to maintaining the highest standards of safety, reliability, and performance in security monitoring.
UL certification is a globally recognized mark of excellence that signifies compliance with stringent industry requirements for alarm monitoring centers. Maintaining this certification for over three decades demonstrates WHIRC’s unwavering dedication to continuous improvement and superior service quality.
“We are proud to recognize another year the WHIRC team has remained committed to upholding the highest industry standards,” said Ashley Raisanen, WHIRC Technology and Dealer Manager. “We value the trust our dealers and customers place in us and are honored to provide the reliability and security they depend on every day.”
The certification process included an in-depth assessment of WHIRC’s monitoring center, evaluating key factors such as power redundancy, response times, cybersecurity measures, and compliance with industry best practices. By meeting these criteria year after year, WHIRC ensures its dealers receive dependable alarm monitoring services 24/7.
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WHIRC is a leading provider of security and alarm monitoring solutions, dedicated to helping protect homes and businesses with state-of-the-art technology and expert monitoring services. For more information about WHIRC and its UL-certified alarm monitoring services, visit WHIRC.com.
by Lauren Dublin | Feb 9, 2026 | Industry Trends, Uncategorized
Your customers have important properties and resources that need protection. With state-of-the-art CHeKT technology, you can offer them the ability to act quickly on critical information that may affect these assets.
CHeKT lets you offer customers a proactive video security system with automated visual and audible deterrence. The CHeKT system, combined with WHIRC’s world-class monitoring, results in a significant reduction in false alarms thanks to its accuracy, and a customer who is far more aware of activity being monitored.
With a CHeKT video control panel, each camera can quickly detect motion or activity and alert the WHIRC monitoring center and your customer, giving each party the ability to quickly dispatch first responders or other needed responses.
CHeKT systems easily integrate with most security cameras. The bridge device in the system seamlessly converts video to monitoring station signals, offering a clear, useful monitoring interface for dispatchers. The CHeKT bridge seamlessly converts video events into monitoring center signals, empowering dispatchers and your customers to take action.
The app provides push notifications for video detection and alerts, offers livestreaming and cloud storage, and lets customers arm and disarm their site from anywhere. It can even be set up to allow multiple users if more than one person needs system access.
In one instance, CHeKT detected people loitering on a property late at night, and within four minutes, law enforcement had been dispatched after the clip was reviewed by both the WHIRC monitoring center and the property manager. This fast response greatly decreases the risk of property damage, improves safety, and demonstrates how professional monitoring and modern technology help your customer protect what matters most.
Proactive video security systems are one of the most effective ways to secure a property and integrating a CHeKT device with WHIRC’s monitoring center allows for the situational awareness needed to effectively, accurately, and quickly deter unwanted activity.
Contact WHIRC today to learn more. Reach our team at (763) 477-3122 or info@whirc.com.
by Jessica | Sep 15, 2021 | Industry Trends, WHIRC News
Fall is quickly approaching and as we reflect on the last 8 months there have been challenges, along with new opportunities. One item to note is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has placed Dahua and Hikvision on the list of companies deemed as threats to national security. This has caused alarm and video installers using these products to change technology offerings to ensure compliance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Dahua and Hikvision are currently working with the FCC to address the NDAA compliance issues. Many camera manufacturers are NDAA compliant and below is a short list of companies that have product available:
- Avigilon
- Avycon
- Axis Communications [4]
- Bosch
- FLIR
- Mobotix
- OpenEye
- Paxton
WHIRC provides both video health monitoring and video verification services by connecting either through direct integration or by receiving email alerts. WHIRC continues to support and provide monitoring options as different video platforms become prevalent in the marketplace. We are proactively working with manufacturers to ensure compatibility and support. In August, WHIRC launched our OpenEye integration providing a full monitoring option. We also offer health monitoring of video systems that is much like traditional alarm system notifications. When a signal is received, WHIRC is able to notify the customer when a camera is offline, an NVR loses connection, storage reaches capacity, and much more.
WHIRC is excited to be a custom solution provider for you and your customers!
Message from Business Manager Ashley Raisanen
by Jessica | Feb 4, 2021 | Industry Trends, WHIRC News
Happy New Year! As part of our ongoing commitment to provide you the best service, WHIRC is committed to enhancing network reliability for you and your customers. This includes implementing increased redundancy for alarm traffic and security of customer data. To meet this goal, we installed and migrated to enhanced networking equipment, providing an even more robust WHIRC network.
WHIRC purchased our own block of IP Addresses from the national database. Traditionally, IP addresses that are programmed into a customer’s alarm panel would be bound to a specific internet service provider (ISP). Owning our own IP Addresses significantly reduces the impact of outages, fiber cuts, and ISP maintenance, by allowing WHIRC to adjust alarm traffic flow in real time. Another benefit is seamless redundancy between WHIRC and our Cloud Monitoring Solution.
What does this mean for WHIRC dealers? As new panel connections come online, the new IP address will need to be used. Existing panels that are programmed with old IP addresses will not be immediately impacted by this change. Updates to the existing panels can be made over the next 18 months. WHIRC looks forward to working with you to ensure your customers security and connectivity meets their expectations.
Message from Business Manager Ashley Raisanen
by Jessica | Nov 6, 2019 | Industry Trends
To many, the news that Interlogix was discontinuing its product line came as a surprise. Many dealers have built their business around this product line and were disappointed by the sudden news. However, WHIRC is prepared for exactly this kind of situation. Our long-standing relationships with many different manufacturers allow us to help dealers get connected to continue with sales, service, installation and monitoring as they transition away from Interlogix.
WHIRC has already helped dealers move product lines and start implementing new offerings. Depending on your focus, there is a solution that WHIRC can help you migrate to and we will continue to support the Interlogix platform moving forward. We provide training resources, pricing information, distribution contacts and networking opportunities with the different manufacturers. And, most of all, we provide continued monitoring and support service as dealers move forward.
WHIRC is also moving ahead with its 3G conversion plans. As a partner, we are working with our distributors and manufacturers to bring you options and cost-effective solutions to upgrade this outgoing technology. Our focus is on the future. We have overcome technology challenges in the past and expect more in the future as technology continues to evolve at a faster and faster rate.
These are exciting times and with change comes additional opportunities. As security and technology providers, we need to be flexible and proactive. WHIRC is committed to helping you through this transition with timely product, service and monitoring support. Let us know how we can help you!
by Jessica | May 1, 2019 | Industry Trends
Many dealers were worried when new players entered the security market and the DIY industry expanded, but this may have been a benefit rather than a detriment. According to a study by SDM magazine, 2018 was a great year for sales for many security dealers. Growth in DIY has pushed the alarm manufactures to add new features and services that are available at your fingertips. These technology advancements increase the opportunities for both dealers and monitoring centers. These days, monitoring just about anything out there has become the reality for WHIRC and we will continue to grow and meet the needs of our dealers.
A rise in advertising for DIY products has increased the public’s awareness about the importance for security overall and has contributed to the economy’s growth. Security is everywhere you look these days, including on television shows and in the news.
An article in SDM magazine shared results of SDM’s own research, which showed positive results across the alarm industry in 2018 ¬- for both residential and business markets.
“More dealers and integrators – 73 percent – expected a growth in revenue in 2018, when polled in September 2018, a 6 percent increase over the previous year. And 85 percent of respondents reported 2018 was a good to excellent year for intrusion alarms, up from 81 percent the previous year, while a whopping 96 percent expected 2019 to be at least as good if not better than 2018.”
Recent advancements in interactive services have led the customer to interact with the alarm panel more and more often. This alone creates that “stickiness” that all dealers are looking for to decrease churn. At the same time, customers are starting to see security as a necessity in life. WHIRC is integrated with most interactive services providing the necessary solution to stay competitive in today’s market. (See our featured promotion from Alula below.)
Monitoring continues to be the driving factor of devices in a connected home solution. As technology continues to evolve, the monitoring market is where the affordable solutions will continue to reside. WHIRC offers many different solutions at an affordable rate that is customizable to the customer’s needs.
As our dealers are expanding their offerings, WHIRC is committed to providing the same excellent 24/7 monitoring service that dealers expect. If it can send a signal, we can monitor it!
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