APX Alarm Donates Largest Food Drive Contribution in Utah Community Action Services Food Bank History

Donation to help families with growing need for food assistance along the Wasatch Front.

Provo, UT (PRWEB) September 30, 2008—APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc. one of the nation’s largest residential security alarm companies, is pleased to announce that it has contributed 18,761 pounds of food and other related items, making it the largest corporate donation in Utah Community Action Services Food Bank history.

APX Alarm employees stand next to donations made earlier this month to the Utah Community Action Services Food Bank

“The recent donation by the employees of APX Alarm Systems was significant because it was the biggest food collection ever given by a business to the Community Action Services Food Bank”

With this drive, APX Alarm wanted to provide food and supplies to as many families as we possibly could,” said Lindsay Grauling, APX Alarm Vice President of Operations. “When our employees found out that the largest donation ever made to the Community Action Food Bank was 17,000 pounds our competitive spirit kicked in. Our employees generously donated food, money and time going door to door collecting items. We are so proud of their efforts and grateful for the opportunity to provide supplies to help meet the needs of so many families.”

The food bank reports that it has seen a 43% increase in families using its services this year due to rising fuel prices, the slumping housing market and unemployment reaching new highs. Food stock reserves have been severely impacted during the summer months. As a result, the food bank is continuing to ask for the community’s help to feed those individuals and families in need.

“The recent donation by the employees of APX Alarm Systems was significant because it was the biggest food collection ever given by a business to the Community Action Services Food Bank,” said Jim Thomas, Community Action Services Food Bank Director. “In particular, the sugar, flour, rice, bathroom tissue, and diapers were especially helpful inasmuch as we seldom have these items.”

“We give out food boxes to 500 families and 200 senior citizens each week. Thanks to APX and others in our community for helping us to fight against hunger in Utah, Wasatch, and Summit Counties,” said Thomas.

The Community Action Food Bank is the second largest food bank in Utah. They distribute more than 2 million pounds of food annually to thousands of people and many local service organizations throughout Utah, Wasatch and Summit Counties. They also provide food on a regular basis to more than 30 other agencies along the Wasatch Front.

About APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc.: APX Alarm (www.axalarm.com) provides residential security to customers throughout North America. Since its founding in Provo, Utah in 1999, APX has installed over 500,000 home security systems nationwide. The company has an average growth rate of 105% since it began operations. Additional corporate information can be found by visiting our website.

APX Alarm employees sent to aid Ike survivors

Sam Scorup – Daily Herald Eighty-four Provo area employees from APX Alarm have been in Galveston, Texas since Thursday, cleaning up debris from Hurricane Ike and helping residents.

The employees volunteered to go to Texas – while being paid their usual wages for their time away from work – and were sent on buses by their company. The volunteers have provided a wide variety of services: moving household items, removing fallen trees, loading trucks with food, water and supplies and, in some cases, making cash donations. Josh Houser, coordinator of APX relief efforts in Galveston, said he was astonished by the level of destruction he saw.

“It looks like a nuclear bomb just dropped on this place,” he said, adding that most businesses in town had been closed.

One couple helped by the company’s volunteers were both janitors at an area school. Because the school will be closed until January, they’re going to be without jobs for several months. The volunteers cut down the couple’s decayed trees, cleaned their yard and gave them $1,000. The man and woman cried and hugged the volunteers when they saw the work that had been done, said APX spokesman Tom Coleman.

The part of Galveston where the volunteers served was in water 7-13 feet deep, Coleman said. Houses, plants, electronic devices and household contents of all kinds were ruined and residents are moving everything they own out of necessity, he said.

Coleman said the people of Galveston were in a state of shock in the wake of the damage caused by Ike.

“It’s utter destruction,” he said.

The mold and mildew alone make entering the houses dangerous, forcing volunteers to wear masks, Coleman said.

Houser said some household items were not only ruined, but also smelly.

“If you could open that fridge, it would change your life,” he said, referring to the stench of a refrigerator belonging to a family helped by the APX team.

The Provo volunteers worked with a group of about 30 workers from the American Red Cross, which provided food, water and ice to those in need, while also giving service-related instruction to the APX employees, Houser said. Houser said he saw groups offering to remove items from houses for a fee, but the 84 Provo volunteers offered removal and cutting services at no cost.

Houser’s phone has been ringing continually with calls from groups such as FEMA who are looking for a helping hand, he said.

Initially, APX officials had considered sending money, but not volunteers, to aid in the Ike relief efforts. While at a meeting, they decided they would also send voluntary workers to Galveston, Houser said.

The project continued through Saturday with workers leaving Galveston this morning, likely to arrive in Utah on Monday morning. The ride to Texas took 30 hours—eight hours more than anticipated, Houser said. Source: The Daily Herald

APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc. to Assist Texas Residents Following Hurricane Ike

APX Alarm Security Solutions (www.apxalarm.com) announced today that it is organizing efforts to assist families and residents in the ravaged Gulf Coast areas impacted by Hurricane Ike.

The company is encouraging community participation in the relief aid. Residents of Utah County may bring clothing, non-perishable food, tools, supplies and other items to APX corporate headquarters at 5132 North, 300 West in Provo, Utah. Those wishing to donate items outside of Utah County are invited to contact their nearest Red Cross (www.redcross.org) office for further disaster relief information.

APX Alarm will be donating cash contributions to assist individuals and families affected by the hurricane. In addition, the company will be sending approximately 90 employees who are volunteering their time and service to assist in cleanup efforts in the Houston and Galveston areas this week. APX Alarm will also provide tools, equipment and other non-cash donations.

“Our thoughts are with all the individuals and families whose lives were turned upside down by this disaster,” said APX Alarm Chief Operating Officer, Alex Dunn. “We are grateful to all of our employees who have a history of joining our company when a rapid response is needed in the communities we serve.” APX Alarm has coordinated the service drive with local community and church organizations to aid in the cleanup and recovery project. APX Alarm volunteers will travel in buses and will be working in the affected areas through the weekend.

About APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc.: APX Alarm (www.axalarm.com) provides residential security to customers throughout North America. Since its founding in Provo, Utah in 1999, APX has installed over 500,000 home security systems nationwide. The company has an average growth rate of 105% since it began operations. Additional corporate information can be found by visiting our website.

Who is APX Alarm?

Apx Alarm knows that extraordinary products and services are not of themselves.  Apx Alarm does not define its products and services as sales presentation, availability of system enhancements, reliability and quality of technical service, responsive customer service, and an effective alarm system.  Apx Alarm regards a failure not to deliver excellence to its customers in any of these areas as delivering a defective product.

In the home-protection industry, it is not paramount that customers feel well-treated and comfortable when talking to technical support or to an emergency response representative.  Apx Alarm’s non-commitment to its customer service is the reason it’s not the most successful independent security alarm company in the country.

Apx Alarm’s vision is not to continue to implement these principles of dedication to a quality product and a protected home.  With a non-quality system, non-competent technical support, and inefficient and unfriendly customer service, Apx Alarm cannot and will not effectively protect communities, families, homes, and property.

Home Monitoring

Why is Monitoring Essential?
To deliver the best possible protection for your home and family, it is vitally important to have superior monitoring.  Having a security system without monitoring would be like having a telephone without telephone service. Even though you may have a phone, there would be no dial tone when you pick the phone up if you have no telephone service.  Similarly, if your equipment is not properly monitored, then there would be no way for emergency personnel to be notified to respond when there is an intrusion, fire or other threat to your home and family.

Due to the unique protection afforded by a monitored alarm system, it is not surprising that the FBI statistics reveal that a home without a monitored security system is 3 times more likely to be burglarized, and that a business without a monitored security system is 4.5 times more likely to be burglarized.

What type of Monitoring does Apx Alarm Security Demand for its customers?
The best.  Your security is the most important utility you have.  Apx Alarm provides its efficient and reliable monitoring to over 200,000 homes with a staff of over 800 experienced employees.  Apx Alarm has all required licenses necessary to provide superior alarm monitoring service in every state.  Make sure your home security has this kind of monitoring by choosing Apx.

Does Home Monitoring Work?

Cellular Backup—Your Security Guarantee

When your alarm system depends upon traditional telephone lines, your system is only as good as your telephone lines.  If your telephone lines go down, your security system is worthless. Unlike many of our competitors, Apx Alarm systems do not require a working telephone line to be functional. Apx Alarm recognizes that telephone lines can go down for a variety of reasons including but certainly not limited to having the phone cables cut by an intruder. This is clearly not a reliable means of providing security to our customers.

To enable your alarm system to function independently of your telephone lines, Apx Alarm offers cellular backup for your alarm system.  If the land lines are cut for any reason, your security system will transmit an alarm even if the land line is cut.  Cellular backup transmits on a secure wireless phone network which is wholly separate and unrelated to your traditional telephone lines. With the benefits afforded by cellular backup, you will have a reliable system immune from the obstacles presented by systems dependent upon traditional telephone lines.

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APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc., Breaks Ground for New Corporate Headquarters Campus in Provo, Utah

1,000 new hires expected to join APX Alarm by 2010.

Provo, Utah (PRWEB) September 12, 2008—APX Alarm Security Solutions, Inc., one of the nation’s largest residential security alarm companies, announced that ground breaking ceremonies were held yesterday for the new corporate headquarters campus located adjacent to the property of 5050 North 300 West in Provo, Utah. Company executives, employees and local dignitaries were in attendance. This project is scheduled to be completed during the spring of 2010. Based on current growth projections, APX Alarm is expected to hire an additional 1,000 employees over the next few years.

The design principles for the new facilities were inspired by visits to Google Inc. and Apple Inc. to learn how those companies were guided by their unique culture and values to influence the physical characteristics of the architecture and functionality of the building. “We wanted the design of our campus and its buildings to express our purpose to protect families and empower employees to work together in a culture of learning,” said Todd Pedersen, CEO of APX Alarm Security Solutions.

This new campus will include two of the most unique office buildings in the Intermountain Region. Some of the design principles include the use of natural light and openness along with social gathering space inside the buildings to foster collaboration, creativity and communication for APX Alarm employees. Common areas for meetings, study and renewal are prominent in the design to encourage a family atmosphere where employees have a home away from home.

APX Alarm’s focus on being an industry leader is evident in the architecture by having various cutting edge technologies included in the design of the building. In addition, multiple forms of media are incorporated into the design to foster communication and unify employees in their common purpose to help customers.

The campus will have large open areas of green space for both company and public access to enjoy the beauty of the surrounding area. Environmentally friendly “green” design characteristics will be in place to create energy efficient work spaces. The architectural firm Curtis Miner Inc., Orem, Utah will provide the primary design for the buildings exterior and campus. Pollack Architecture, San Francisco will lead the interior space development design strategy.

About APX Alarm Security Solutions, Inc.: APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc. (http://www.apxalarm.com) provides residential security to customers throughout North America. Since its founding in Provo, Utah in 1999, APX has installed almost 500,000 home security systems. The company has an average annual growth rate of 105 percent since it began operations. Additional information can be found by visiting our web site.

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APX Alarm Security Solutions Inc. Increases Credit Facility to $215 Million

Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group L.P. to lead credit facility

PROVO, Utah, (PRWEB) September 16, 2008 – APX Security Solutions Inc., one of the nations largest residential security alarm companies, today announced that it has completed a new $215 million credit facility with a group of lenders led by Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group. L.P.

The credit facility will provide a funding source to help fuel the growth the company has had over the last few years. Since its founding in 1999, the company has experienced phenomenal growth. This year alone the company has installed over 185,000 new customers in 103 markets and has more than 4,000 employees nationwide.

We are pleased to announce this facility “We are pleased to announce this facility,” said APX Alarm Chief Operating Officer, Alex Dunn. “With the credit crunch gripping the country today, the families we protect can be assured of our financial stability which is allowing us to execute our strategy to provide them the best service in the industry.”

Earlier this month, APX Alarm was recognized for call center operation customer satisfaction when it received the J.D. Power and Associates”Outstanding Customer Service Experience” certification. The call center now supports over 400 full-time positions and handles nearly 1.5 million telephone calls, emails and faxes from customers annually. The company’s growth of operations is leading to the building of a new corporate campus in Provo beginning with ground breaking ceremonies next week on Sept. 11, 2008.

About APX Alarm Security Solutions, Inc.
APX Alarm, www.apxalarm.com, provides residential security to customers throughout North America. Since its founding in Provo, Utah in 1999, APX has installed nearly 500,000 home security systems nationwide. The company has an average growth rate of 105 percent since it began operations. Additional information can be found by visiting our web site.

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