UL-listed 24/7 central station monitoring

Real people, on the wire, the second your alarm trips.

Your sensors talk to a UL-listed central station in under five seconds. A live operator verifies the signal, calls you, and dispatches your local Nassau or Suffolk police, fire, or EMS — every hour, every day, every holiday.

Sub-30-second response

Industry-leading signal-to-dispatch times. Operators average under 30 seconds from alarm to first call — verified monthly by independent audit.

Dual-path LTE + internet

Your panel reports over cellular LTE and broadband simultaneously. Cut a phone line, lose Wi-Fi, lose power — the alarm still gets through.

Local dispatch, verified

Operators have direct lines to Nassau County PD, Suffolk County PD, FDNY, and every village dispatch in our coverage area. Verified address, verified premises, fast.

Smart notifications

App alerts on arming, disarming, sensor faults, low batteries, and power loss. Customize who gets called and when — spouse first, mom second, you third.

Redundant infrastructure

Two geographically separate UL-listed monitoring centers. If one goes dark, the other picks up your signal instantly — you'd never know.

Insurance-ready certificates

Certificate of monitoring issued the day service activates. Most carriers knock 10–20% off homeowners' premiums for a UL-listed system.

Long Island benefits

Built around how people on the Island actually live and work.

Direct lines to LI dispatchers

Our central station has verified direct lines into Nassau County PD, Suffolk County PD, NCPD precincts, every village PD from Garden City to Sag Harbor, plus FDNY for the city-side commercial accounts.

Storm-season resilience

Nor'easters, hurricanes, and Long Island's notorious summer outages don't take your alarm offline. Dual-path LTE + IP plus 24-hour battery backup keeps signals flowing through the worst of it.

False-alarm fee protection

Nassau and Suffolk both fine repeat false alarms. Two-person verification, smart cancel codes, and our 30-day false-alarm audit dramatically reduce the calls that earn you a ticket.

Lower homeowners insurance premiums

Most LI-area carriers — Allstate, NYCM, Plymouth Rock, GEICO, State Farm — discount 10–20% for UL-listed monitoring. We email the certificate the day service activates.

Seasonal-home & vacation-rental ready

Hamptons, North Fork, Fire Island, Montauk — schedules for cleaners, caretakers, and rental guests with temporary access codes and dedicated notification rules per user.

Business open/close reporting

For commercial accounts: daily open/close logs, exception alerts when staff arrive late or close early, and after-hours motion notifications direct to the owner — not just a dispatcher.

What's included

Every line item, before you sign anything.

No bait-and-switch packages. Everything below is part of the standard scope — itemized in your written quote.

Central-station service

  • UL-listed Five Diamond monitoring center
  • Geographically redundant backup center
  • Live operators answering 24/7/365
  • Sub-30-second average dispatch time

Signal paths

  • Primary LTE cellular communicator
  • Secondary broadband IP path
  • Automatic failover between paths
  • Daily supervised heartbeat signal

Notifications & app

  • Unlimited push, SMS, and email alerts
  • Per-user notification rules
  • Arm/disarm event history
  • Video clips attached to alarm events

Dispatch & verification

  • Two-call verification before dispatch
  • Direct PD/FD/EMS dispatch on confirmed alarm
  • Medical and panic button service
  • Smoke, CO, and environmental signal handling

Account management

  • Monthly automated test signal
  • Annual account-info review
  • Free password/keyholder updates any time
  • Detailed event reports on request

Compliance & paperwork

  • Certificate of monitoring for insurance
  • Nassau/Suffolk alarm permit guidance
  • False-alarm reduction audit (first 30 days)
  • Month-to-month — no long-term contract
Why choose Safeway

Local hands. Senior technicians. No call centers.

Honest, flat pricing

Residential monitoring starts at a flat monthly rate. No tiered "gold/platinum" upsells, no equipment financing buried in the fee.

Month-to-month, no contract

Cancel any time, no penalty, no "cancellation department." If we're not earning your business, you shouldn't be paying for ours.

Talk to a person, not a robot

When you call Safeway, a Long Islander picks up — usually within two rings. No phone trees, no overseas tier-one scripts.

We monitor what we install — and what we don't

Already have a panel from ADT, Slomin's, Brinks, or Vector? In most cases we can take over the monitoring without replacing a single sensor.

What to expect

How it works

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    Sign up in minutes

    One short form, one credit-card auth, one written rate sheet. No long-term contract.

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    We program your panel

    Existing system? Reprogram remotely or with a single short visit. New system? Activated the day it's installed.

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    Test the line, end to end

    We trip every sensor and confirm the signal arrives at the central station and dispatch is reachable — before you trust it.

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    Live, around the clock

    From that moment on, every signal is watched. You get monthly test reports and app alerts on demand.

Frequently asked

Questions Long Island homeowners and business owners ask us.

How fast do you actually dispatch Nassau or Suffolk police?

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Our central station averages under 30 seconds from alarm signal to first phone verification call, and under 90 seconds to dispatch on a confirmed alarm. Because operators have direct dispatcher lines into NCPD, SCPD, and village departments, there's no 911-queue delay.

What happens during a Long Island power outage?

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Your panel runs on a sealed lead-acid backup battery for 24+ hours. The LTE communicator has its own backup battery. If both the cellular and broadband paths fail simultaneously, the central station is alerted within minutes that we've lost contact — which itself is a monitored event.

Will switching to Safeway monitoring void my existing system warranty?

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No. We can monitor systems originally installed by ADT, Slomin's, Brinks, Vector, SimpliSafe Pro, Ring Alarm Pro, and most other major brands. The equipment manufacturer's warranty stays with the hardware; only the monitoring provider changes.

Do you handle commercial fire-alarm monitoring on Long Island and in NYC?

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Yes. We monitor UL-listed commercial fire systems for businesses across Long Island, Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, including FDNY-compliant signal handling, runner service coordination, and the documentation required for annual fire-marshal inspections.

Is there really no long-term contract?

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Correct. Residential monitoring is month-to-month. You can cancel any time with a 30-day written notice. No "3-year auto-renew," no cancellation fee, no early-termination clause.

How do you reduce false alarms — and the Nassau/Suffolk fines that come with them?

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Two-call verification before dispatch, enhanced cancel-code windows, and a 30-day post-install audit where we pull every event from your panel and tune sensors, motion zones, and entry/exit delays. Most new accounts drop to zero false dispatches inside 60 days.

Ready to talk? We'll come to you.

Free walk-through, written quote, no pressure. Same day for emergencies, same week for new installations.