Once an Alarm Monitoring Company receives an alarm signal, depending on the alarm type (burglar, hold-up, water flow, etc), the company’s policy and procedures, and local/state ordinances, the alarm company operator may first attempt to contact someone on at the premise. Once the alarm company operator verifies that the PSAP needs to be notified so that 1st Responders can be dispatched, the operator initiates an electronic transmission of the alarm event details directly to the CAD system at the affected PSAP. The CAD System receives that data, processes the data as a new alarm call-for-service and the PSAP CAD system can be configured to have the alarm appear in the radio operator’s pending call queue without any call-taker involvement whatsoever. This electronic transmission occurs without the alarm company operator having to place a telephone call to the PSAP. Traditional processing times to receive alarm call information via telephone, once the PSAP call-taker has answered the line, can range anywhere from one minute to more than three minutes. The processing time for an electronic transmission typically is only a few seconds.