American Alarm and Communications
About
American Alarm and Communications serves Salem through its local office, which operates as Instant Alarm. Instant Signal & Alarm of Salem joined the American Alarm and Communications family of companies through an acquisition announced to customers in a letter from co-owner David Wescott. The Instant Alarm team is still on the job, serving customers from its Salem location, while American Alarm, headquartered in Arlington, also has a customer care team reachable through its main line.
The Salem business traces back to 1954, when James Wescott installed his first alarm system with the goal of protecting the homes, families and businesses of his customers. His grandsons, David, Barry and Shawn Wescott, chose to join American Alarm, owned by Wells and Lou Sampson, saying that family goal has never changed. The company’s blog covers professional installation and monitoring, access control systems for businesses and water sensors for early leak detection.
What to Know
- American Alarm is UL certified and holds Five-Diamond certification from The Monitoring Association.
- It is a Massachusetts ITC-71 preferred provider.
- Existing Instant Alarm customers can still use the Total Connect and dealer access links.
- Other offices include Arlington, Weymouth (Atlas Alarm) and Cape Cod (Malfy Alarm).
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