State Fire Marshal’s Memorandum 1-2024

At this month’s state meeting in Baton Rouge, Erin St. Pierre, Deputy Chief of the Special Services and Support division of the State Fire Marshal’s Office was present. She took the time to speak on the recent Licensing Memorandum 1-2024 released on February 21,2024 to all life safety and property protection contractors. 

 

The Memorandum clarifies some of the classes approved as in-person courses only provided by the FED. the bulk of the memo focusses on the approval of “years of experience” as a minimum requirement for licensure. These updates apply to Fire Alarm Qualifier, Fire alarm (non-Required) Qualifier, Fire Alarm (Owner) Qualifier, Fire Sprinkler Qualifier, and Security Qualifier. Be sure to review the entire memorandum so that you are up to date on all changes.

View the Complete Memorandum

Regional 4 & 6 Meeting – March 22nd in Bossier City

The LLSSA Regional Meeting for Region 4 & 5 is Friday March 22nd.  You will find us at the Comfort Suites from 11am – 2pm.  Comfort Suites is at 7950 E. Texas Street, Bossier City, LA 71111.

 

The agenda includes updates from the LLSSA and local industry professionals.  We will have a representative from the State Fire Marshal’s Office as well.  Don’t miss this chance to catch up on current trends.  Your meal is included with registration.

 
There will also be time to visit with our vendors.  The Event Sponsors are PELICAN Sponsors – Alarm Monitoring Services and United Central Control.  
 

REGISTER HERE

Regional 3 Meeting – March 21st in Lafayette

The LLSSA Regional Meeting for Region 3 is Thursday, March 21st.  You will find us at the Jubilee Room in Abacus at Noon.  Abacus is at 530 Pinhook Road, Lafayette, LA 70503.

 

The agenda includes updates from the LLSSA and local industry professionals.  Don’t miss this chance to catch up on current trends.  Your meal is included with registration.

 
There will also be time to visit with our vendors.  The Event Sponsors are PELICAN Sponsors – Alarm Monitoring Services and United Central Control.  
 

REGISTER HERE

Welcome New Associate Member!

Let’s all welcome our newest Associate member to the LLSSA – Tyler Phillips with Systems Distributors Inc SDi.
 
SDi was voted in as an associate Member at the February Board Meeting and has been an active member of the association for many years. Be sure to stop by and see Tyler at his table at the State Meeting in Baton Rouge on March 5th.
 
If you haven’t joined the LLSSA, now is the perfect time to take advantage of all the benefits offered. Discounts on meetings, CEUs, and education classes are just the start. See more information at Benefits – LLSSA
 

Regional I Meeting – March 20th in Kenner

The LLSSA Regional Meeting for Region 1 is Wednesday March 20th.  You will find us at the Brick Oven at 2805 Williams Blvd, Kenner, La 70065 at 5:30pm. 

 

The agenda include updated from the LLSSA and local industry professionals.  Don’t miss this chance to catch up on current trends.  Your meal is included with registration.

 
There will also be time to visit with our vendors.  The Event Sponsors are PELICAN Sponsors – Alarm Monitoring Services and united Central Control.  Other vendors in attendance include Wesco and LRG.
 

REGISTER HERE

State Meeting – March 5th in Baton Rouge

The LLSSA State Meeting for Region 2 is Tuesday March 5th.  You will find us at the Main Library at 7711 Goodwood Blvd., Baton Rouge, La 70806 from 9am – 4pm. 

 

The agenda is packed with CEUs featuring a business Track and a Technicians Track so you will find something to interest you.  Classes include Fraud and AI by HomeBank, Hands-on Edge Panel Training with NICE, How to conduct a site survey for Access control by Assa Abloy, and Hikvision going over Video Basics and Solar Power.

 

Lunch will be served during the State Meeting with industry speakers like the State Fire Marshal’s Office, Mapes and Mapes Lobbyist, and others.

  

There will also be time to visit with our vendors.  The Event Sponsor is PELICAN Sponsor – Alarm Monitoring Services.  Other vendors in attendance include Wesco and Systems Distributors Inc.

 

REGISTER HERE

Why do we need a Lobbyist?

Mapes and Mapes is the Lobbyist for the LLSSA. A lobbyist is a professional like a plumber, or a lawyer, but lobbyists provide specialized services in regard to the legislature, politics and government. Politics is not everybody’s cup of tea, but that’s the whole point. You wouldn’t want to fix your own leaky pipes and you definitely don’t want to try and take care of your industry’s politics at the Capitol by yourself.


Professional lobbyists work year-round with the legislature and governmental agencies, so when our industry is in a political mess, Mapes and Mapes is ready to take our issues, to the legislature just like a lawyer would take you, and your issue, to court.


A person doesn’t have to go to a special school or get a permit or certificate to work as a lobbyist. They just have to register with the department of ethics as a lobbyist. It’s been said that lobbying is 85% personality and 15% technical knowledge, but without that technical knowledge you’ve just got a really fun person to hang around. To have mastery of the technical knowledge of the legislative process is critical.


Joseph Mapes has worked, in some capacity, in every special, regular, and fiscal session since 1974 — that’s more than 100 legislative sessions in which Mapes has drafted legislation, lobbied legislators and administrators, and worked in alliance with other governmental relations firms, Governors and their staff. He has been representing the LLSSA for many years in the Louisiana Capital.

Mapes and Mapes website

Welcome New Members!


Let’s all welcome one of our newest members to the LLSSA – Gerry Boudreaux and NICE / 2Gig and their representative Rick Campbell. Gerry was voted in as an Individual Member at the January Board Meeting and is a consultant for telecommunications and data centers. He is based out of Baton Rouge.  NICE was voted in as an Associate Member. Rick has been very active in the association for many years at our events. Be sure to meet him them personally at the State Meeting in Baton Rouge on March 5th. If you haven’t joined the LLSSA, now is the perfect time to take advantage of all the benefits offered. Discounts on meetings, CEUs, and education classes are just the start. See more information at Benefits – LLSSA

New Convention Chairperson

We are excited to announce that Karen Shall has accepted the position of Convention Committee Chairperson. Karen and her Committe will organize and plan for the upcoming Dealer Conference and Annual Tradeshow/convention and Golf Tournament. Karen has been involved in the security industry for 20 years now. She originally accepted a sales position at ADI in 2003, then spent time working for Security Data Supply, Stanley Security, and just completed five years as a Regional Sales Manager with Napco Security Technologies. Karen enjoys being part of the security industry because of the fact that competitors are so helpful and friendly with each other. On her days off she loves beach vacations and spending time with her large family in New Orleans.

Karen says, “I’m looking forward to my new position with the LLSSA Convention Committee. It would be amazing for everyone to participate in the association and the convention so that the Louisiana Life Safety companies stay strong, united, and up to date on current laws/practices. If you have questions for Karen, you can reach him at kshall@napcosecurity.com

 

New Associate Board Member

We are excited to announce that Cory Bush has accepted the position of Associate Board Member. Cory will represent the non-voting membership and act as a liaison between them and the Board of Directors. Cory started in the industry in 1994 working for a dealer in Metairie, La. 10 years later he went to work for LRG as a manufacturers rep and in 2019 he went to work for Digital Monitoring Products.

Cory said, “I have been working with the LLSSA organization for many years and I am very proud of what they do for the state of Louisiana and our industry. I am looking forward to working with all of the vendors in 2024.” If you have questions for Cory, you can reach him at cmbush716@gmail.com