Founded in 1988, Protection One is one of the largest providers of monitored security services in the United States. It provides installation, maintenance and monitoring of electronic security systems and fire systems to more than one million residential and commercial subscribers. Protection One is managed by a team of executives with over 40 years of security experience. Its products and services include Web-based system control, intrusion and fire detection and closed-circuit television. The company s fire detection system includes distinctive siren and voice instructions help control emergencies, microphone paging for medical alerts, security, accidents, weather warnings and shift changes. Its annunciator panels include pinpoint alarms and backlit annunciators. Headquarters in Lawrence, Kan., the company maintains more than 70 offices and six monitoring facilities throughout the U.S.