A.L.O.A. - Associated Locksmiths of America - an international professional organization of highly qualified security professionals engaged in consulting, sales, installation and maintance of locks, keys safes premises security, access controls, alarms and other security related endeavors. websites: www.aloa.org and www.findalocksmith.com
C.S.C.L.A. - Central and Southern Colorado Locksmith Association - The mission and purpose is to encourage, promote, aid in and affect the
voluntary interchange, among members of the CSCLA, of data, information,
experience, ideas, knowledge, methods and techniques relating to the
field of locksmithing.
R.M.L.A. - Rocky Mountain Locksmiths' Association -a nonprofit organization who's purpose is to bring together those persons interested in the advancement of the locksmith profession. websites:www.rmlaco.org and www.therockeypress.info
State of Colorado Cert. gd Stdg. -State of Colorado Certificate of Good Standing- A pdf. file document from the Secretary of State of the State of Colorado, which certifies that, according to the records of their office for the Entity listed, is a Corporation formed or registered under the law of Colorado, has complied with all applicable requirements of the state office, and is in good standing with the state office. This entity has been assigned an entity identification number, and The certificate is assigned a Confirmation Number which can be use to verify the authentication of the pdf . document.
State of Colorado- Verified - This is a link to the Colorado Secretary of State's website that verifies the company is listed as a individual Company registered with the State of Colorado.
Shop and Mobile Service - Shop- The company listed has an actual store or office that is available to customers to bring the work to the company listed. Mobile Service- The company is capable of traveling to the customer's location to provide services or deliver product.
"Shop" not listed- the company is mobile only and does not provide a place for customers to take work to the them.
Auto-In General preforms work on automobiles and motorcycles, such as vehicle openings when the keys are locked inside, key origination when your keys have been misplaced, or stolen. Contact the individual company for specific vehicle type.
Commercial-In General preforms Service work on commercial properties like office complexes, business parks, warehouses, hospitals, schools, etc.. The hardware used on these building are required to be of better quality than that used in most homes or apartments and require a higher technical expertise.
Residential-Home or apartments service work, usually lockout and rekeying. May also include garage door remote re-programing, new installation or up-grade of existing hardware especially when the homeowner wishes to improve the hardware they have or make the home a harder target by deterring the burglar to go to the neighbor, whose home is easier to break in.
Access Control- is lock hardware that uses card/proximity/button readers, biometric readers (eye, finger or hand print scanners) push button combination controlled or any combination of the above, utilizing a stand-alone lock (a lock that has all the computer hardware inside the lock) or a system that requires a computer or other type of hardware to control a lock or multiple locks, with all kinds of bells and whistles using radio signals or are hard wired from the lock to the controlling device.
Safes- Security chests of different sizes shapes and uses. Your Local Locksmith/Safe Company HAS IN STOCK or can easily order and install these better quality Safes.
Home centers or department stores usually DO NOT STOCK the higher quality safes. Fire Safes-UL rates safes for their fire resistance protection. Fire Safes DO NOT PROTECT against BURGLARY!
Class 350
safes protect paper documents Class 150 safes protect magnetic tape
and photographic film Class 125 safes protect floppy disks. In
addition to the Class Rating, safes obtain an hourly rating for fire
resistance — anywhere from 30 minutes to four hours.
Burglary Safes-There are to many ratings to list here for the different chests and lock types.
A minimum Burglary rating would be a TL-15 which in its self is still a very high quality safe. . You will find safes rated for both burglary and fire at your Local Locksmith/ Safe company
A helpful link to Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 10 things you did not know about UL's Safe Testing