About IDS
About
Making Your Life Safer
We provide customized security solutions to help protect your family and property. Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. provides comprehensive service, state-of-the-art UL Listed alarm monitoring, and 24/7 support for Residential, Commercial and Industrial applications. IDS also provides solutions for all types of existing systems.
Located in Tenafly, NJ, we provide personalized attention and customized Security System and Fire Protection Solutions. With over 40 years of specialized education, skill, knowledge, training, experience, and credentials in the alarm and security industry, IDS is driven by nationally recognized alarm and security expert and company President, Jeffrey Zwirn, CPP, CFPS, CFE, SET, FASI&T, CHPA-IV, MBAT, NFPA 3000(PS).
With IDS you are able to deal with Company President and nationally recognized expert from the initial security survey and needs analysis of your system to its final completion. Once the system is completed you will always be able to deal with IDS’s expert staff and technicians who average 20 years of service with the company.
"Not all security systems are created equal. We help ensure that you have real security, not a false sense of security."
– Jeffrey D. Zwirn, President, Intruder Detection Systems, Inc.
About Jeffrey D. Zwirn
Meet Nationally Recognized Alarm Expert And Company President
Meet Nationally Recognized Alarm Expert - And Company President
Jeffrey D. Zwirn, CPP, CFPS, CFE, SET, FASI&T, CHPA-IV, MBAT, NFPA 3000(PS), President, Intruder Detection Systems, Inc.
Meet Nationally Recognized Alarm Expert and Company President Jeffrey D. Zwirn, CPP, CFPS, CFE, SET, FASI&T, CHPA-IV, MBAT, NFPA 3000(PS).
About Jeffrey D. Zwirn
Meet Nationally Recognized Alarm Expert - And Company President
Meet Nationally Recognized Alarm Expert And Company President
Jeffrey D. Zwirn, CPP, CFPS, CFE, SET, FASI&T, CHPA-IV, MBAT, NFPA 3000(PS), President, Intruder Detection Systems, Inc.
Jeffrey D. Zwirn, President of Intruder Detection Systems, Incorporated is a Master Alarm Technician, Florida, New Jersey, and New York State Certified and Licensed Burglar and Fire Alarm Contractor, Certified Protection Professional (CPP) -Board Certified in Security Management, ASIS International, Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) National Fire Protection Association International (NFPA), Certified NICET Level IV Senior Engineering Technician (SET)
Mr. Zwirn has over forty years of specialized education, skill, knowledge, training, experience and credentials in security systems, fire alarm and life safety systems, access control, and overt and covert CCTV surveillance system design, recommendations, development, installation, service, maintenance, inspection, testing, operational management and UL Listed Central Station Monitoring of almost all types and brands of security systems. Mr. Zwirn is a high security specialist and provides physical and electronic security system evaluations, security surveys, needs analysis, target hardening, vulnerability assessments and advanced countermeasures which are utilized against the criminal element.
Mr. Zwirn was formally appointed by the National Fire Protection Association to serve on NFPA 72 of the National Fire Alarm Code, and NFPA 72 of the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code as a Principal Technical Committee Panel Member in the Special Expert (SE) Category, (July Of 2002 through November 2009), Mr. Zwirn was also appointed and currently serves on twenty-two (22) UL Standard Technical Panels. He is also the technical writer for a monthly article published by the nationally recognized peer reviewed Security Sales and Integration Magazine, entitled Security Science, and Mr. Zwirn provided Sixty Seven (67) Accepted Submissions to NFPA 730, which is the Report of the Committee on Premises Security. As an instructor to the technical community of the alarm, security, and law enforcement industries, Mr. Zwirn has authored security and alarm system test questions which have been accepted by The American Society for Industrial Security, for their coveted and internationally recognized Certified Protection Professional Certification Examination, and for the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) Fire Alarm Certification Program Levels I-IV.
Mr. Zwirn has developed training curriculum and written alarm and security test examinations for the New York City Police Department, the Nation’s Leader in Law Enforcement, the Joint Terrorism Task Force, and has been an active 17 year designated Expert Instructor for the New York City Police Department Crime Prevention Section, in its Basic Methods of Security Course.
Over 40 years of specialized education, skill, knowledge, training, experience and credentials in the alarm and security industry.
- Active 25 year Expert Instructor- New York City Police Department
- Certified Protection Professional- ASIS International
- Board Certified in Security Management-- ASIS International
- Certified in Three States as an Alarm Contractor
- Instructor to the Technical Community of the Alarm, Security, Investigative and Law Enforcement Communities
- Certified Fire Protection Specialist- National Fire Protection Association International
- 2021 Recipient of New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJELSA) Member of the Month at Their 2022 Symposium
- 2019 Recipient of the Outstanding Service Award from the New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA) On Their Fiftieth Anniversary
- Nationally Recognized Alarm Expert
- Certified Protection Professional- Board Certified in Security Management ASIS International
- NICET Level IV Certified in Fire Protection Engineering Technology/ Fire Alarm Systems
- National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
- Formerly Appointed by The National Fire Protection Association International to serve on NFPA 72 of the National Fire Alarm Code and NFPA 72 of the National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code in the Special Expert Category
- Appointed to serve on twenty-two (22) Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard Technical Panels
- Received first Certificate of Competency in Burglar and Fire Alarm Systems through written proctored examination in Broward County, Florida in 1982
- 2018 Recipient of the True Professional Award from the New Jersey Electronic Security Association (NJESA) At Their 2019 Annual Symposium
- 25 Year Designated Expert Instructor to the New York City Police Department
- Systems- National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
Licensing and Insurance
WHEN YOU WANT TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT SECURITY™
Certified and Licensed New Jersey Burglar and Fire Alarm Contractor.
IDS maintains both workmans compensation and general liability insurance.
State of New Jersey Burglar Alarm License Number: 34BA00009000
State of New Jersey Fire Alarm License Number: 34FA00009000
State of New Jersey Burglar And Fire Alarm Business License Number: 34BF0002900
State of Florida Alarm Contractors License
State of New York Alarm Contractors License
State of Delaware Alarm Contractor License
District Of Columbia-Department Of Consumer And Regulatory Affairs- Security Alarm Agent
New Jersey Electronic Security and Life Safety Association
National Fire Protection Association
NICET Level IV Certified in Fire Protection Engineering Technology / Fire Alarm Systems, National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
Testimonials
Social Responsibility
We are proud to support a variety of charitable and community organizations. We encourage you to learn more about some of these organizations and the very worthwhile work they do.
American Heart Association
Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. supports the American Heart Association in their mission to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke. That single purpose drives all they do and we support that. The need for the AMA’s work is beyond question.
March of the Living
Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. supports March of the Living. March of the Living is an international, educational program that brings Jewish teens from all over the world to Poland on Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, to march from Auschwitz to Birkenau, the largest concentration camp complex built during World War II, and then to Israel to observe Yom HaZikaron, Israel Memorial Day, and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day.
Wounded Warrior Project
Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. holds the highest appreciation, honor, and respect for those who protect and serve our country. We support The Wounded Warrior Project in their mission to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members and help them aid and assist each other.
ASIS International
Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. is a member of ASIS International, a global community of security practitioners, each of whom has a role in the protection of assets – people, property, and/or information. represent virtually every industry in the public and private sectors, and organizations of all sizes.
American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians
Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. supports the American Society of Certified Engineering Technicians which was formed at the request of technicians and technologists in engineering disciplines other than those covered by NICET certification, ASCET established a Certification Study Committee to investigate the certification criteria of other bodies.
Association of Electrical Contractors
Intruder Detection Systems, Inc. is a member of the Association of Electrical Contractors. NECA contractors set the standard for traditional and integrated electrical systems and lead the industry in the practical application of new technologies. American Society of Certified Engineering
Making Your Life Safer
We provide customized security solutions to help protect your people and property.