Emergency response alarm monitoring services, namely, monitoring of alert devices by a remote monitoring center for the dispatch of emergency public health and security services and notification to third parties; emergency response medical alarm monitoring services; home security monitoring using wireless and wired sensors for glass breakage, motion detectors, cameras, pool alarms, water alarms and shutoff valves, gate, door and window contact sensors, severe weather alarms; medical alarm monitoring services; monitoring alarms; monitoring burglar and security alarms; monitoring of alarms; on-line social networking services; security guard services; verifying and monitoring the security credentials of event staff for various private and public sports or entertainment events to ensure public safety; video monitoring of facilities, viewable through a global computer network, for security purposes