Commercial Alarm Installers and Intrusion Detection Contractors in the Lehigh Valley
KIT Communications is a commercial alarm installer, intrusion detection contractor, and security systems integrator serving Allentown, Bethlehem, and the greater Lehigh Valley. As a Pennsylvania low voltage contractor in business since 1999, KIT designs and installs commercial alarm systems and intrusion detection — sensors, zone partitioning, and monitored response — for the warehouses, plants, schools, and offices that make up the Lehigh Valley’s economy.
KIT designs, installs, services, and inspects the alarm system. For the full technical detail on platforms, sensor types, and monitoring, see KIT’s statewide commercial alarm overview. KIT covers commercial security across central and eastern Pennsylvania.
Warehouse & Distribution Alarm Systems Along the I-78 Corridor
KIT installs alarm systems for the warehouses and distribution centers that define Lehigh Valley logistics. The Lehigh Valley Industrial Park system alone spans seven parks and roughly 500 businesses across Lehigh and Northampton counties, and the newer big-box warehouse belt runs west along I-78 and Route 22 through Breinigsville and Trexlertown, anchoring millions of square feet of distribution space.
As a Lehigh Valley intrusion detection installer, KIT builds the detection around the building: perimeter and dock-door sensors across long rows of overhead rollup doors, motion coverage tuned to high-bay aisles, and multi-partition arming so the front office, the floor, and the shipping area each arm on their own schedule. For operators running several buildings, the same alarm systems report into multi-site monitoring. KIT also installs the security cameras and access control that run alongside the alarm, where the platforms support it.
Off-Shift Plant Protection for Lehigh Valley Manufacturers
Alongside the warehouses, the Lehigh Valley keeps a deep manufacturing base. KIT protects plastics and packaging plants, process and industrial manufacturers, and fabrication shops from Nazareth to Easton and around Whitehall.
KIT installs commercial alarm systems built for the plant floor — restricted-area intrusion detection around tooling cribs, parts storage, and high-value material; perimeter contacts on shipping and receiving doors; motion coverage for off-shift production areas; and holdup or duress devices at supervisor and cash-handling positions.
School, Municipal & Commercial Intrusion Detection
KIT installs monitored alarm systems across the Lehigh Valley’s schools, boroughs, and commercial corridors — K-12 and charter school buildings, township and municipal facilities, retail and multi-tenant commercial space, and professional offices — with door and window contacts, glass-break and motion sensors, holdup and duress devices for front-counter staff, and partitioned arming for buildings with mixed after-hours use.
School and municipal alarm deployments often sit alongside door access control and video surveillance on the same campus, and the alarm can integrate with those systems where the platforms support it. For Lehigh Valley public buyers, COSTARS, PEPPM, and TIPS cooperative purchasing simplifies procurement.
Camera-Verified Central-Station Monitoring
KIT’s central-station monitoring partner is UL-listed, FM-approved, and TMA Five Diamond Certified — the top certification tier in the monitoring industry, held by fewer than 3% of monitoring companies. For Lehigh Valley facilities running integrated cameras, the monitoring station can pull the linked camera feed to verify an alarm visually before dispatch, which matters most on large unmanned floors where a single tripped sensor would otherwise send police to an empty building. KIT installs, services, and inspects the alarm system and manages the transition when a facility moves its monitoring over from a prior provider.
Lehigh Valley Coverage
Coverage runs across the whole Lehigh Valley — Allentown’s commercial core, the industrial parks around Bethlehem, the manufacturing belt from Nazareth to Easton, the I-78 warehouse belt from Breinigsville west to Trexlertown, and north through Catasauqua to Slatington. KIT also covers the Lehigh County boroughs from Whitehall south to Coopersburg, and crosses from Lehigh County into Northampton County around Bethlehem and Easton. The full list of Lehigh Valley communities served is in the FAQ below.
Start an Alarm Project in the Lehigh Valley
KIT Communications installs commercial alarm and intrusion detection systems across Allentown and the Lehigh Valley. Contact KIT Sales for a site survey and a written proposal.
Why Lehigh Valley Buyers Choose KIT for Alarm Systems
Intrusion design in-house before installation. KIT plans sensor coverage, zone partitioning, and the monitoring approach in-house — sized to the building — before devices get ordered.
Advisory stance, not platform-pushing. KIT installs both cloud-managed alarm platforms and on-premise intrusion panels and advises on the tradeoffs; the client drives the platform decision.
Closeout walk with the customer. KIT runs a closeout walk so the customer sees the alarm system functioning before handover.
Repeat work is the norm. KIT has delivered more than 100 projects in the Lehigh Valley over 25+ years, and 3,400+ commercial projects statewide since 2020 — more than five projects per client on average. The Estimator and Project Manager who scope your alarm project are the same people on the next one. SBA-Certified SDVOSB.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. The I-78 and Route 22 corridor is a major Northeast logistics market, with the seven-park Lehigh Valley Industrial Park system and roughly 500 businesses at its core. Large distribution floors run mostly unmanned after hours, so intrusion detection here is built around perimeter and dock-door sensors and multi-partition arming that separates the office from the floor.
Yes. The Lehigh Valley keeps a deep manufacturing base, and plants that run partial shifts or shut down overnight need intrusion detection built around the floor plan — restricted-area sensors around tooling and high-value materials, perimeter contacts on shipping and receiving doors, and holdup or duress devices at supervisor positions. Monitoring is provided through a TMA Five Diamond Certified central-station partner.
Central-station monitoring is provided through a UL-listed, FM-approved, TMA Five Diamond Certified partner — the highest certification level awarded by The Monitoring Association, held by fewer than 3% of monitoring companies. For facilities with integrated cameras, the station can verify an alarm visually before dispatch. KIT designs, installs, services, and inspects the alarm system and handles monitoring transitions from a prior provider.
Allentown, Bethlehem, Easton, and the surrounding Lehigh and Northampton county communities — Whitehall, Macungie, Emmaus, Catasauqua, Coplay, Northampton, Breinigsville, Fogelsville, Trexlertown, Schnecksville, and Coopersburg, north to Slatington. The Lehigh Valley is served from KIT’s Lebanon headquarters.
Yes. KIT holds COSTARS, PEPPM, and TIPS cooperative purchasing agreements, which simplify alarm and intrusion-detection procurement for Lehigh Valley school districts, charter schools, townships, and municipal buyers.