Assured Reaction
Alarm systems can be installed to emit a local alarm using a bell or siren, and they may be connected via a common carrier network (i.e.; telephone lines) to a monitoring station which dispatches the appropriate response authority (Police, Fire Ambulance) when the alarm system transmits a signal. In addition to the Police dispatch, a monitored system may also emit a local siren or strobe light when activated. A “local only” system does not in itself dispatch the Police.
In order to receive a Police dispatch you must either rely on a neighbour calling the Police (in the case of a local system) or you must have the system monitored (24 hours) by a monitoring station. In Australia it is not permitted to have a Security System connected directly to a Police Station. However, Shoalhaven Electronic Security can provide this specialised service of monitoring your alarm system for a nominal monthly fee.
What would happen if all of your neighbours were away when your alarm went off, no one would call the Police.
What would happen to the food in your refrigerator if the main power went off due to a blown fuse while you were away visiting family and friends at Christmas time, no one would know to call an Electrician to restore the power. You would arrive home to find your food rotten and you would have to spend many dollars to have them replaced.
Say you were asleep and a fire started in your home. Who would call the Fire Department to put out the fire? Your primary concern would be getting your family out of the house as fast as you can. A monitoring station can be alerted the moment your smoke detector goes off and can have the fire department responding while you worry about your family.
What if your business is in a commercial area and no one is around to hear a siren or see a strobe light? Who would know that a break in or a fire was happening in your business?
These are but a few reasons that you should have your alarm system monitored. A monitoring station can be there for you, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, whether you are around or not. We are always looking out for your family, your property and your possessions.
Lower Insurance Rates
Many insurance companies provide lower cost premiums on Home Contents Insurance and Business Insurance for customers who have a monitored alarm system. Contact your Insurance Company for more information.
Decreased Service Costs
A monitored system means that your monitoring station can provide the alarm installation or service personnel with detailed reports of exactly what sensors caused any alarm. These reports are invaluable tools for service technicians who can use them to minimise servicing time and costs.
Reduced Internal Theft (Commercial Systems)
A monitored system can report daily activities of personnel movements to and from your business when they use the alarm system. These daily activity reports are recorded by the monitoring station and can be provided on a regular basis to business managers and owners when the need arises. These reports can also display when the alarm system was turned off after normal hours and who turned it off, thus providing you with higher levels of security. If your alarm system is not turned on for the night or not turned off in the morning, the monitoring station can notify the appropriate people of these events and ensure that your premises is secure and that your business open for business on time.
Less Stress
Having your Security Alarm System monitored is knowing that in the event of your alarm system being activated, the appropriate positive swift action is being carried out. Alarm Systems without remote monitoring are the responsibility of the neighbours, of whom most would not react even to notify the appropriate authorities. They would prefer not to get involved. Can you really blame them, especially the way current laws seem to protect the criminal and victimise the innocent.
Stress can be a potential killer.
There are many forms of stress and being a victim of crime is very stressful, to say the least. Defend yourself against this form of stress by letting someone else share the worry and seriously consider having your existing or new Alarm System monitored.
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