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Installing a home burglar alarm will help protect your property from unwanted intruders. But what happens when the alarm activates? To enhance your level of home security, we recommend you choose a monitored alarm system over an unmonitored one.
In this blog, we explain what a monitored system is and highlight the benefits.
With a monitored alarm system, as soon as your alarm system is activated, for example, a motion detector identifying an intruder, a notification is immediately sent to an alarm receiving centre (ARC).
The ARC will then attempt to contact you and confirm whether it’s a real emergency or a false trigger. If you don’t respond, the alarm monitoring service will escalate the situation and depending on the system you have, either contact a keyholder or dispatch the emergency services to your property.
Some monitored alarm systems use an intercom system so the ARC can listen in on what’s going on in your home and speak to the intruder through an integrated audio device.
Most people ignore alarms either assuming that someone else will deal with it or not knowing what to do. When your monitored alarm system is activated, someone will always respond.
Monitored systems will also monitor battery levels and power supplies, protecting the system from failure by notifying you before it stops working. It can also alert to a potential power cut, meaning you may get a notification before the freezer defrosts!
Burglars prefer easy targets. They tend to avoid houses with alarms and especially those that are monitored.
The ARC will provide 24/7 cover. So you’ll have peace of mind that someone will always respond to your alarm when you’re not able to.
Some home insurers quote lower household insurance premiums when there is a monitored alarm at a property.
Unattended burglar alarms are incredibly annoying and likely to cause noise complaints from your neighbours. The quick response when a monitored alarm goes off means this problem is less likely to occur.
If you’re thinking of installing a burglar alarm in your home, monitored or otherwise, and would like some advice or a no-obligation quote, please call us on 01392 368830 or complete our contact form.
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