Don’t let your holiday be ruined by false alarms! There are simple steps you can take to avoid what could be costly mistakes, while at the same time creating a lovely holiday atmosphere in your home or business.Motion Detectors and Holiday DecorationsAlways ensure...
Effects of Disasters on Alarm Systems If you are required to evacuate due to a disaster, do you have a plan in place to avoid potential false alarms from your alarm system? Taking a few simple steps before a disaster occurs, will help to avoid potential problems and...
What Sellers Should Do Discuss with your real estate agent the use of the burglar alarm system while your home is on the market. Contact your monitoring company to advise that the property is on the market and that real estate agents will be in and out throughout the...
Train each person who will enter the premises on how to use the system, including bypassing the motion detector, what to do if an alarm occurs, and how to cancel an alarm.Give each person who will enter the premises their own disarm code for the keypad and a...
Check Your Batteries Like all batteries, your backup has a useful life of about 3 to 5 years, but that life may be shortened if you have had several power outages. Your system battery should be checked annually, or after any storm related false alarm, by an alarm...