10 things you should know about burglar alarms
1. Statistically you are less likely to suffer a break-in if you have an alarm fitted.
2. Having an alarm can reduce your insurance premiums (* usually this would require having a professionally installed system from an insurance-approved contractor e.g. a member NSI NACOSS Gold approved.)
3. Having pets no longer bars you from having an intruder-alarm system. There are a plethora of intelligent pet-immune detectors available.
4. In the UK when a burglar alarm is installed you should notify your local authority and give details of any keyholders.
5. Systems can be set and unset with the swipe of a proximity key-fob, no need to remember complicated codes.
6. The very latest systems allow remote setting and unsetting of a system via a smartphone app. You can let people into your home whilst you are on the beach!
7. Systems can give a guaranteed police response but must be installed and maintained by a police compliant installer.
8. Intelligent setting systems can alter the areas to be covered by monitoring the way you leave the building i.e. If you leave via the front door the system sets all floors in the house but if you go upstairs the system can decide to automatically set the ground floor only.
9. If you have a police response you must be able to supply details of at least two other keyholders who could attend your premises within twenty minutes of being informed.
10. Burglar alarms have vast logs and can remember thousands of events. This information is available to you at any time. Be careful what time you tell your partner you got in last night as it’s quiet simple to check!
So there it is, ten basic facts that perhaps not everyone knows. What would you add to the list? Feel free to add a comment below.