An
alarm system detects and communicates--break-ins, fire, and panic
alarms, and can even be set to monitor something vital, such as a
home furnace or wine cellar (we all have those, eh?). The only problem is a high
false-alarm rate, which is usually due to misapplication of sensors or user
error.You are more likely to have a fire than an intruder. So fire alarms are first. Different sensors will monitor different stages of a fire, so one sensor type is probably not sufficient. This, of course, is over and above the typical smoke-alarms (replace those batteries yearly) and the carbon-monoxide alarms. There is far too much detail to go into as to the four stages of a fire and what detects what. You can always get further information from me.
The bottom line, however, is that if you install what is commonly called a "burglar alarm," spend the money and ensure that it also detects fire at an early stage. Later, we will talk about intrusion detection alarms as a separate entity. And then false alarms become even more important. The massive numbers of false alarms nationwide has caused two things to occur: (1) most police departments will not respond for free after the third false alarm; (2) many police departments will not respond AT ALL after the third false alarm. We will teach you how to prevent this. Otherwise you just spent a lot of money on something that won't do you a bit of good.
