| Security should be one of the most important | | | | quality sensor would make it expensive to protect |
| considerations for your home. Why fill your home | | | | each room. |
| with your personal effects and decorate it if the | | | | As external alarm boxes are a good deterrent, |
| home can be so easily burgled? It makes more | | | | just having an alarm system installed by a |
| sense to have a security system fitted that will | | | | recognized intruder alarm installer should deter |
| deter intruders and send them elsewhere. | | | | most villains, whether they are opportunists or |
| This article is designed to give you an idea of the | | | | professionals. After all, burglars do not know |
| sort of intruder alarm protection you will need in a | | | | whether or not your system is monitored by a |
| private house. It does not replace the advice of a | | | | central station who will alert the Police in the |
| professional Security Surveyor or System | | | | instance of an alarm - it is easier for them to go |
| Designer from a reputable security installer. The | | | | next door or somewhere that does not have an |
| article will give you a degree of understanding and | | | | alarm system. |
| help you to discuss your homes security with a | | | | Burglar Alarms |
| security professional. | | | | Burglars, and indeed any intruders, are |
| Christie Intruder Alarms (CIA) consider that the | | | | overwhelmingly deterred by a burglar alarm (or, |
| best way to protect residential property is by | | | | as we say in the trade, an intruder alarm) more |
| using trap protection. Trap protection is a | | | | than any other form of home security. It is |
| strategy for protecting a property without fitting | | | | better to take preventative measures as |
| sensors in every room. | | | | opposed to the "shutting the stable door after the |
| Statistics show that villains rarely break in through | | | | horse has bolted". You are far more likely to be |
| windows at the front of a house. They are even | | | | burgled if you have been burgled before. Villains |
| less likely to stay in one room and leave through | | | | are renowned for returning to the same |
| the same front window; they are more likely to | | | | properties. |
| go straight to the master bed room. So fitting | | | | Break-ins are an unfortunate fact of life. Being |
| sensors in the rear rooms of the house and in the | | | | broken into in a residential property is obviously |
| hallway is often considered sufficient for the | | | | more distressing than a burglary in the work place |
| ground floor. | | | | and although vandalism is rare, the loss of |
| Also as kitchens have heat sources (boilers, | | | | sentimental artefacts can be most upsetting. |
| fridges, ovens, washing machines and such) and | | | | As the Number One security installer in the South |
| hard surfaces, they are generally considered | | | | of England, Christie Intruder Alarms (CIA) use a |
| unstable areas and rarely contain items of value. | | | | combination of detection devices. The most |
| Therefore, as a rule, a kitchen should not be | | | | popular devices are the PIR (Passive Infra-Red) |
| protected with PIR. | | | | detectors, magnetic reed contacts, breaking glass |
| Through our 35+ years of experience, we have | | | | detectors, infra-red beams, pressure pads, case |
| learnt that even dual technology detectors are | | | | wiring, vibration detectors and dual technology |
| unsuitable for kitchens, as the microwave motion | | | | sensors (sensors that combine Passive Infra-Red |
| sensor will detect movement through glass, thin | | | | with Microwave or Ultrasonic detection). |
| walls and will even be triggered by water moving | | | | Always choose a company that has been |
| in pipes. | | | | awarded the prestigious NSI NACOSS Gold Medal. |
| There are various reasons for adopting a trap | | | | The Gold Medal is only awarded to companies |
| protection strategy. The first is to limit the false | | | | who consistently deliver an outstanding |
| alarm potential of a system and the more | | | | performance in security management. |
| detectors a property has, the higher the false | | | | NSI is an acronym of the National Security |
| alarm potential. All detectors (even the top of the | | | | Inspectorate. Formerly known as NACOSS, the |
| range ones that CIA use) sometimes false alarm. | | | | NSI is an independent, not-for-profit approvals |
| These false alarms are becoming increasingly | | | | body providing inspection services for the security |
| onerous due to the new hard line that Police | | | | and fire industries. |
| Forces are taking regarding attendance. False | | | | To read an article on Alarm Monitoring follow the |
| alarms result in withdrawn Police attendance. | | | | author link. |
| Another important factor is cost - using a good | | | | |
