Burglar Alarms

Recent crime statistics are truly startling. In the next 10 years, one in every four American homes will be burglarized. Somewhere in the United States, a property crime is committed every 3 seconds!

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Burglar or anti-theft alarms all operate under some basic assumptions:

They are all triggered by some event.

Motion is detected in some form.

An electrical circuit is broken or closed (even when force is used on an object).

Some response occurs after the alarm is tripped. It could be as simple as a siren sounding, lights flashing, or it could include electronic monitoring and telephone dialing.

Alarms usually fall into four different categories:

Single Usage Alarms warn home occupants of a particular type of danger. For example, single usage alarms are erected in houses for smoke detection, carbon monoxide monitoring, and include battery-operated alarms found in door wedges and windows sills.

Local Alarms provide an "area effect" in which bells, siren wails or flashing lights inside or outside a residence identify that an alarm has been tripped. This has the benefit of creating an effective deterrent by frightening away would-be thieves.

Telephone Dialers dial out to pre-determined telephone numbers, sending notice that an alarm has been tripped. These numbers typically are neighbors, friends, law enforcement, or professionally monitored security services. Panic buttons fit into this category of alarm.

Continually Monitored Security is both the most expensive and usually the most effective method of burglar alarm and security monitoring. When an alarm is tripped the monitoring service is notified and in turn calls police, fire department, or medical aid.

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