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About Alarm Systems
In today’s world, it’s absolutely vital to take positive steps to ensure the safety of your family and property. An alarm system monitored by Monitronics can provide you with the protection and peace of mind you deserve.
Did You Know…?
- 1 out of 250 homes will experience damage or loss due to fire.
- 1 in every 4 homes will be targeted for a property crime.
- 1 burglary occurs in American homes every 13 seconds.
- Carbon monoxide poisoning kills nearly 500 people each year.
Statistics show that a home with a monitored security system is three times less likely to be burglarized.5 A monitored residential alarm system provides the maximum protection for you and your family.
How an Alarm System Works
A residential alarm system has four parts – window/door sensors, a motion detector, the alarm unit, and a control panel with display and keypad. Your Monitronics Authorized Dealer will work with you to select a secure place to install the alarm unit, as well as a convenient location near an entryway for the control panel.
Whether your alarm self-activates or you initiate the call for help, your alarm system will seize your phone line and dial Monitronics. Following strict procedures, our professional dispatchers act quickly to contact you and verify your alarm signal and situation. Within seconds after your signal, the appropriate police, fire, medical, or other authorities are on their way to your home.
What You Need in an Alarm System
Monitronics has a solid reputation for a fast, efficient response to every alarm. That’s why people say, “When seconds count, you can count on Monitronics.”
Response Speed – 24/7 Fire, Medical and Home Burglar Alarm System Monitoring: Providing Help When You Need It Most
What happens at 3:00 a.m. when you’re violated by a home burglar? Alarm system panels that simply sound an air horn make a lot of noise and could, possibly, scare off an intruder. But how would you know?
Did he leave? Is he still in the house wielding a weapon? Is he making plans to overcome anyone who tries to stop him? Is he just an amateur kid or a professional burglar? Alarm monitoring does more than simply make noise. It actually assesses your situation and then alerts the proper authorities, so they can provide the help you need.
A simple siren attached to your doors and windows can provide a false sense of security for you and your family. It’s only with 24/7 fire, medical and burglar alarm monitoring that you have full confidence of getting immediate assistance.
Fire, Medical and Burglar Alarm System Monitoring Works When You’re Home or Away
Most people naturally think of the advantage of having a home burglar alarm system for the times when their house is occupied. It’s certainly true that fire, medical and burglar monitoring is highly valuable in this situation. But monitoring can be just as valuable when you’re away from home.
Home burglar alarm system notification to the Monitronics monitoring center operators can save your valuable possessions while you’re away on vacation. Fire alerts sent out automatically while you’re at work can allow for help to arrive in time to save your home, your belongings and your pets from disaster. Portable two-way medical notification lets you go where you want to go without fear of help being out of reach.
Whether you’re in the backyard playing, out shopping, away at work or on a fabulous vacation, Monitronics keeps tabs on your home, alerting the authorities as necessary. You can maintain your busy lifestyle (and your peace of mind) knowing someone has everything at home under control.
Protection for Your Children, Seniors, Pets, Family
Monitoring services are great for children who are home alone, seniors who don’t want to lose their independence, pets at home while everyone is at work and your family as they go about their daily lives. Round-the-clock fire, medical and burglar alarm monitoring is the safest way to ensure help arrives when you need it.
Two-Way Monitoring
Everyone feels more secure when they know someone is nearby. As the leader in Two-Way Interactive Audio Verification, Monitronics gives you the peace of mind that someone is there in an emergency to provide instant and personal alarm monitoring to protect your property.
Two-Way Interactive Audio Verification provides hands-free communication throughout your business directly to the Monitronics Monitoring Center – without the use of a telephone. The alarm system has a speaker and microphone that allow audio monitoring or two-way conversations with a Monitronics operator when an alarm signal is detected.
Two-Way Interactive Audio Verification can be activated only by you at your business. Your privacy is always maintained, as activation is owner initiated.
When the alarm is activated, Monitronics receives the emergency signal and begins audio monitoring. The operator will ask if you need help and request your pass code.
Either by listening in or speaking with someone at the premises, the operator will determine if an emergency situation exists. In the event of an actual emergency, the proper authorities will be dispatched to your home.
Benefits of Two-Way Interactive Audio Verification
- The operator quickly can identify and confirm the emergency, resulting in faster, higher-priority response by the authorities – even when you cannot get to a telephone.
- You maintain your privacy. The operator can listen in and communicate with you only if your alarm has been activated.
- False dispatches can be reduced greatly. And you no longer have to wait for a phone call from the Monitoring Center when the alarm is falsely activated.
- In an emergency situation, the operator can provide continuous communication and relay any new information to the responding authorities until they arrive at the premises.
- When your system is in silent alarm mode, the operator only will listen in and not speak, so as to not panic an intruder.
Home Fire Alarm Systems Protect Against Fire & Smoke
Every year in America, over 400,000 residential fires destroy an estimated $4.7 billion in property. In addition, the United States has a fire death rate that is two times greater than most European nations. Only a home fire alarm system developed with the latest technology and equipment can effectively detect smoke and fire, protect your property and save your life. Monitronics is the leading provider of monitored smoke and fire alarm systems.
According to the Home Safety Council, 97% of homes today have at least one basic smoke detector. However, statistics repeatedly show that having just one off-the-shelf smoke alarm is rarely adequate to protect your family and property. With Monitronics monitored fire alarm systems, you get total home protection.
Fact: Over 4,000 deaths are caused by fires each year in America. United States Fire Administration (USFA) Many of those could have been prevented with proper fire alarm systems.
Monitronics Complete Home Protection
Protecting your home with monitored security and fire alarm systems that include monitored smoke detection is a wise choice. The sooner a fire or intruder is detected and emergency responders are notified, the greater the chances your loved ones and possessions will remain safe. Whether you are traveling, sleeping or shopping, your security system is always working to protect you from the number-one intruder – fire!
Fact: Cooking is the leading cause of fires and injuries in single and multifamily homes. With smoke and fire alarm systems from Monitronics, help can be on the way in no time.
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