Home Security Monitoring System

A Home Security Monitoring System Guarding Your Home.

There is little doubt that homes protected by a 24/7 home security monitoring system are far less prone to be successfully burgled. In fact, many home insurance companies volunteer a discounted rate for homes defended by monitored home security.

If an intruder triggers a monitored security system not only does an alarm or siren sound to alert neighbors and to attempt to scare off the burglar, but also a signal is sent to a central monitoring station.

The monitoring station will then call your home in order to verify if it is an actual emergency being reported or a false alarm. The representative will request your pass code. If an incorrect pass code is given, or if the call is unanswered, the police are immediately alerted.

With some systems, if a wrong code is given to the monitoring station they will assume that you are answering under duress, (as in a home invasion situation,) and the police are advised accordingly. With other home security monitoring systems you will be given a special code to use in such circumstances.

Why aren't the police notified immediately when a home security monitoring system sends a signal to the central monitoring station?

Because of high occurrences of false alarms. To send the police to an address where there is no real emergency diverts them from attending incidents where they are really needed.

A false alarm can occur through a homeowner forgetting to disable the monitoring system on their return home, or through a pet triggering the system. In order to greatly reduce occurrences of calling out the police unnecessarily, all home monitoring systems attempt to rule out the possibility of a false alarm before alerting the authorities.

Should you suffer a complete loss of electrical supply then a battery back-up steps in to ensure that your home security monitoring system continues to protect your home.

But what happens if your phone system goes down or an intruder manages to cut your phone lines? Typically, a monitored security system will have a cellular or radio back-up that transmits a signal to the central monitoring station if your phone lines are cut, and then transmits the following alarm signals. VoIP, voice over Internet, users will need a cellular back-up in the event of the Internet connection going down.

Central monitoring and your home security monitoring system.

The central monitoring station that your home security monitoring system connects to, needs to be as efficient as the system itself. Obviously the station will need to be operating 24/7/365 in all circumstances.

Some security providers run their own stations and others use the services of third party monitoring stations, the important point is whether the station can continue to monitor your system in an emergency.

A central monitoring station should have effective stand-by power generation in the event they lose their electrical supply. Many monitoring providers run duplicate centers, many miles apart, so that should a disaster befall one center the system is immediately switched to the other.

A good monitoring station will also have duplicate hardware and spare trained staff to ensure that your home security system remains monitored. The Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certify many central monitoring stations.

For more information about whether a home security monitoring system will provide the protection that you need see this page - A Monitored Home Security System.

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