Many Miami homeowners are unaware of the importance of a smoke detector in their home, and therefore unaware of the important role a smoke detector plays in their family’s safety. What many people do not know is that smoke inhalation is the leading cause of home fire deaths, not complications from burns. The U.S. Fire [...]
Are you the parent of a child about to go away to college and live on their own for the first time? Are you an older adult desiring to retain independence for as long as possible? Are you a bachelor or a bachelorette in Miami in the prime of your life? Home security is something that should not be taken for granted, especially when living alone. A monitored home security system is something you need in order to ensure safety at home when alone. With a monitored home security system, not only will you be alerted by the alarm if an intrusion occurs, the proper authorities will also be alerted of the home intrusion.
Many homeowners take their serenity and peace at home for granted. Although the FBI reported a small percentage drop in reported home burglaries from 2006-2007, the chances are still pretty high. While much advancement is being made in our society, we are far from those days of being worry free at from home intrusions. Your [...]
Do you and your family have that special family vacation planned for this year? Maybe you and your special someone have a romantic getaway planned for the weekend? If you plan on vacationing for any extended period of time, do not let yourself become an easy target for burglars and home invaders. Thousands of people [...]
Home Invasions are serious and dangerous crimes that affect over 8000 North American homes each and every year. Although the primary intent of a home invasion is typically theft or robbery, some homes are invaded for the purposes of assaulting, raping or even murdering the inhabitants of a household. In fact, more than 60% of [...]
Home invasions resulting in thefts or violent crimes such as assault, rape or murder occur on an almost daily basis. The best way to protect yourself and your loved ones from these viscious crimes is to install an alarm system. Most of the convicted criminals who were charged with offences relating to home invasions have explained that they would not have broken into a home with an alarm system installed. The reasons for these crimes vary, but residential homes are often selected as viable alternatives to robbing a bank or convenience store, due to the high-tech security systems often used by these types of businesses today.
Webster dictionary defines paranoia as a tendency on the part of an individual toward excessive or irrational suspiciousness and distrustfulness of others. Although these days you feel like you cannot have enough security in your home, there is a limit to how far we will go in securing our home before we have reached the [...]
In the information age in which we live in today, we have at our fingertips instant information about every and any topic our minds desire to explore. However, when it comes to understanding or gaining information about how the mind of a burglar works, I’m sorry to say that we often either come up with our own conclusions based on what we consider to be common sense or we see a movie where a burglar uses a credit card or a paperclip to break into a door and we assume it is that easy. The truth is that if we would just use a little common sense, re think and change some of the ways we do things, educate ourselves and families and consider home security enhancements, we can and will make our homes safer.
Although it is a well known fact that using a state of the art monitored home security system is the absolute best way to protect your home and loved ones, there are other measures one can take to ensure a safe environment at home. The FBI as well as all other law enforcement authorities statistically agree and confirm that you are much less likely to be a burglary victim by installing a monitored alarm, however they also agree that it is an absolute necessity to take extra precautions which will in fact deter a burglar from targeting your particular home. The following is a list of what most security experts consider to be the most proficient as well as cost effective ways of equipping your home with additional layers of protection. As previously stated, the following list of measures is not to be considered an alternative or replacement to your monitored security system, but rather an enhancement to it.
As technological advances continue to be made, the world around us becomes more and more inundated with options and features in electronics that makes buying an electronic component quite a task. And when it comes to security systems, it is no different unless, you know what the essential components are that make for a complete system. Security systems have evolved from the primitive key type systems, where all you would do to arm the system was turn a key and the light turned from green to red and your armed, to elaborate and sophisticated systems which use touch screen keypads and have the ability to not only control your security system but also gives you the ability to control such things as lights, curtains or even your Jacuzzi. And unless you know how to decipher what is essential and what is an option you don’t necessarily need, you might be geared towards unnecessary expenses on features or options you may not need. So with that in mind, we will take some time to try and create a better understanding of what are the essential components every security system should have and what are some not so essential items for your system.
