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Q. What is the secret to setting up the Best and Safest security for my home?

There is no great secret. Knowing the intention of security is to keep a criminal out makes the setup as simple as ABC. And, if you follow these suggestions, you can sleep at night, go to work, or leave for vacation, confident that your home and those in it are safe. This is what we call:

A. Doors

Protect all doors that come into the living portion of your home, from the basement to the 2nd floor balcony. With the exception of the garage overhead, secure all other doors.

Do not waste money on the overhead garage doors unless you are trying to protect the garage. You should isolate the garage from the house by protecting the inner door into your home.

B. Windows

Protect all accessible windows that open.

A.	Often a basement window in a window well is neglected, thinking it is probably too small or inconvenient for a burglar. Think again. Frequently, it is flimsy and easy to open.

On the first floor, protect all ground level windows that can be reached without use of a ladder (and some that can). Example: If there were windows into the master bedroom or a child's room that are eight or nine feet high, you must decide if they should be secured, if not with sensors, then at least with very good mechanical locks.

C.	2nd Floor - If a burglar could easily get on the garage or roof and walk around to a bedroom window, it should be secured. Never allow entry into the sleeping area.

Backup Protection -

to secure against the extraordinary entry - breaking fixed glass, kicking a door panel in, etc. Since these are all noisy, it would ordinarily be when your home is empty.

Use Animal Immune Motion Detectors (they go as high as 100 pounds) for extra security when you are away. A Motion Detector should be positioned to:

A. Block the path to the Master Bedroom (the burglars prime target)

B. Prevent movement between floors

C. Block high traffic areas such as hallways

Use Glass Break Detectors in areas of concern (a basement playroom, family room, or sunroom that has a lot of fixed glass that cannot be protected with sensors).
These are the Basics of protecting a home. Seems like a lot but it is not.
The average home will have:	Doors - 3, maybe 4,	Windows - 7 to 10
	Motion Detectors: 1 or 2	Glass Break Detectors: maybe 1

All systems should have both an Indoor Sounder and an Attic Siren (one backs up the other). Burglars are not frightened by a little sounder on the inside of your house. But a siren, placed inside the attic, so it cannot be seen or reached, will unnerve most any burglar, especially if they feel the neighbors might also hear it. All of our systems are programmed to Automatically Reset after just a few minutes, stopping the siren and rearming the security.

Almost all of our systems today have built in Phone Line Monitors. This will immediately activate the sirens if the phone line is tampered with. Better still is to use a Cellular Backup System. If the phone line is cut, the cellular unit automatically sends all signals.

Police, Medical, and Fire Buttons on every Keypad. Silent Ambush is available, if needed.

Direct Paging - if you carry a pager, you will know immediatly about any alarms. You can also know when the kids get home.

Home Automation capabilities

Exit Delay Restart - Go to the garage or let the dog out without turning the system off.

Automatic Weekly Tests to the Central Station

Costs - All of these added Features are FREE with every System

English Display Keypads are much easier to use than the ones that just show zone numbers.

Portable Keypads with Voice Response and Emergency Buttons can be used in your car. They can open the garage, even turn on lights.

Wristwatches that can completely control your system (Dick Tracy, where are you?)

These add a little cost....but, not much

Wristwatch

Control

Remote Alarm

Control

Smoke and Heat Detectors must be installed in accordance with the Local Fire Code

Depending on the type of gas in use, appropriate Gas Detectors are available

Keypad Demonstration

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