How Home Security Systems Can Protect Against Fire and Flood Damage

Did you know that your home secu­ri­ty sys­tem can pro­vide you and your fam­i­ly peace of mind not only for break-ins and theft but also for dis­as­ters such as fire and flood? While tra­di­tion­al­ly asso­ci­at­ed with deter­ring bur­glar­ies, mod­ern home secu­ri­ty sys­tems have evolved to include com­pre­hen­sive fea­tures designed to mit­i­gate var­i­ous house­hold risks. 

Let’s dive into how an advanced home secu­ri­ty sys­tem can safe­guard your home against fire and flood dam­age.

Protection Against Fire Damage

Fire is a risk in any home. From an over­heat­ed space heater to an unat­tend­ed can­dle, a small flame can turn into a major fire in just min­utes. One of the pri­ma­ry func­tions of a home secu­ri­ty sys­tem is to detect signs of fire at the ear­li­est pos­si­ble stage so that you and your loved ones have the max­i­mum amount of time to evac­u­ate safe­ly. 

Many home secu­ri­ty sys­tems have smoke alarms and car­bon monox­ide detec­tors strate­gi­cal­ly placed through­out the home to detect smoke par­ti­cles in the air. When a fire is detect­ed, the sys­tem will noti­fy the mon­i­tor­ing sta­tion and con­tact the local fire depart­ment. 

Integration with Home Automation

Did you know that you can enhance your home fire safe­ty mea­sures by inte­grat­ing your fire pro­tec­tion sys­tem with oth­er auto­mat­ed devices in your home? Here’s how you can seam­less­ly inte­grate the two sys­tems to ensure your pro­tec­tion against fire emer­gen­cies and opti­mize your fire escape plan. 

• Inte­gra­tion with HVAC Con­trol: In the event of a fire, your home’s heat­ing, ven­ti­la­tion and air con­di­tion­ing (HVAC) sys­tem can wors­en the sit­u­a­tion.

  By inte­grat­ing your home secu­ri­ty sys­tem, you can ensure that the HVAC sys­tem is auto­mat­i­cal­ly off to pre­vent the spread of smoke and flames through­out the home, min­i­miz­ing prop­er­ty dam­age and reduc­ing the risk to you and your loved ones.

• Smart Lock Sys­tem Inte­gra­tion: Do you have a smart lock? Your smart lock sys­tems can be pro­grammed to unlock doors in a fire.

  This fea­ture ensures that you and your loved ones can quick­ly and exit your home with­out fum­bling for keys, poten­tial­ly sav­ing valu­able sec­onds dur­ing an evac­u­a­tion.

• Tem­per­a­ture Sen­sors: Tem­per­a­ture sen­sors detect rapid tem­per­a­ture increas­es indica­tive of a fire. These sen­sors are in areas prone to fires, such as kitchens or near heat­ing appli­ances.

  It will trig­ger an alert and prompt imme­di­ate action to slow the fire’s spread when it detects ris­ing tem­per­a­tures.

• Garage Inte­gra­tion: A garage can be a vital escape route dur­ing a fire.

  With garage door inte­gra­tion, the sys­tem can open your garage door auto­mat­i­cal­ly when the fire alarm is acti­vat­ed to help you escape and pro­vide first respon­ders with easy access to your home. 

Protection Against Flood Damage

Ear­ly flood detec­tion pre­vents or min­i­mizes water dam­age. It cir­cum­vents the expen­sive cost of cleanup and repair work. Many home secu­ri­ty sys­tems today offer flood detec­tion and water alarms as an add-on ser­vice, and are espe­cial­ly valu­able if you live in an area prone to flood­ing. 

Water Alarms and Sensors

Water alarms and sen­sors are vital com­po­nents of flood detec­tion sys­tems and detect the pres­ence of water in areas prone to flood­ing or leak­ing, such as base­ments, crawl spaces and laun­dry rooms.

When a sen­sor detects water, it will trig­ger an alert to noti­fy the home­own­er of the poten­tial flood risk. 

It’s com­mon to place water sen­sors any­where in your home that’s prone to water dam­age, such as

• Base­ment: near water heaters, pipes and areas where water may enter, such as a floor drain
• Bath­room: below the sink or near the bath­tub
• Kitchen: under the sink 
• Laun­dry room: under the wash­ing machine or by the laun­dry sink

Integration with Video Surveillance Cameras

By inte­grat­ing water alarms with video sur­veil­lance cam­eras, you can visu­al­ly assess the extent of the water dam­age imme­di­ate­ly and take the appro­pri­ate mea­sures to mit­i­gate fur­ther dam­age when you are not home.

This lev­el of remote man­age­ment means you can take proac­tive mea­sures to pro­tect your home and belong­ings, even when you’re away.

Safeguard Your Home Against Fire and Flood Today

Are you look­ing for a reli­able home secu­ri­ty sys­tem? Pro­tec­tion Plus is proud to offer an extend­ed line of home alarm sys­tems, smart home mon­i­tor­ing, fire and flood safe­ty sys­tems and oth­er home pro­tec­tion prod­ucts and ser­vices to home­own­ers in Toron­to and the GTA. 

With over 25 years of expe­ri­ence, our team is here to pro­fes­sion­al­ly design, install and ser­vice the per­fect res­i­den­tial secu­ri­ty solu­tion for your home.

For more infor­ma­tion about our home secu­ri­ty sys­tems or to sched­ule a com­pli­men­ta­ry con­sul­ta­tion, reach out online or call us at 1–844–365‑7587