Toron­to has a pop­u­la­tion of more than 6 mil­lion peo­ple. Even in the safest neigh­bour­hoods, Toron­to’s alarm sys­tems improve home secu­ri­ty.

At Pro­tec­tion Plus, we work with home and busi­ness own­ers across the GTA. We under­stand what goes into the safe­ty of the aver­age home, con­do, or apart­ment.

To get a bet­ter idea of your home and where safe­ty risks may be, our secu­ri­ty experts have put togeth­er this home secu­ri­ty check­list to help.

The biggest step in being secure is stay­ing informed. Keep­ing our clients in the know ensures that you under­stand your home’s strong and weak points. If you’re con­cerned about your home­’s safe­ty, fol­low this home secu­ri­ty check­list to see where you could use some extra rein­force­ment.

Outdoor Security

Before you begin secur­ing the inside of your home, check your exter­nal prop­er­ty. Alarm sys­tems in Toron­to homes can incor­po­rate areas out­side the home as well.

Your prop­er­ty tells would-be thieves a lot, from the trash at your curb to the trees in your yard. Some of the things to check out­side include:

  • Secure trash cans: Can poten­tial crim­i­nals see what you spend your mon­ey on?
  • Tree cov­er­age: How much of your home is vis­i­ble from the street?
  • Win­dow views: Can you see into your home from the yard?
  • Out­door fur­ni­ture: Are your BBQ, ride-on mow­er, and tools safe­ly secured and out of view?

Out­door secu­ri­ty also extends to struc­tures on your prop­er­ty, such as:

  • Sheds
  • Garages
  • Pools
  • Boat hous­es

These sec­ondary struc­tures can be pro­tect­ed with many of the same safe­ty prod­ucts used inside, includ­ing alarm sys­tems, secu­ri­ty cam­eras, and smart locks. Many Cana­di­ans choose to include door and win­dow sen­sors in their garages.

Once you know the prob­lem areas, you can bet­ter pro­tect your home. Pin­point poten­tial entry points and rein­force them with secu­ri­ty prod­ucts.

Doors and Windows

The most obvi­ous places to enter your home are the doors and win­dows. As you per­form your secu­ri­ty check­list, look at things like:

  • Rein­force­ment bars: Slid­ing doors and win­dows can be rein­forced with a bar to keep the glass from slid­ing open.
  • Base­ment win­dow bars: Base­ment win­dows are easy to access and rarely thought about in terms of safe­ty.
  • Locks: How secure are your locks? Can you get into your home with­out a key?
  • Sen­sors: Win­dow and door sen­sors tell you when any entrance in your home is left ajar.

At Pro­tec­tion Plus, we can help improve door and win­dow secu­ri­ty with smart locks and sen­sors. Con­trol your locks from any­where with your smart­phone. Pro­vide indi­vid­ual codes to vis­i­tors and fam­i­ly mem­bers so you always know who is com­ing and who is going.

Security Cameras

Secu­ri­ty cam­eras are an obvi­ous choice to rein­force the safe­ty of your home.

If you already have secu­ri­ty cam­eras, check to see if they are vis­i­ble out­side. A vis­i­ble cam­era can help scare off poten­tial intrud­ers. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, they’re also easy for intrud­ers to spot and block.

Installing a vis­i­ble cam­era along­side a hid­den cam­era (like a smart door­bell, or less notice­able secu­ri­ty cam­era) improves the chances of catch­ing wrong­do­ings in the act.

Smart door­bells mon­i­tor your front door. They are con­cealed and can send video clips to you by email or push noti­fi­ca­tions when acti­vat­ed.

Oth­er secu­ri­ty cam­era options include inte­ri­or cam­eras to check in on your home in real-time. They are use­ful for whether you want to see how the kids are doing with a new babysit­ter or check on some unusu­al activ­i­ty relat­ed to you by a neigh­bour.

Alarms and Detectors

Alarms and detec­tors pro­tect your home by alert­ing you to prob­lems inside. At Pro­tec­tion Plus, we offer alarms such as:

  • Bur­glary
  • Smoke
  • Tem­per­a­ture changes
  • Fire
  • Floor
  • Car­bon monox­ide

These detec­tors pro­tect you while you’re away from home or tucked into bed. Check how many alarms you have, what they detect, and whether they require bat­ter­ies. Run a test to ensure each is work­ing as you com­plete your secu­ri­ty check.

Home Lighting

The light­ing in and out­side your home plays a role in how secure your prop­er­ty is. When a home is vis­i­ble, even at night, it’s less like­ly to attract unwant­ed atten­tion.

Poten­tial invaders are less like­ly to engage if your neigh­bours can see and report unusu­al activ­i­ty around your home.

The lights on your prop­er­ty can also be used to deter intrud­ers by trick­ing them into think­ing you’re home when you’re not. Smart light sys­tems let you place your lights on timers. This is a great fea­ture for fam­i­lies who vaca­tion or work late.

For­get about your home look­ing emp­ty all evening. Smart lights can be con­trolled from any­where to bring life back to your emp­ty home.

Exter­nal sen­sor lights are anoth­er light­ing fea­ture promi­nent in the secu­ri­ty indus­try. When move­ment occurs out­side your home, the out­side lights turn on. This illu­mi­nates any would-be trou­ble and improves night vision for you and your fam­i­ly if you return home in the evening.

Home Alarm Systems in Toronto

Installing secu­ri­ty sys­tems in Toron­to homes is always a good idea.

A thor­ough secu­ri­ty sys­tem includes many of the fea­tures and prod­ucts men­tioned above. This means few­er safe­ty checks and greater peace of mind in the future.

Pro­tec­tion Plus secu­ri­ty sys­tems offers ALARM‑i video ver­i­fi­ca­tion alarm sys­tems, includ­ing fea­tures such as:

  • Ver­i­fi­ca­tion alarms on secu­ri­ty video footage (text/email)
  • Increased police dis­patch and response times
  • Pho­tographs of arm­ing and dis­arm­ing of sys­tem
  • Glass­break detec­tor

Your alarm sys­tem can be part­nered with oth­er prod­ucts and ser­vices, includ­ing:

  • Smart locks
  • Smart door­bells
  • Video sur­veil­lance
  • Out­door cam­eras
  • Indoor cam­eras
  • Smart lights
  • Smart ther­mostats

The pur­pose of a home secu­ri­ty sys­tem is to keep you in the know where your home’s secu­ri­ty is involved, no mat­ter where you are.

Call Us for a Home Security Audit

A home secu­ri­ty audit thor­ough­ly assess­es the cur­rent secu­ri­ty fea­tures of your home. We test doors and win­dows, check for weak points, and deter­mine which safe­ty prod­ucts will pro­tect even the most incon­spic­u­ous entry point.

Pro­tec­tion Plus is a local secu­ri­ty com­pa­ny. We aren’t just a busi­ness sell­ing a prod­uct. We’re your friends and neigh­bours, and we want to keep our neigh­bour­hoods safe.

You can count on us to walk you through your secu­ri­ty check­list and explain any prod­ucts you’re curi­ous about.

You can sched­ule a home secu­ri­ty audit with Pro­tec­tion Plus by call­ing us at 1–844-365‑7587, or vis­it­ing us online.

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Mike Wedmann
Mike Wedmann is an experienced Security Industry Professional with over 25 years experience as a Security Integrator and Project Manager. Mike has been with Protection Plus Inc. for over 20 years. Mike has lived in the greater Toronto area for over 25 years with his wife, 2 kids and a dog named Bart. He has an educational background in Communications and writing. Mike is a published author that writes about his experiences on various topics, including his experience as a parent. Primarily Mike writes about Security Industry products and Security Solutions that benefit consumers.