What To Look For In An Alarm Company

If you have decid­ed to get an alarm sys­tem for your home, then you have already made a very big and very impor­tant step towards bet­ter secu­ri­ty and peace of mind. When it comes to safe­ty, noth­ing com­pares to a mon­i­tored alarm sys­tem for pro­vid­ing round-the-clock pro­tec­tion.

But you still have one more big deci­sion in front of you: which alarm com­pa­ny do you choose? Most cities and towns will have mul­ti­ple home alarm com­pa­nies avail­able, so it is up to you to choose the best one for your secu­ri­ty needs.

Here are a few impor­tant ser­vices and fea­tures to keep in mind when you are choos­ing your secu­ri­ty provider:

• • Mon­i­tor­ing – Make sure that they are not just installing a stand­alone alarm sys­tem. 24/7 mon­i­tor­ing is the key to an effec­tive home secu­ri­ty sys­tem. A mon­i­tor­ing ser­vice means that the appro­pri­ate emer­gency per­son­nel will be con­tact­ed, even if nobody is home when the alarm is trig­gered.
  • Back­up com­mu­ni­ca­tion – Most alarm mon­i­tor­ing uses a land­line phone con­nec­tion to alert the cen­tral sta­tion of an alarm. How­ev­er, phone lines can be cut or go out of ser­vice when the weath­er is poor.

Make sure that the com­pa­ny you choose also offers mon­i­tor­ing over cel­lu­lar GSM net­works or the inter­net. With these fea­tures, you can avoid the risk of a missed alarm due to a dis­con­nect­ed phone line.

• Fire, car­bon monox­ide, and oth­er detec­tion – An alarm sys­tem doesn’t have to only detect break-ins. Fire, car­bon monox­ide, low tem­per­a­ture, and flood detec­tion are all extreme­ly use­ful to incor­po­rate into your alarm sys­tem. These fea­tures could be life­sav­ing when you or your pets are home. And when you are not home, they can pre­vent seri­ous and cost­ly prop­er­ty dam­age by noti­fy­ing the emer­gency mon­i­tor­ing cen­tre before the dam­age gets out of con­trol.
• Qual­i­ty hard­ware – Make sure that the hard­ware for the alarm sys­tem is from a trust­ed and rep­utable man­u­fac­tur­er. For exam­ple, Hon­ey­well pro­duces state-of-the-art alarm sys­tems.
• Proven his­to­ry – Choose a com­pa­ny with exten­sive expe­ri­ence a proven track record of cus­tomer sat­is­fac­tion. Ask your friends and check online reviews to find a com­pa­ny is rec­om­mend­ed by its cus­tomers. Bet­ter Busi­ness Bureau accred­i­ta­tion and Cana­di­an Secu­ri­ty Asso­ci­a­tion (CANASA) mem­ber­ship are oth­er impor­tant safe­guards to make sure that the com­pa­ny is respon­si­ble and rep­utable and meets high indus­try stan­dards.
• Cus­tomiz­able options – Your alarm com­pa­ny should be able to pro­vide exact­ly the tech­nol­o­gy and ser­vices your par­tic­u­lar sit­u­a­tion requires. A few exam­ples of options you might find valu­able are remote access over your smart­phone, video sur­veil­lance, and lock­smith ser­vice.

PROTECTION PLUS ® is the elite choice for any home secu­ri­ty and mon­i­tor­ing needs. Con­tact us today and find out how we can help your home!