False Alarms Putting Home Security At Risk
A recent incident in Florida wherein a man was found dead at home with the alarm system going on for 45 minutes spurred up questions as to whether home security systems will indeed be an effective way to transmit help signals to the authorities.
The authorities and home security companies do not place home security systems at fault. Both organizations have teamed up to decrease the number of false alarms to stay focused on real emergencies.
False alarms have been deemed a waste of effort, energy, and time for the authorities. We can’t blame them. There could be a real accident happening somewhere while the officials are taking a look at an emergency call from a home or establishment that turned out to be a false alarm.
Home security companies and the police department have arranged a certain process to verify if an alarm is valid or false. Home security companies are required to make a second phone call to the customer before the monitoring company sends the police and other authorities. This does not apply to fire alarms, panic attacks, or duress calls. The monitoring company will send help immediately in these cases.
If no one answers the phone call that the home security company made, they call the police department to make an inspection.
Home security companies have no control whatsoever on how fast the officials will be able to make it to the home or establishment in question.
There are a couple of causes for false alarms. Mostly, it’s due to human error. There are residents and homeowners who are not properly trained on how to activate and deactivate their home security systems. An hour of training and orientation should be able to fix this problem.
The weather can also trip the alarm system, though this is very rare.
Buyers and customers of home security systems (and their family) should be well-oriented on how to use alarm systems. Some home security companies now try to make sure that their customers avoid making false alarms.
