Sunday, August 9, 2009

A Fire Alarm System offers Protection To Loved Ones And Valuables

By Janet Fisher

For many years, fire alarm systems were reserved for hotels, loft buildings and office buildings. Today they're available for individual homes too. The fire alarm is generally installed as a part of the home security package. The system monitors areas that thieves might find as easy targets like windows or doors as well as for smoke, heat or other indicators of fire.

Some systems will dial the telephone to report the emergency to the alarm company's office. The office will then report to the corresponding emergency response team. Your guarantee that the company will make the call lets you evacuate the home as soon as possible.

These systems are normally found only in larger houses because of the expense of the system. Installation can cost over 1000 dollars and there's a monthly fee that ranges from fifteen to 20 dollars. When an emergency happens, this appears to be a small cost to pay.

The security system has a conveniently positioned control panel, smoke detectors and heat sensors. When an emergency is sensed by the sensors or detectors, alarms will go off. The burglar sensors cause the alarm to go off when a break in is spotted. The system uses ordinary household current in most conditions, but also has a back up battery with a predicted life of one day in the event that power is lost. Even when the power is off, you are still protected.

You will also find that these systems offer medical alert monitoring services. The disabled person is able to carry a little transmitter that triggers the alarm if the person requires help. As the monitoring station can determine the sort of emergency being reported, the can call for the right kind of help. This helps those with a fear of falling and not being able to get assistance. The telephone does not even have to be dialed, just one large button to push.

When you are installing a burglar alarm system to your home, it is fairly inexpensive to add the fire alarm system. In actuality, the fire alarm system makes the burglar alarm system work even better, as there are way more caution devices added for the fire system. If you've a person in your house who is improbable to hear the alarm due to hearing issues, consider adding flashing alert lights to inform this person of the danger.

If there is a person in your house who may need help exiting the building in case of emergency, be certain that you tell the alarm company. They can pass this info on to the fire department to get that person the needed aid. In critical situations, seconds can suggest the difference between life and death.

Fire alarms are like insurance in that though we pay for the service on a once per month basis, we hope that we never have to employ them. When an emergency does happen, we will be assured that we have done all that was possible to secure our families and our property.

About the Author: