Tag Archives: home security
Wireless Security System Perks
There are many reasons to install a home security system including deterring theft, monitoring the safety and security of your pets while you are away, alerting you of intruders, and simply providing you peace of mind. If you are thinking of installing a security system, you should consider selecting a wireless home security system. There […]
Features That Enhance Home Security
Home security systems offer several ways to protect your beyond basic perimeter monitoring. They can guard against disasters and offer residents personal emergency protection as well. When getting a home security system, consider a few key features that can add to your overall protection. Smoke Detectors – Add another layer of protection to your home, […]
Why Women Living Alone Need A Home Security System
Women today lead completely different lives from their mothers and grandmothers. The choices and opportunities women have acquired over the past 50 years are phenomenal. Many women choose to earn graduate degrees and have high-powered careers. As a result, more women are independent, stay single longer and more often than ever before – live alone. […]
Broadband Security Systems – VoIP, Next Alarm and More
In an age of high-speed Internet, everything’s changing – even home security systems. Most customers have their home security systems connecting to their security system monitoring company via standard telephone lines. However, many people have switched to digital Voice over IP service which runs calls through their broadband connections at cheaper rates. You may be […]
Common Misconceptions About Home Security
Many people imagine robbery and violent crime to take place in the dark, at night, in stealth. The images we’ve picked up from TV, movies and the fears in the back of our minds are not the reality. It’s broad daylight that sees the most crime – particularly for burglary. When you aren’t home and […]
Interview With Ira Somerson
Image via Wikipedia Home security systems can be useful anti-theft devices, but they have more important uses – like protecting your family’s safety. “People don’t want to face the reality that alarms are about personal protection,” said Ira Somerson, a leading expert witness and consultant in the field of security systems. Somerson went on to […]
How Much Should A Security System Cost?
Who isn’t trying to get the most for his or her money? When it comes to home security systems, there’s that terrible conundrum of trying to make sure you get good enough quality to protect your home and family properly, but also making sure you protect your pocketbook just as well. We all need to […]
Home Security and Your Summer Vacation
Summer usually means summer vacation. And while you’re away enjoying, you probably wouldn’t imagine a pipe leaking or bursting in your home. And the thought of the heat causing a circuit to short and igniting an electrical fire isn’t crossing your mind. But these are realities that bring people’s vacations to a crashing halt followed […]
Home Security: Things You May Not Know
We’re all vulnerable. According to 2007 FBI crime statistics, a burglary occurs every 14 seconds in America. And perhaps most surprising is that despite the common vision of burglary as a by dark of night phenomenon, most burglaries occur in broad daylight between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm. Here are a few other things you […]
Condo Security. Don’t Leave it to the Doorman!
Often, when we live ın a condo or apartment, we trust our home security to the buıldıng. Many buildıngs have a guard or doorman and yet more have securıty doors where vısıtors are supposed to call and have you buzz them in to enter. It’s easy to feel that these act as a home security system that […]