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There is nothing more important that
protecting your home and family, which is why we offer state-of-the-art
security monitoring services at an affordable price. Prices as low as
$19.95 per month with a 5 year monitoring agreement. Call us for a
security and fire monitoring package specifically tailored to meet your
application.
Did You Know?
IQis's
monitoring station is located in Dallas, Texas and all service is done
out of our Longview office.
Did You Know?
Did you know?
- A burglar enters a U.S. home every
14 seconds
- 60% of burglaries occur while a
home is occupied
- 38% of robberies are committed with
firearms
(Source: FBI, Crime in the U.S., 2001)
- A home fire occurs every 86 seconds
- 85% of fire deaths occur in the
home
- 9 people die in home fires every 24
hours
- A fire injury occurs in the home
every 31 minutes
(Source: National Fire Protection Association, 2000)
How does monitoring work?
Monitored Systems contact a
monitoring company by telephone. The typical sequence of events is as
follows:
- The security system senses
something.
- The security system waits for 30 to
45 seconds before going into alarm allowing the homeowner a chance
to deactivate the system to prevent false alarms.
- If not deactivated, the security
system goes into alarm and sends a message to the monitoring company
over telephone lines.
- The monitoring company receives the
message, determines the nature of the alarm and verifies the alarm,
generally by placing a phone call to the home. If they do not
receive the proper password or do not receive an answer, they call
the police.
- The police receive the monitoring
company's call and respond.
Caution: During an alarm
situation, the security system “seizes” the phone line to call
the monitoring company. If personal safety is at risk when the alarm
sounds, a homeowner will be unable to call 911 or call for help by phone
while the security system is communicating through the phone line with
the monitoring company.
The only way to keep this from happening would be to have more than
one telephone line into the house or have a cellular phone available.
Things to Remember About Security Alarm
Systems!
Burglars realize most security systems sound inside the house and then
the alarm is transferred to remote locations through the telephone
lines. Most phone lines are typically exposed on the outside of the
house in an easily accessible location where the phone line can be cut.
If the telephone line is cut, the security alarm system cannot notify
the central monitoring station of the break-in.
If the phone line is run underground until it is inside the home (with
the main telephone junction box inside the home), the thief cannot
tamper with the telephone line until after he or she has broken in.
Having a protected phone line to your house is a good idea whether you
have a security alarm system or not.
Burglars learn to adapt to security systems. In New Jersey, some
burglars developed a unique break-in method. The burglars would rattle
the windows causing the alarm to sound and then hide in the bushes,
waiting for the police to arrive. Once the police found nothing and left
the location, the burglars would proceed with the break-in.
The problem with security systems is that they don't necessarily stop
people from breaking in. The security system is only activated when the
burglar has broken into the house. Also, by the time the intruder is
detected and someone responds to the alarm, there could be enough time
for the intruder to remove items and leave. If the system does not cause
visible or audible alarms to flash or sound at the site, or there is no
one nearby to see or hear these site alarms, the intruder can leave
without being seen.
Remember: Security systems do not prevent thieves from breaking
into homes.
A good security plan should include strong window, door, and lock
products; good security habits and lifestyles (for example, always
locking doors at night or when the house is vacant); and natural
surveillance, such as having neighborhood watches.
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