Home Security Monitoring

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With the economy in the rough shape that it’s in, you have to justify every extra cost to yourself. While that’s the best practice, this way of thinking may have prevented you from investing in a home alarm system. These days, a home in the U.S. is broken into every 15 seconds, according to the FBI. When you think of the physical and emotional damage a break-in could cause to your family, a security system doesn’t seem like such a frivolous investment. What make it even easier though are the affordable prices.

The basic home alarm system comes with three points protection sensors as well as a variety of other features. For less than $35 a month, your home and family are defended against potential intruders in addition to other emergencies like fire or sickness and injury. This price is less than a family trip to the movies or a night out for dinner. It’s easily feasible if you cut just one extra cost from your monthly budget.

Three points protection are the foundation of your home alarm system and work to guard your home at three different entry points. In the event that one of these points is forced, the sensors transmit wireless signals to your alarm, triggering the alarm. The basic home alarm system also comes with infrared motion detectors. These sensors detect activity in your home whenever you’re away at work or on vacation. You can, however, enter your pets’ weight and height so that they can still move freely throughout the home. Additionally, you’ll receive keychain access that allows you to arm and disarm your alarm from any room in the home.

While the basic home alarm system comes with a digital keypad that provides one-touch button access to local fire and police departments, you can upgrade to a two-way voice intercom keypad as well. If you are sick or injured and can’t reach the phone, you can easily speak to a home security representative via the intercom. Another upgrade you can make is the cell phone contact policy. Typically, a home monitoring representative contacts you via landline in an emergency. However, this feature would give the center license to contact you on your cell phone, making you aware of anything that happens at your home while you’re away. Both of these upgraded systems cost less than $45 a month, still a bargain price.

There are also extra add-ons to the home alarm system, giving you the opportunity to better customize the way you’re protected. You can invest in carbon monoxide sensors that detect “the silent killer” before it’s too late. Also, smoke and heat sensors are available from a home security provider. These work in conjunction to your smoke detector and help to detect the first signs of fire before any real damage is done. Finally, you can better defend your family against environmental circumstances with freeze and flood sensors. Freeze sensors monitor freezing pipes in colder climates while the flood sensors warn your family of rising waters in the home before too much damage is done.