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What Happens When Your Alarm Sounds

By: Sean O’Leary You’re away from home and a burglar sneaks up to your house. He quickly breaks the glass on your front door and opens it. An alarm sounds within seconds. The burglar is spooked and runs away. Your cell phone rings and the alarm monitoring station alerts you of the situation. Shortly afterward a security guard arrives at your home to survey the situation and make sure everything is okay. This is how a monitored alarm system works. But what really happens on our end? How does the situation quickly progress from a break-in to a response? Not everyone knows the details of exactly how an alarm system monitoring station handles your emergency. SafeTech Alarm Systems has been providing home and business security systems for almost 20 years. We have the experience necessary to protect your property and we’d like to share the alarm system process with you. When your alarm is activated, the alarm system monitoring station is alerted within seconds. If you home or business is equiped with security cameras, the monitoring station will be able to check the cameras immediately and assess the situation. Then, the alarm monitoring station will quickly telephone the numbers they have been provided with. If no one answers, police or security guards will be sent out to check for visible signs of forced entry. SafeTech technical support is contacted on each alarm to help direct operators and provide a service history to the operator. Even if someone does answer, the monitoring station will ask for a special code before reacting. This prevents burglars from disabling your alarm system by lying on the phone. The alarm system process is set up to ensure your home stays secure. A big part of the process is having an accurate call list for the monitoring station to follow, so it is very important to keep your emergency contact list up to date! Contact SafeTech Alarm Systems today if you would like to make adjustments to your emergency contact list.

Did You Know? Offenders are known to their victims in 65% of violent household burglaries. (Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics)

Carbon Monoxide Is Deadly

Carbon Monoxide is a silent killer. It cannot been seen or detected by smell, but it can definitely be deadly. It’s very important that you have working carbon monoxide detectors in your home and that they function properly. Carbon Monoxide can be generated from malfunctioning or improper use of furnaces, water heaters, ranges, fireplaces and other fuel-burning appliances. Because the gas is colourless, odorless and tasteless, it is nearly impossible for people to detect without the aid of carbon monoxide detectors. Depending on the amount of carbon monoxide in the air, the gas can cause diziness, headaches, loss of judgment, nausea, convulsions, respiratory arrest, unconsciousness and even death. Thankfully there are several ways to detect carbon monoxide in your home. The first is a simple carbon monoxide detector. These devices make an audible noise when the deadly gas is detected. It is important to have a carbon monoxide installed in each floor of your home. You can also have your carbon monoxide detector monitored by a central monitoring station. Doing so will allow you to be alerted by phone should any carbon monoxide gas be present in your home or business. For more information on monitoring carbon monoxide detectors, please click here.

How To Avoid Falling For Internet Scams

These days almost everyone is on the Internet on a regular basis. The average person completes several online transactions each day, from banking to scheduling appointments to booking trips. Unfortunately, because so many people trust Internet applications on a daily basis, the Internet is also a breeding ground for scams. Some are obvious to detect, but others are quite sophisticated and require careful examination to pinpoint. However, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself from Internet scams. The first thing you can do is to seriously think about the situation you are presented with. If you receive an email promising something that seems too good to be true, it probably is. This holds especially true for anyone asking for money up front. Legitimate business deals don’t usually ask for money up front nor do they show up randomly in your inbox. It’s also always important to consider the source. If you receive an email from a friend that looks suspicious, your friend’s email address may have been hacked. If you get an email from a financial institution or anyone else asking for your account information or password it’s important that you verify the sender before you give out any details. Finally, do not give anyone your username, your password or any critical account information ever. Only enter this information on secure websites and only on the official website of the company in question. A common Internet scam involves setting up spoof websites that look like official sites. When a user enters personal information on these sites, it is stolen by the scammers. Never email your credit card or bank information to anyone. Legitimate companies do not ask for this information via email. Stay safe online by always verifying the situation before you give out any information!

SafeTech’s 2010 City Crime Report Now Available

Protect yourself! Find out where and what type of crime is happening in your neighbourhood and your city with SafeTech’s 2010 City Crime Report. Use the 2010 City Crime Report to:
  • Determine exactly where crime is happening in Canada
  • Examine the types of crime taking place in your region and across the country
  • Compare different areas of the country on several different types of crime
  • Recognize the severity and likelihood of crime taking place in your city
  • Understand the overall crime situation in this country
Crime statistics vary drastically across the country and only by knowing the information for your region can you properly protect yourself, your family and your possessions. SafeTech Alarm Systems has been protecting people and property for over 20 years. We have compiled crime statistics from across Canada, broken them down by province and city and presented them in a straightforward manner that will help keep you safe! To receive a free copy of SafeTech Alarm Systems’ Canadian City Crime Report 2010, please click here. Email us and let us know!

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Online Technical Support, Special Promotions and More!

SafeTech Alarm Systems website, you’ll have access to special product promotions as well! Don’t miss out on exciting deals and promotional offers! We’re always working to add and improve website features in order make our website more appealing, more functional and easier to navigate. We invite you to visit the new site and let us know what you think. Stay tuned for even more enhancements to the SafeTech Alarm Systems website over the next few months! The safetechalarms.ca online technical support features and live online help that will guide you through any issue! Now you can solve any problems you may have with your alarm system quickly, easily and without picking up the phone or waiting for a technician to arrive! We even offer live online chat with members of our technical support team if you have any questions. Visit our technical support page here.

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