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Home & Business Security
24 Hour Monitoring of your home or business is provided from our UL
Listed central station. Our alarm systems are the best in the industry. We offer
both hardwired and wireless systems. With over 36 years of combined experience in the
security industry, we know how to provide protection and fast
service. In addition to providing fire and security protection, our
systems have the capability of automatically contacting the local authorities,
you, as well as others which you designate in the event of an alarm of intrusion
or fire. Additionally, water leakage (flooding basement) can be detected
and we can also shut it off…automatically while the system notifies you.
Sudden temperature changes can be monitored as well.
You are in control of your system. The systems can be accessed via telephone
and with proper authentication, and you can check it's status, arm or disarm the system, activate
the heating and air conditioning and lighting just prior to your arrival from
work or out of town.
Monitored Fire Facts
 | 19 of every 20 homes (95 percent) in the U.S. have at least one smoke
alarm. |
| More than half of home fire deaths result from fires in the 5 percent of
homes with no smoke alarms. |
| Homes with smoke alarms (whether or not they are operational) typically
have a death rate that is 40 percent to 50 percent less than the rate for
homes without alarms. |
| In one-quarter of the reported fires in homes equipped with smoke alarms,
the devices did not work. Households with non-working smoke alarms now
outnumber those with no smoke alarms. |
| Why do smoke alarms fail? Most often because of missing, dead or
disconnected batteries. |
| In 2002, there were 389,000 reported home fires in the United States,
resulting in 2,670 deaths, 13,650 injuries and $5.9 billion in direct property
damage. Nationwide, there was a home fire death every 170 minutes.
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| Almost half of all home fire deaths resulted from fires that were reported
between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Only one-fifth of the home fires occur during
these hours. |
| January is the peak month for home fire deaths. December ranks second, and
March is third. |
| Smoking is the leading cause of home fire deaths overall, but in the
months of December, January and February, smoking and equipment caused similar
shares of fire deaths. Cooking is the leading cause of home fires and home
fire injuries year-round. |
| Although children five and under make up about 9 percent of the country's
population, they accounted for 17 percent of the home fire deaths. |
| Most fatal fires kill one or two people. In 2002, 15 home fires killed
five or more people. |
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