FALSE ALARMS IMPORTANT INFO! The main causes of false alarms are: •Ninety percent of all false alarms are caused by user error. •Alarm users accidently pressed remote control panic alarm. •Bad weather conditions like, strong wind: The wind blow about vegetation and paper bags triggering outside beams. •Non SAIDSA (South African Intruder Detection Services Association) alarm installations: Inferior products Poor alarm installation not complying to the minimum standards. •External devices (barrier beams / passives / strip beams) not sealed properly thus allowing gecko’s, ants and spiders to enter. •Incorrect device for application: Using the wrong detection device like a non pet passive with dogs or cats living inside the house. •User error 1: Leaving windows open in the morning with wind getting stronger in the afternoon blowing about curtains inside house. •User error 2: Not knowing how the security system works. Alarm users forget to deactivate security systems before entering alarmed property. •User error 3: Poor vegetation control will cause electrical fence and outside beams to trigger. •User error 4: Clothing on washing line blowing in the wind, big birds landing on lawns or flying trough beams will trigger outside beams and passives. •No maintenance done on security systems: Security system starts to degrade after three years. Low batteries, joints deteriorating, changes to building structure and faulty security system or an over active alarm can cause false alarms. •Non pet friendly alarm: Pets like cats and dogs can trigger an alarm not set up to compensate for animals. •Away on leave 1: Keyholder taking care of your premise while on leave and don’t know how your security systems works. •Away on leave 2: leaving outside beams and passives on when garden service is still active. •Building renovations: Doing renovations without ensuring the alarm complies with new layout. •Wrong positioning of a detection device: Alarm company installing the wrong device for application like, a std passive covering a swimming pool area. Sunlight skimming off water. The negative effect of a false alarm: •Security staff are utilized to respond to false alarms – waste of manpower. False alarms take Armed Response officers way from real emergencies and other life threatening situations. •Human nature create a sense of Cry Wolf (just another false alarm, take my time to respond). Active Neighbourhood Watch patrollers and SAPS follow this Cry Wolf scenario. •Less proactive crime prevention drives due to resources being used for attending to false alarms. •Neighbours are irritated with siren noise and it is a nuisance. Neighbours don’t react on security system activations because it is often seen as an false alarm. •Cost implications responding to false alarm activations are huge for security companies and have a negative growth effect on resources which don’t benefit our neighbourhoods. •Slower response times to genuine emergencies due to response vehicles being occupied by false alarms. This is true for security companies and SAPS alike. •Criminals rely on the huge false alarm fact, to buy them time for their criminal activity. •False alarms may make you reluctant to arm your security system, this action will exposes you to possible danger and the threat of a burglary. •False alarms can cost you money some security service providers impose false alarm penalties.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:47:05 +0000
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