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Emergency - Gas Fire!
Woooooooo……Woooo………The siren sounded. All of us looked at each
other with excitement. The time has come for us to go into action.
From all over the building, we can see Emergency Response Team
members coming out, some looking a bit dazed. A gener...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Thomas Yoon
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Tips for Keeping Your Home Invasion Free
Home invasion formerly known as burglary is the type of crime that you can do something to prevent. Home invasion falls into two categories burglary and robbery. In my book "Crime Awareness 101" I discuss the differences of both and what you can ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Scott Shaper
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Pepper Spray Considerations
Choosing the Right Pepper Spray
There are so many types of pepper spray on the market today that it has become confusing for you to decide which one to get. There are three basic chemical compounds that compose these defensive sprays.
CS (Orthochlo...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Steve Thibeault
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Home Security After An Earthquake
After an Earthquake you need to do an immediate damage assessment. First go turn off the gas if you smell anything, a leaky gas line could explode and take out your entire home and your cats nine lives. Look for cracks in the slab or any areas wher...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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Kevlar Sheets for Your Home Walls
Home security is more important today than ever. You may have even considered Kevlar Sheets for your home or car. They are available and there are some companies who specialize in these things. The military uses them in Humvees and other vehicles. ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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Turn Your Home Into A Fortress
The best way to turn your home into a fortress is to carefully and strategically consider all your options. First you need to make a layout of your property and look at an aerial diagram of your home. Then you will need an aerial of the neighborhoo...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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Home Security System, You Are A winner
Have you ever been to a local trade show or fair and filled out a raffle and later you find out you have won a Home Security System? Well, you are not alone. Sometimes everyone one wins. That’s right you are not as lucky as you think you are. Well ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Lance Winslow
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Alarm System: Smoke and Heat Detectors
Smoke & Heat Detectors- Smoke detectors are available that will interface with your security system. The smoke detectors that are already in your home can’t be tied into your security system. The device that the builder put in your home is either e...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm System: Window Screens
Alarm System Window Screens- Window screens are the ultimate perimeter device. The windows in your home look as if they have normal screens on them, however the actual screen mesh is an alarm circuit. The frame also has a contact point in it, so th...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm System: Contacts (Window & Door Switches)
Alarm Contacts- Contact switches are magnetic switches used to protect doors and windows for the most part. There are three main styles that are used by most alarm companies. They are recessed contacts, surface mount contacts and roller-ball contac...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm System: Glass Break Detectors
Alarm System Glass-break detectors- Glass-break detectors are also known as “Audio Discriminators”.
They are a perimeter device because they catch a burglar attempting to make entry into your home or business as opposed to walking around the interi...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm System: Sirens
Alarm Sirens- There is both inside and outside sirens. Many towns have a noise ordinance, which should prevent your installer from putting yours outside, unless you are on a ranch where you need to know what’s going on while your out in the barn. Y...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm System: Wireless Remotes
WIRELESS ALARM SYSTEM REMOTES
These remotes are also known as “key fobs” or “4 button key chains”. They are wonderful to have in addition to your keypad as you can turn your alarm on or off without going to the keypad. You still need a keypad to pe...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm System Keypads
The keypad is the device you and your loved ones will interface with daily. It is typically placed at one or more of the following locations:
* House to garage door hall.
* Front door
* Master bedroom
* Inside garage
You need at least one keypad...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Security Alarm System Motion Detectors
Passive Infrared Motion Detectors- These detectors are also known as PIR detectors. The technology they utilize is “passive infrared”. The device is mounted on a wall or in the corner of a room. It sends invisible fingers out into the covered area ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Where Does Safety & Security Begin? Security Expert Explains
Personal safety begins with you. It is widely accepted that a wide-ranging personal safety strategy must incorporate prevention, deterrence and defiance.
PREVENTION: Is the first and most important element of any personal safety strategy. Preventi...
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rating : 5.00, 1 votes. Author : Marvin Badler
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Who Has Keys to Your Castle?
One area of home security that is often overlooked, and one of the most visible, is the common key. Even if you are the owner of a new house, or the first tenant of your apartment, you cannot be sure that no one else has a key to your door.
Many ti...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jimmie Newell
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What is Your Security Awareness IQ?
Are you aware of the need for security?
Your awareness of the need for security, is the best place to begin a discussion on physical property security. What is security awareness? Our definition is multi-faceted, and includes the ability to identif...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Jimmie Newell
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Someone Spying?
Someone Spying? So are the Teddy Bear and the Potted Plant
See the cuddly teddy bear over on the shelf? Well, it sees you too. “Right here in the camera, behind the left eye.” said Marvin Badler, the owner of The Spy Mart a Monmouth County company...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Marvin Badler
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Estate and Mega-Yacht Security Systems and Safe Rooms
Why do I need a “safe room? I really don’t need one; I’m not that high profile”. This is typical V.I.P. client frame of reference or attitude concerning security systems and safe rooms.
What most clients don’t realize is “being high profile” has a ...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Joseph LaSorsa
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The Case for Personal, Estate, Corporate and Child Abduction Security in today’s World
When one considers the historical nature of security applications and programs of any type, i.e., CCTV, intrusion detection and alarm systems, corporate policies and programs and countermeasures of any type, the phenomenon of the Denial Syndrome, C...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Joseph LaSorsa
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Six Common Criminal Types And How To Avoid Them
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” that saying is as true for crime, as it is for health. After taking literally thousands of reports over the years I spent as a police officer; I found that a lot of crimes that had happened could h...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Scott Shaper
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Alarm Systems & Automobile Tires?
What do alarm systems and automobile tires have in common? This may sound like a strange question to the untrained ear, but lend me yours and I will make sense of it.
The reason I mention car tires is that they are a necessity that most all of us h...
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rating : 8.00, 1 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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Alarm Systems: Not Just For The Wealthy Anymore!
Over the last 22 years that I have been involved in the security alarm industry, I have seen quite an evolution. Changes have not only taken place in what type of equipment is available, but also in how the consumer buys and use’s the equipment.
Wh...
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rating : 0.00, 0 votes. Author : Matthew Francis
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