How is Direct Alarm Monitoring better than using a private alarm company to monitor my home?
When a private alarm company monitors your security system, they receive notification from your security system that your home needs emergency responders. The monitoring company tries to call your home to see if you have accidentally set off your alarm in error. If they make no contact with the home owner, the monitoring company then calls our 9-1-1 center and requests emergency responders be dispatched to your home. By using Direct Alarm Monitoring your system automatically notifies the City of Wylie’s 9-1-1 center. The 9-1-1 center dispatches units to your home immediately and then a dispatcher tries to make contact with the home owner. By cutting out the middle man, you’ve saved valuable time that could save your life and property. · What does it cost to have Direct Alarm Monitoring? That’s the beauty of our program, it only requires the annual permit fee, which you have to pay no matter who monitors you. So basically, you get your home monitored for free! · What is involved in a Di
