Whats the difference between the types of alarms systems?
Firstly we need to share a very important fact: the average burglary in the UK takes 5-6 minutes to perpetrate, hardly surprising when you think about it; the burglar wants to be in and out as fast as they can. In the UK there are three main types of alarm system; bells only, police response and keyholder monitored. Bells only alarms are the most popular but the least effective; all that happens should the alarm be triggered is a bell or siren outside goes off. Recent legislation now prevents bells only alarms from sounding for more than 15 minutes and the local council can levy heavy fines for noise pollution should they sound for longer. Police Response alarms are becoming less popular as it has been found that the Police can rarely attend in a meaningful time frame. All Alarm Receiving Centres (ARC’s), otherwise know as Monitoring Stations have 3 minutes in which to verify if an alarm activation has been accidental or not. These 3 minutes also includes calling the keyholders and ask
