The Importance Of Fitting An Intruder Alarm In Kent

If you want to know if it is really necessary for offices and homes in Kent to install a wireless intruder alarm, you should check out a recent report on the Kent Police website which confirms that the number of burglaries in the region increased in 2010, leaving many victims frightened and apprehensive in their own homes.

However, in any discussion on the subject of home security, the same arguments against fitting a good intruder alarm are often heard - 'most house burglars are in and out within 5 minutes or so'…'police response times are 10-15 minutes at their best'…'do they come out to a house alarm call?' and so on.

These are fair points. But if a burglar looks at a house with a burglar alarm and a house next door with no alarm - which do you think they'll try and break into?

Most people ignore alarms if they hear them but, a burglar isn't likely to take a gamble, so they do act as a deterrent.

The older style intruder alarm systems were not easy to install and could be quite easily located and deactivated. A home security alarm today can be wireless, normally requiring only the system control panel to be plugged in and hooked up to the telephone to allow telephone numbers to be programmed in be called in case of an emergency.

Wireless home alarms are far more difficult for an intruder to find and override. They are easier to install because the home owner doesn't have to worry about wiring his entire house. It is also likely that fitting burglar alarms will reduce your house insurance premium so it should be possible to offset the cost over a certain number of years.

Once in place the system monitors doors and windows and detects motion throughout the house. When a sensor is activated, the device sends signals to its various functions via radio waves. The system can call the homeowner who can listen to the noise in the house and determine if the police should be called or not.

An alarm system will not make up for poor security - make sure you've got good locks on all doors and windows and that nothing small and expensive is left on show like laptops, ipads, mobile phones etc. However, an intruder alarm is becoming a necessary asset to homes in Kent.