Cutting false alarms without weakening protection

Repeat false alarms cost police response and staff patience. Most causes are easy to design out.

Cutting false alarms without weakening protection

Pets, heating vents, hanging signs and badly aimed detectors cause the majority of avoidable activations. So does a keypad code shared with too many people.

Dual technology detectors, sensible zoning and individual user codes usually solve it, along with a short refresher for the team who set the system.

We review activation history at each service visit and adjust the system rather than simply resetting it.

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