Consejos para prevenir las falsas alarmas

False Alarm Reduction Unit (FARU)
FALSE ALARM PREVENTION TIPS
What is a false alarm? Did you know?
Major causes of false alarms Before you activate your alarm
If you accidentally set off your alarm Procedures you expect your alarm company to follow when your alarm activates
With people At home
At your business When to contact your alarm dealer
False alarms cause Recommendations
WHAT IS A FALSE ALARM?
Across the nation, laws typically define a false alarm as any alarm signal that elicits a response by police, fire or emergency medical services for which there is no evidence to justify an emergency response. This simply means that if emergency personnel respond to an alarm activation and, after investigation, find no evidence that criminal, fire or medical activity either had occurred or was occurring, the emergency response personnel will designate the alarm signal as a false alarm. False alarms may be caused by such factors as human error or equipment malfunction.
With an estimated 25% yearly increase in alarm systems nationwide, emergency responders are becoming overwhelmed with false alarms. This is resulting in stricter ordinances, severe fines and limited or no response policies.
DID YOU KNOW
The three main causes of false alarms re: 1) user error, 2) installation/service errors, and 3) equipment failure?
That Commercial users have a three times higher rate of false alarms than residential users?
That banks, schools and municipal buildings have a ten times higher rate of false alarms than residential and commercial alarm systems?
That more than 80 percent of all false alarms are caused by user error?
There are easy steps you and your alarm dealer can take to prevent false alarms?
That false alarms present a serious threat to the effectiveness of our local police, fire and EMS departments, as well as to the safety of our citizens?
That false alarms are costly and dangerous because they divert police officers from proactive crime prevention efforts and can deny response to true emergency calls?
MAJOR CAUSES OF FALSE ALARMS
Unlocked or loose doors.
Kids, neighbors, relatives, visitors, repairmen.
Cleaning crews.
Pets.
User error.
Equipment malfunction.
BEFORE YOU ACTIVATE YOUR ALARM SYSTEM
Are you and others who use the security system fully educated on its proper operation? This may include domestic/cleaning crews, children, neighbors, caretakers, employees and temporary staff.
Make sure you securely close and lock all protected doors and windows.
If you are leaving your home or business, make sure the door you leave by is closed tight.
Keep pets, balloons, fans, heaters, etc. away from motion sensor areas.
Know and rehearse the process to cancel an accidental alarm. Anyone with your key should know this process.
Know how much time you have after you arm your system to leave and to disarm your system when you enter
KNOW WHAT TO DO IF YOU SET YOUR ALARM OFF ACCIDENTALLY
First, don’t panic. Carefully enter your disarm code to reset your system.
Wait for your alarm company or central monitoring station to call, give your password or ID card number.
Do not leave your home or business until you have talked with your monitoring station! If they do not call you, have the number posted by your control panel and contact them to cancel the police dispatch.
DO NOT call 911 to cancel an alarm activation–you must call your monitoring station.
You can arrange to have your alarm monitoring station call you or another designated person first before the police are called whenever your alarm is activated.
If you are aware of a problem with the system, you can cancel the police dispatch
AT HOME
Avoid objects that trigger your alarm:
Unlocked, loose fitting, or open doors or windows. Always keep doors and windows locked when the alarm is in an «ON» mode to reduce the chance that friends, neighbors or customers enter and cause the alarm to activate.
Unsupervised pets – If you have pets, take special care to purchase an alarm system that is tolerant of pets. You may not want to purchase motion detectors if your pets have free run of the house when the alarm is on. Also, sometimes barking dogs can activate glass break detectors.
Mylar balloons.
DO NOT call 911 to cancel an alarm activation–you must call your monitoring station.
Drafts that move plants and curtains.
AT YOUR BUSINESS
Watch for these pitfalls that may activate your alarm:
Swinging doors or windows.
Banners or signs.
Mylar balloons.
Plants or curtains caught in drafts.
Stacked items, such as boxes, which may fall, setting off motion detectors.
Unsupervised guests.
Untrained, unaware, or uncaring employees.
Alarm equipment, such as motion sensors or overhead door magnets, being hit by forklifts.
CONTACT YOUR ALARM DEALER
If you plan any home improvements or renovation projects, such as changing phone systems, the configuration of a room, adding a wall, rearranging cubicles, installing skylights or ceiling fans, or even fumigating.
Also alert your dealer if you acquire a pet or hire domestic help
REVIEW WITH YOUR ALARM COMPANY THE PROCEDURES YOU EXPECT THEM TO FOLLOW WHEN YOUR ALARM ACTIVATES
Do you want them to attempt to call more than one person on your contact list before requesting emergency dispatch?
Do you only want the police notified if an exterior and interior zone are both activated?
You may want to name a private guard service for your alarm company to call for response to an alarm activation instead of the police, thereby, saving police resources and fine assessments.
Put your instructions in writing.
WITH PEOPLE
Enhance your alarm system’s potential:
Train responders with keys on complete system operation.
Instruct domestic or repair persons on how to fully operate your system.
Use dead bolt locks.
Expand your protection with an alert and concerned neighborhood watch.
FALSE ALARMS
Take police, fire and emergency medical responders away from other pressing matters.
Are a nuisance to you and your neighbors.
Make your security system less reliable.
Make you reluctant to use your system.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Have a maintenance contract with a licensed alarm company and have your alarm system checked every year.
If you are apprehensive about using your system, call your alarm company TODAY!

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