Intruder Alarms
All our Domestic and Commercial Intruder Systems comply with the relevant European and British Standards for Intruder Alarm Systems (BS EN50131, PD6662:2010 and DD243:2010) and are compliant with the Association of British Insurers (ABI) codes of practice, The RISC Authority security S9 document and The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) security systems policy.
Our intruder alarm systems design and installations comprise one or more of the following elements:
- Survey and Risk Assessment
- System Design Proposal
- Detection and Control Equipment
- Wired and wire free intruder alarm systems
- Personal Security (Panic Buttons)
- Audible Intruder Alarms
- Monitored Intruder Alarms
- Security Lighting
- Smoke Cloak Systems
- Visual verification
- Redweb DNA sprays
Audible only
An audible intruder alarm system may be effective deterrent against intrusion with an external siren with comfort LED’s to ensure unwelcome guests are aware the external siren is “live” and not a decoy or dummy and on operation is likely to disrupt the intruder but is unlikely to summon assistance from the police without the intervention of a member of the public or a friend or family member. Under the current ACPO security systems policy most Police forces will not respond to an unmonitored alarm system unless there is first hand evidence that an offence is in progress. It is however possible to connect a speech dialler to any audible intruder alarm system to ensure that friends and family are alerted to the alarms operation so they can attend and secure the premises.
Monitored
A monitored alarm system using either a digital communicator, BT, REDcare, CSL DualCom, Freecom GP or other type of communicator is connected 24 hours a day to an Alarm Receiving Centre manned by professional operators. On receipt of an alarm signal a key holder is contacted and the appropriate action is taken by the operator to confirm the Alarm is genuine and to ensure the police or fire services are notified on a dedicated line direct to the their control room.
British Standard DD243 is designed to reduce the number of false alarms passed to the Police and sets out the methods for establishing a confirmed alarm requiring a Police response (Sequential, Audio and Visual*). It applies to all new monitored systems installed post October 2001 throughout England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland and is a requirement of the ACPO security systems policy.
As an enhancement to your intruder alarm system, the installation of a SmokeCloak (a powerful artificial fog generator) not only deters the intruder but also significantly hinders the intruder's ability to carry out their intended criminal activity. SmokeCloak can be seamlessly added to any new or existing intruder alarm system.
It is also possible to connect and enable Redweb DNA spray to the alarm system so that on activation of the alarm anyone passing within the Redweb spray area is covered in a unique DNA spray to prove that they were on the premises at the time the alarm system was activated.
Videofied video verification may also be seamlessly added to your intruder alarm system or installed as a stand alone solution and is particularly well suited as a method of obtaining a police response for an intrusion to enclosed outside areas and compounds as well as for temporary installations such as building sites.
*sequential confirmation
Sequentially confirmed alarm signals are generated by the alarm system if two or more detectors* are activated and passed by the communicator to the alarm receiving centre on a dedicated channel as a means to demonstrate that the alarm is likely to be genuine. On receipt of this signal the ARC (alarm receiving centre) operator will contact the police and advise them of a confirmed alarm activation at the premises.
*subject to the requirements of DD243: 2008
*audible confirmation
Audible confirmation is achieved by placing microphones in the protected premises. On activation of the alarm the sounders are delayed for a given period to allow the alarm receiving operator to “listen in” to try and ascertain if the activation is genuine or not. If the operator believes they can hear activity on the site they will pass the alarm message to the Police as a confirmed activation. Audible confirmation is normally used as an enhancement to sequential confirmation.
*visual verification
Visual verification in its simplest form can be the intervention of a person such as a security guard or even a member of the public seeing an intrusion in progress or verification of an alarm activation with the use of CCTV images transmitted to our alarm receiving centre for operators to view. If the operator can see people on the site they will pass the alarm message to the Police as a confirmed activation. Audible confirmation is normally used as an enhancement to sequential confirmation.
