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My husband is a construction worker, and he is on the call list for a few of this company’s buildings near where we live. He is on the list so that when something happens and an alarm goes off, he is one of the first to know, after the police and/or fire department has been called. As far as I know, all alarm companies do this, so if something happens in your home, they will let you know when someone had been sent to check it out. These alarm companies are watching 24 hours a day, and the moment an alarm sounds they are on top of things.
These alarm companies have called my home many times. They often call to tell us that an alarm has been tripped and that the police or fire are en route. There is one particular property that has a lot of problems, and it is a block from our home. The alarm companies call us at least once a week, and the alarm is always false. There are some problems with the motion detectors being too touchy, and when the temp drops too low, they must notify someone. If it gets too cold, the pipes will burst. Though most of the equipment in the building is high tech, it still has it’s problems.
When you sign up with alarm companies, you may get as many calls as we do, or you may get none. Just remember that no matter how many times they call, you have to treat each call as if something were really wrong. Alarm companies never call for anything other than an alarm going off. They have no way of knowing if it is a real problem or a problem with the system. You never know either. Even after a hundred false alarms, you still have to take each one as seriously as the first one.
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