What is a Monitored Burglar Alarm?
Who is notified when your burglar alarm is triggered and you are away from home? So many households rely on their neighbours or passersby to contact them or the police when their house has been broken in to. However, once someone has noticed the break-in, it’s likely that the intruder is long gone, as are your valuable possessions.
A monitored burglar alarm by Homewatch means that the alarm system is being monitored remotely, for triggers and faults 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by our Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC). We can therefore act on break-ins quickly and efficiently by ruling out false alarms and providing the necessary action such as an audio response to the intruder, our Rapid Response Team or the police.
About Our Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC)
At Homewatch, we have our own in-house Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) that acts to receive any signal from your security system. Our ARC is fully NSI Gold accredited and operates to BS5979 category II standards. We and the team, therefore, work to the latest and highest standards as demanded by the police, rescue and fire services and insurance industry.
We pride ourselves on our exceptional customer service and believe our honest, approachable and helpful team are some of the best in the security monitoring industry.
4 Benefits of Monitored Burglar Alarms
Maximise Security
Adding monitoring to your security system will maximise its potential to protect your home, possessions and loved ones.
Quick Response
Receive an immediate response to any triggered alarms, carried out remotely from our monitoring centre.
Increased Confidence
Have confidence that your home and family are being protected against theft 24/7 with a monitored intruder alarm system.
Cost-Effective
Having a monitored burglar alarm installed could reduce your insurance premiums and therefore act to save you money long-term.
Can a Monitored Intruder Alarm Benefit My Home?
A monitored intruder or burglar alarm can be a significant addition to your home security and can really improve the effectiveness of your current alarm system.
This is due to the immediate and automatic response that can be made if an alarm is triggered, therefore increasing the likelihood of deterring the intruder away or catching them.
You will also have peace of mind knowing that your home is being monitored even when you are not there. Whether you are on holiday or at work, you need not be worried about the security of your property.
How Alarm Monitoring Works
When your burglar alarm is triggered, the following steps are taken with a monitored system:
1. Your burglar alarm is triggered, implying an intrusion.
2. The signal from your burglar alarm is received by our Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) and sent on to our control room.
3. If an alarm is triggered at a time that you’ve set likely for your household to be at home, then our Monitoring Centre Operatives will contact you directly to check for a false alarm.
4. However, if an alarm is triggered when you are away from your property, or within the night, then our Monitoring Centre Operatives will check your live CCTV footage to verify an intruder. and call the most appropriate response team.
Monitoring & Maintenance from only £9.99/month
Keep your burglar alarm monitored 24/7, every day of the year and maintained to a high standard from just £9.99 per month. We’ll guarantee your alarm system is always in working order and monitoring the system means we can be extremely reactive to intruders, whether that is via an audio, guard or police response.
Get a Free, No Obligation Quote for Your Home Today
Our local surveyor will then arrange a home survey at your convenience. We’ll talk through your needs and what level of security you’re trying to achieve, and survey your property. We’ll then put together a no obligation, no hassle quotation tailored to your home and your needs.
Alternatively, if you’d like to speak to one of our home security experts please don’t hesitate to call us on 01733 302900.
FAQs
No, your burglar alarm system doesn’t have to be monitored. However, alarm monitoring does improve the overall safety and security of your home as well as provide peace of mind that no alarm trigger will go unnoticed.
Intruder alarm monitoring is not as expensive as some may think and is considered a worthwhile investment in the protection of a home, possessions and loved ones. At Homewatch, our monitoring costs start at just £9.99 per month.
Our professional team of monitoring operatives will carry out the 24/7 monitoring of your intruder alarm system in our secure ARC. These operatives have been hand-picked based on their monitoring experience and are highly trained to provide a quick response to any alarm activation.
Yes, we can monitor an existing burglar alarm system, even if we didn’t initially install it.
The majority of intruder alarm systems can be monitored. Get in touch with the team to find out more and to see if we can monitor your alarm system. Call us on 0330 094 7404 today.