Benefits of a Burglar Alarm

Protects Vehicles as Well as Homes

• Home burglar alarms not only protect your home but also anything in a designated zone, including vehicles and boats. Once you activate the designated zone, if a burglar tries to intrude, the alarm notifies the fire department, police and ambulance of the intruder. Zone-activated alarms are high tech and sometimes wireless systems. An alarm with these benefits allows the homeowner the assurance that the emergency responders will arrive shortly after the alarm trips.

Remote Video Surveillance

• Some burglar alarm systems allow homeowners to watch their homes when they are away through video feeds via the Internet. Once a burglar triggers the alarm in your home, the system sends a signal to the video feed that an intruder has breached your system. The speed of the connection between the system and the supervising system -- computer feed -- is the system's biggest benefit.

Fire Protection

• Another common benefit of burglar alarms is fire detection. Once the system detects fire or smoke, the fire department is immediately notified of the situation and disperses personnel to your home. This option is a benefit that homeowners choose as it is just as important for emergency personnel to act quickly with a fire as it is with a burglary.

Cost Savings

• No one can put a monetary value on personal items that a burglar may steal because some items are priceless. A burglar alarm is very inexpensive compared to the damage a burglar can cause and the costs associated with those damages. Besides the initial installation, there is no upkeep cost. The benefits of installing a burglar alarm versus not installing one are worth the cost of a burglar alarm.