Important
Things to Ask Yourself, Regarding Your Security Company and
Alarm System
National
alarm companies say the following about local monitoring:
“You don’t want to be monitored locally —
if a catastrophic event happened in Tucson your alarm company
would not be able to handle it.”
Now
think about it: Does that really make sense?
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Greater
Tucson’s population is now over the million mark.
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Most
of us know that fire and law enforcement statewide would
be directed to the catastrophic event and alarm response
from these agencies would be suspended.
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800 numbers and long distance are the lowest priority calls.
Emergency and Local calls take precedence.
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How
many times have you received an announcement that all circuits
are busy when you call friends and family on holidays? Do
you think you would get a call through during a catastrophic
event?
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Do
you really want your alarm panel to call a long distance
number or an 800 number?
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Do
you really want to call an 800 number or a local number
that has be redirected to a long distance number when you
need help?
Here
are some questions you need to ask before you go with a national
alarm company:
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Is
the company an American Company? Are you sure?
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Are
they even monitored in the United States? Are you sure?
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Do
they have enough of a contingency for a catastrophic event?
On September 13th, 2001 one of the national companies were
responding to a fire alarm in Tucson that had occurred on
September 11th, 2001. The company was so overloaded with
signals from New York they could not handle anything else.
The company then decided they needed an additional station.
The hurricane in New Orleans again covered up the out-of-state
stations. Dispatching of alarms in Tucson were delayed for
HOURS.
Again
we ask, does out-of-state monitoring really make since?
Don't
take our word for it — take this quick survey to see
for yourself if a local alarm company would better serve you
than an out-of-state one.
View and print
our Company
Comparison Survey
