Added fire protection with Monitored Fire Detection from Advanced Lock & Security
Everyone should have smoke detectors in their homes. Not only one, because it would be amazing good luck if a fire started in the one room that had the smoke detector. And amazing bad luck if it started at the other end of the house. The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) recommends that you install smoke detectors inside each bedroom, outside the sleeping area, and on every level of your house, including in the basement. That’s the least that you should be doing to protect your home, yourself and your loved ones from a house fire. You should also have a fire escape plan in place that you practice with your family once a month.
What happens if a fire starts and nobody is home? If you’re lucky, a neighbor or someone passing will hear the alarms or see the smoke and call the fire department. If it’s reported in time, there’s a chance they could save some of your belongings; and if it’s caught early enough, some of your home. As long as everyone is safe, your insurance should be able to replace the possessions that you lose. Hopefully, if you have pets, they are safe as well.
But what if everyone is home, and the smoke from the fire is too powerful? What if the smoke overwhelms you before you can make it out of the house? What happens then? The alarms are still sounding, but once again your safety depends on a vigilant neighbor or someone passing by your house. If it’s the early morning hours, your neighbors are sleeping, and nobody is passing by. This isn’t an unlikely scenario. The cause of most fire related deaths is smoke inhalation, and not the fire itself. The longer the smoke goes unnoticed, the more dangerous the situation becomes for anyone stuck inside.
For both situations – nobody is home, or overwhelming smoke – it would be great if someone were keeping an eye on your house at all hours of the day and night. With Monitored Fire Detection from Advanced Lock & Security, serving the greater Phoenixville, PA area, we are that someone. When a fire is detected, we are notified, and we alert the nearest fire department within minutes. We will also contact the homeowner to verify the situation, so if you aren’t home you will know something has happened. The only way you can get a faster response time is if your neighbor is the fire department.
Not only will Monitored Fire Detection give you peace-of-mind and around-the-clock-protection, it should also provide you with extra home insurance discounts. Insurance companies don’t like paying out claims. If something is available that can reduce those claims, it’s in their interest to reward you for taking advantage of them. Check with your insurance company, and see if they offer a discount.
