Brookline, MA Security

Brookline, MA Business and Home Security

Overview

Welcome to American Alarms’ business and home security page for Brookline, MA. This informational page provides important crime data along with additional information for those living in or considering moving to Brookline.

Brookline Business and Home Security Facts

According to the FBI Crime Database for Massachusetts’ 279 cities and towns, Brookline was ranked 159^th in “Most Property Damage per 100,000” in 2013 improving from 143^rd in 2012. It was 213^th for “Most Burglaries per 100,000” improving from 192^nd in 2012.

American Alarm’s History in Brookline

Based in New England since 1971, we’ve worked in the Brookline area for decades. We know the landscape and we have good relationships with local police and fire officials. Our team of employees (200 strong and growing) live in the communities we serve, this means our customers are our neighbors.

Brookline History

First settled in 1638 under the name Muddy Waters hamlet as a farm once owned by Judge Samuel Sewall. Sewall is famous for being a leading judge during the Salem Witch Trials. Until being incorporated in 1705, Brookline was considered to be part of Boston. The name Brookline derives from the two brooks that border the north and south parts of the town.

What Brookline is known for…

Before European settlements came to Brookline, the Massachusett Algonquian tribe covered the area. The first settlers came in 1638 and settled outside of Boston. Most of Brookline’s history deals with borders of cities and towns. The rivers that border Brookline are Smelt Brook to the North and Muddy River to the South. In the early 1870’s Boston tried to annex nearby cities and towns namely Brighton and Brookline. After successfully acquiring Brighton, Brookline refused and spawned the Boston Brookline Annexation Debate of 1873. While Boston voted 6291-1484 in favor of the annexation, it needed approval from Brookline who voted in favor of remaining independent. Neighboring towns Hyde Park and West Roxbury, were both annexed by Boston within the next thirty years.

Since then Brookline has undergone major expansion. Brookline has maintained its own image and boasts both urban and suburban housing and is also home to a vast array of types of people and social classes and is even home to the first country club in the nation.

Short List of Historic Places or Recreation Spots

Outside of the great amount of notorious figures that have resided in Brookline, there are large number of historical places to go along with them. The underground railroad made two stops in Brookline, it’s also the location of the oldest country club in the nation and the oldest automobile collection in the country. Known as “The Country Club” and founded in 1882, the club holds an important piece of golf history. It is one of the original five clubs that founded the USGA and has hosted many events.

Famous People from Brookline

Larry Bird is a Boston sports legend who spent his entire thirteen year career with Boston Celtics playing the forward positions. He won three championships, while winning three MVP awards and twelve All-Star appearances. Bird lived in Brookline for his entire career with the Celtics.

Theo Epstein attended Brookline schools until he graduated High School in 1991. Since then he has gone on to work as the General Manager of the Boston Red Sox and bring two championships to the team in his ten years in Boston, as well as winning numerous awards for top GMs. He currently is President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs.

Conan O’Brien attended public schools in Brookline until graduating in 1981 from Brookline High School. He has been the host of three late night talk shows, the most recent being Conan. He also worked as a writer and producer for The Simpsons.

President John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline and for the first ten years of his life lived in Brookline before the family moved to Bronx, New York. All nine of the Kennedy children were born at the Brookline house.

American Alarm Knows Brookline, MA

Home security lives at the intersection of technology, service and community. American Alarm provides comprehensive home security systems for people in Brookline because our technology and customer service are best in class, and also because we know their community.

Based in New England since 1971, we’ve worked in the Brookline area for decades. We know the landscape. We have good relationships with local police and fire officials. Our team of employees (200 strong and growing) live in the communities we serve, this means our customers are our neighbors.

American Alarm’s featured home security system in Brookline, MA

Brookline Residents Call American Alarm to Build A Custom Alarm System For Their Pets

Once again the American Alarm approach to installing custom alarm systems (instead of the one size fits all approach) has proven true value. Many people who have pets feel consider them part of the family. Such is the case with these Brookline customers. The owners installed an integrated home security and fire alarm system to protect their two cats while they were at work. They recognized that these two members of their family would not be able to fend for themselves in case of an emergency. A full perimeter system (window and door contacts) was installed with the sirens only sounding in the event of a fire. This was at the customers request to prevent panicking the cats unnecessarily.

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