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Daylight Savings: Seasonal Safety Check-in

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

Daylight savings time comes around twice per year, making it a fantastic opportunity to do a seasonal safety check-in around your home. Massachusetts winters are notoriously cold, so it’s essential to prepare for inclement weather and the hazards that come with it. Keeping your home safe and stocked with emergency supplies will save you a last-minute trip to the store during poor weather. Use this seasonal safety checklist to prep your household for the coming months.

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Happy Halloween: Trick-or-Treating Safety Tips for 2022

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

For young kids, Halloween is a fun-filled holiday that promises an abundance of candy and the opportunity to sport spooky costumes. For parents, the eeriest parts of Halloween have little to do with the costumes. 

Due to increased pedestrians, low visibility, and an abundance of distractions, Halloween night typically brings a surge of pedestrian fatalities, particularly among children. 

These tips will help keep your children and any trick-or-treaters visiting your home safe on Halloween night.  Read more →

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Commercial Security Components Series: Wrap-up

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

Commercial Security CameraCommercial security systems are integral to protecting your employees, products, and your premises from hazards like fires or break-ins. They can also assist with quality control and loss prevention, protect you against false injury claims, and help you monitor employee attendance and behavior in the workplace.

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Fall Home Security Checklist

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

Autumn brings shorter days, increased precipitation, and the start of storm season. This simple seasonal home security checklist will help you prepare for seasonal changes to keep you and your home safe and secure through the autumn months.

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Benefits of Motion Activated Lights in Your Yard

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

Having your walkways and entrances well-lit can reduce the risk of trips and falls and deter burglars. Putting your outdoor lights on motion sensors makes it easier to keep the perimeter of your home safe for your family and pets.

Here are some of the top benefits of motion-activated lights.

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Benefits of Using a Keyless Entry System for Your Home

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

For families and households where many individuals are coming and going, keyless entry offers additional security and convenience. There’s no longer a need to hide a spare key for service providers or any concern about your children misplacing their key copies and getting locked out of the house after school. With keyless entry you can add and revoke access to your home any time you need to. You don’t even need to be there in person!

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Benefits of Consolidating Your Commercial Security Vendors

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

The number of different security systems you rely on to run your business safely can quickly become overwhelming. Between your fire, access control, burglar alarms, video networks, and environmental systems, staying on top of vendors, billing, and system maintenance requires a significant time investment.

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What Are Backup Communications?

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

When your security system is triggered, an alarm notification is transmitted to a Central Station, usually via a phone or internet connection. What happens if the connection is compromised? A burglar may cut your building’s power supply, or your cable or phone lines could be damaged during a fire. 

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IP Video Systems and Commercial Security

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

Internet protocol (IP) video cameras are a popular alternative to analog cameras because they use a local area network (LAN) to send and receive footage to an internet or video server. Data is stored such that nothing is lost if the system is tampered with or damaged.

IP video systems are incredibly beneficial in commercial settings. The footage can be used to monitor employees and oversee quality control during daily business operations. They are helpful for loss prevention and protection as well. In case of a break-in, vandalism, or any other illegal activity, referring to the video footage may assist the authorities in identifying the perpetrator. Video cameras also provide peace of mind in the event of on-site injuries. They provide a clear picture of an incident and avoiding instances of false injury claims. 

Below we’ll look at the elements of an IP video network and see how they work together.

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Back to School Safety in 2022

/by American Alarm Blogging Team

Back to school is a busy time of the year, and a big adjustment period for both kids and parents. If your children are headed back to school this fall, these tips will help you make sure they stay safe and sound on their way to and from the school grounds.

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