Home Security

When you're thinking about security, you have to ask yourself "How much do I really need or want"? When, where, and how do I want to stop someone from gaining access to my home or business. If they do get access, what are my options? What about the safety of my family? What if there's a fire, or carbon monoxide?!

 

 

 

 

 

Let's look at the different layers of protection:

  • Perimeter Protection - This comes in several forms. The first layer would be to contact all exterior doors. Second would be all accessible windows. There are also glass break sensors, which enhances your window contacts. You may want to wire your screens if you have casement windows. This allows you to open a window on a nice day and still be protected. A third could be a driveway contact to announce someone coming on to your property. There are motion and pressure sensing devices that can be installed to capture, notify, or deter someone trying to gain access to your premises. It all depends on what your needs are. You can even contact the mailbox to notify you when your mail has arrived!
  • Interior protection - This is where your 2nd level of protection comes in to place. Someone has made it past the 1st level and is inside. Motion sensors strategically placed will pick them up. Pressure sensors can be installed in certain critical areas, and you can even install audio detection devices.
  • Right now, in Nassau County alone, local building codes vary throughout the different townships on carbon monoxide protection. It will be a while before they finally standardize this, and force the protection in areas that are needed. The new building codes as of 2003 are producing a much tighter house. Every area of your home where inside and outside air can mix, are being sealed by order of our building codes. This makes the results of carbon monoxide even more dangerous than before. Our C.O. detection devices are much smaller than the 120v models and we put them where they will provide the best protection.
  • We have a unique approach to fire protection. Smoke detectors are designed to save your life. To give you the earliest notification that something is wrong so you and your family can get out safely. If you're home and there is a fire, why do you want the smoke detection system to notify the Fire Dept? How many times have smoke detectors tripped due to food on the stove or dust? You find yourself in a panic trying to shut the system down so the entire fire dept. doesn't show up at your house, and you have to pay a fine. Our thought is, have 120v hard wired smoke detectors, as per NYS building codes installed to protect you when your home. Install our small heat detectors in critical areas to pick up actual heat due to fire. The heat detectors will notify the fire dept when YOU ARE NOT HOME, only when there is a real fire. When you're home and the smoke detectors go off, you can call the fire dept. yourself.

Do I need surveillance?

How much, what type, and do I need to record it and have off premise access to the video? Let's take a look at what's available and what we recommend:

  • First, decide on what you want to monitor. Where do you want to place the cameras, and what type of cameras do you need or want. Some location choices to think about: Front door, back yard, pool, playroom, baby's room, driveway, garage, and office. Do I want the cameras visible or hidden? Do I want color or black and white, and how much resolution do I need or want. Does the camera have to have Pan/Tilt/Zoom capabilities? These questions correspond to a large variety of camera choices. Once these decisions have been make, now we can decide on what you want to do with the video information.
  • How, where & when do I want to be able to view the video? Do I want the video displayed constantly or only when someone enters the area? Do I want it available on my home televisions, or do I need a special monitor or Touch screen installed to view the video? Do I want to have off premise access to the video at any time? Do I want to record the information, and what type of recording equipment do I want or need? Old technology still offers tape back up. New technology offers Digital Video recording (DVR). An I.P. addressable DVR, now gives you off premise access to the video any time and any place you can get online.
  • What level of quality do I need or want to view on or off premise surveillance? The quality is predicated by lines of resolution and fps (frames per second).

Once we know the answers to the questions, we can design the right system for your needs. Browse the following information to get some idea of what we offer.