Life Safety

A House fire happens evgery 83 seconds

Get a security system that will do all it can to protect your family

Monitored smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors can help beat the statistics.

 

Do this quick self evaluation:

 

•  Are your collectibles or heirlooms irreplaceable?
• Do you forget to test your smoke detector batteries monthly?
• Do you or your spouse travel often?
• Do you often leave pets alone at home?
• Do you worry that your family will not get out in time?
• Do you have any fossil fuel burning appliances?
• Furnace
• Fireplace
• Wood stove
• Oven / stove
• Dryer
• Water heater

The more you answered "yes" to these questions, the more your family needs the protection of a "Monitored Life Safety System."

 

Who will call for help when the alarm sounds?

 

Professionally-installed, 24-hour monitored smoke, heat, and C) detectors can notify our monitoring station, which immediately calls the fire department to help you -

Whether you hear the alarm or not. 

MONITORED DETECTORS ARE YOUR BEST PROTECTION.

 

Facts about Fire

"More than 80 % of all fatalities due to fire occur in the home."* Most fire deaths occur between 11:00 pm and 5:00 am. In 2004 the US had 395,000 house fires resulting in:

• 3,190 Deaths
• Injuries
  
• $ 5.8 Billion in property loss ( $ 5,800,000,000.00) 
  

 * Source NationalFire Protection Association

 

What is Carbon Monoxide (CO)? 

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, deadly gas that human senses cannot detect. It is produced by the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, including natural gas, propane, kerosene, gasoline, diesel, coal, wood, and heating oil.

 

Potentila sources fo CO include your fireplace, wood stove, wood furnace, gas furnace, water heater, dryer, stove, grill, space heater, or vehicles.

CO - The Silent Killer 

• CO is the leading cause of poisoning deaths in North America
• On average, nearly 11,000 people are treated annually for CO poisoning
• CO causes over 400 unintentional deaths annually 

 Compare your options for Life Safety Protection

 

Type	Advantagee	Disadvantages
Store-bought Detectors (Batetery operated)	Install yourself Available in stores Very inexpensive	20 % Fail to work Non detects due to dead batteries Batteries need to be checked often Non-Monitored No immediate response to an emergency Most popular technology responses - slow to           respond in most home fires
Pre-existing detectors (120 volt)	Builder-installed (existingwhen home purchased) Less maintenance than store-bought detectors	Non-monitored No immediate response to an emergency If electricity is down, detector may not function Most popular technology responses - slow to respond to most home fires
24-Hour Monitored Smoke and CO Detectors	24-hour monitoring Emergency help is called even when you can't System Battery backup in case of power failure We can maintain your detectors for you UL-Listed system detectors Professionally installed Photoelectric technology provides earliest warning to most common fire types

 

 

 

 

Life Safety Upgrades

National Recommendations:

• You need one smoke detector on every floor, plus one in every sleeping room

• You need one CO detector outside every sleeping area
  

Carbon Monoxide (CO) detection:

•  Gas detection technology targets CO and ignores other airborne substances and environmental variations
• Microprocessor-based design yields optimum performance and notifies the monitoring station of any problems
• Calls emergency help when an unsafe level is detected

Smoke detection devices:

• Photoelectric technology provides early warning detection
• Notifies our monitoring station of any problems, trouble conditions as well as fire conditions
• Internal self-diagnostics help insure reliable performance
  

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The view below is of a WIRELESS SMOKE DETECTOR

SMOKE & HEAT DETECTORS SAVE LIVES

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FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS

All NEW houses, and most existing homes are equipped with smoke detectors to alert the occupants in case of fire. But these, at best, work when they are new. After years of "just being there" they tend to be a false sense of security. 20 % fail to work: Fail to detect due to dead batteries; Batteries need to be checked often; They are non-monitored; There is No immediate response to an emergency; Most popular technology responses slow to respond to most home fires. If electricity is off, your detector may not function.

 

With SWAT Professionally installed and Monitored Fire Alarm System, with Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors: You get 24-Hour Monitoring; Emergency Help is called, even when you can't call; We can maintain your detectors for you; Batteries are supervised and we will know when it is time to replace them; You get UL-listed detectors; Photoelectric technology provides earliest warning to most common fire types. 

In Industrial and business buildings,        

 Sprinkler Monitoring provides supervision of water flow, as well as supervsion of valves, water and air pressure, and low temperature conditions. Such supervision of these devices is essential to maintaining a safe secure environment. False trips of sprinkler heads cause millions of dollars in damages every year. Freezing sprinkler pipes cause additional millions in losses. Monitoring of sprinker waterflow greatly reduces and may eliminate any such loss.

Manual pull station alarms provide a means for building occupants to signal a fire warning for other building occupants, as some exit the building. Both Audible and Visual indicating devices alert building occupants in order to evacuate the building, while the monitoring service alerts the proper Fire Department.

 

 

 

I was at this house below.

An Unprotected House = No Fire Detection = No Fire Department notification = No Response = TOTAL LOSS!!

I pulled two occupants - elderly husband and wife - both overcome by smoke inhalation - from this house. The neighbors called it in. I was there 15 minutes prior to the fire department arrival. The house burned to the ground.