Home Security

Complete protection services for your family and home - from a single source. At ABS Alarm Company, we create an integrated method to your home security, offering the latest in burglary, fire, and personal protection, for our Northern California customers.

To understand this comprehensive protection for your home you need to understand security monitoring. Our professional design and installation of a system is only half the plan. It is the monitoring of the alarm system that provides security coverage. When your state-of-the-art system detects a breach of security, it automatically contacts our monitoring station. Our highly trained dispatchers field the call according to your pre-established guidelines. This often includes sending the appropriate local service, be it police, fire department or medical assistance.

Our approach from system design to full implementation alarm system monitoring is what sets ABS Alarm Company apart from other services. No cookie-cutter plans or programs, everything is designed according to your individual needs. ABS Alarm Company is clearly your best choice for home alarm security coverage.

Here are some "home security habits" to develop:

1. Establish a routine to follow in making certain that doors and windows are locked and alarm systems are turned on.

2. Avoid giving information to unidentified telephone callers, or announcing your personal plans in want ads or public notices (such as giving your address when advertising items for sale). Notify police if you see suspicious strangers in your area.

3. Handle your keys carefully. Don't carry house keys on a key ring bearing your home address or leave house keys with your car in a commercial parking lot. Don't hide your keys in "secret" places outside your home - burglars usually know where to look.

4. Vacation Tips:

• When going on vacation, leave blinds open in their usual position.
• Have mail and packages picked up, forwarded or held by the post office.
• Lower the sound of your telephone so it can't be heard outside.
• Arrange to have your lawn mowed.
• Stop newspaper deliveries.
• Ask a friend to pick up "throwaway" newspapers and circulars.
• Use automatic timers to turn lights on and off in your living room and bedrooms at appropriate times.
• Consider connecting a radio to a timer.
• Tell police and dependable neighbors when you plan to be away and join with your neighbors to keep a close watch on what's happening in your area - working closely with them is a good way to prevent crime.