Your Alarm Specialist - One of the most important decisions you will make is which alarm company will protect your home or business. And above all, one that will safeguard your family or employees. The very fact that your alarm company is an authorized United Central Station Dealer is an indication of their commitment to your security. When your system is monitored by United you will join a family of over 20,000 homes and businesses which they currently monitor. Using the latest in alarm receiving equipment, computers and back-up power supplies, their facility is one of the most modern and well equipped central stations in the country The signals received by United Central Station fall into many categories and are initiated by different alarm systems. This brochure briefly explains some of the more common types of protection. EMERGENCY Is there an elderly or handicapped person at home? Are you concerned about a hold-up at your place of business? There are a wide variety of manually activated devices available to insure that help is only minutes away - 24 hours a day. BURGLARY AND INTRUSION Whether returning home at night or opening your business in the morning, nothing is as frightening as the possibility that you have been burglarized or worse yet, that the intruder may still be present. A custom designed security system can go a long way towards making sure this does not happen to you. Today's systems consist of either perimeter or internal protection, or both. Modern systems incorporate microprocessor based, multi-zone controls, which are feature laden and easy to use. FIRE In a majority of fires involving extensive property damage or loss of life, there is no fire alarm. Professionally installed smoke and heat detectors can provide the early warning necessary to reduce property damage and save lives. SUPERVISORY In addition to the more common fire and burglar alarms, there is a growing demand for supervisory systems. These consist of devices to monitor high or low temperature, the opening and closing of your business, or your sprinkler system waterflow -- just to name a few. Upon receipt of these signals, our Central Station personnel will notify the proper authorities based on the type of signal received.