24 hour security presence with ADT monitored security alarm systems.

Burglar Alarm systems significantly reduce the chance of being a victim of a burglary and when your intruder alarm system has the ADT monitoring system added to your Burglar Alarm the authorities are alerted for your peace of mind.

Police, insurers and security specialists all agree that the greatest improvement you can make to your home security is to monitor your home and link your security system to an Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) that can inform the local Police if an intrusion takes place. The knowledge that the Police can be on the scene within minutes is reassuring and deters burglars who are more likely to go to a home without an intruder alarm system.

We know a fast response is crucial, because:

• Intruders have less time to cause loss or damage
  
• Help can quickly arrive if a personal attack button is activated
  
• By nominating friends, family or colleagues to act as keyholders we know who is available to make sure
  your property is secured.

Qualifying for Police Response
Following the latest guidelines issued by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), many police forces will not attend alarms from non-monitored systems unless there's also first hand evidence of a crime, whether from an owner or a member of the public phoning in.

The police will attend an intruder alarm signal routed via the ADT Alarm Receiving Centre, from a monitored alarm that qualifies for Police Response.

Your Burglar Alarm System
Your ADT monitored alarm system connects you to the ADT Alarm Receiving Centre via your telephone line. You are protected from intruders - and ADT can call on the emergency support you need from the Police, Fire Brigade, or your keyholders.

All monitored burglar alarm systems have a control panel, usually with a keypad, and a series of detectors designed to operate within certain areas. For more information please feel free to call us on 08709 220 770 or request a call back.

Smoke and fire detectors
You may have decided to have a smoke or fire detector linked to your burglar alarm system. This is designed to work even when the system is not set.

If you do not have a fire alarm, it can be added to your system in the future.
*residential systems only

Audible warning device
Your intruder alarm system is designed to operate an internal sound alarm. An external sounder may be incorporated and includes a strobe light which will flash when the siren is activated, except where the alarm has been programmed not to sound.

The Code of Practise on Noise recommends that intruder alarm sounders are silenced after twenty minutes. Our policy is to comply with this statutory code, and the strobe light will also cease flashing.

Standby batteries
There are standby batteries in the alarm system which are designed to keep it running for a minimum of 8 hours in the event of a power failure. Should the burglar alarm be triggered the siren will also sound during a power failure, the battery standby time will be reduced. Your burglar alarm system is connected to mains electricity. It is extremely dangerous to open the control panel or any power supply units.

Your telephone line
Your intruder alarm system provides 24 hour remote security monitoring from the ADT Alarm Receiving Centre, where trained staff are ready to act when an emergency signal is received. This connection relies on your telephone line.

The security system cannot be monitored without a working telephone line. You need to ensure that the telephone line is maintained in good working order at all times.

We recommend that your telephone line is concealed where it enters your property, or if not, that it enters at a high level to reduce the possibility of it being tampered with. You should contact your telephone service provider if your telephone line does not meet this requirement.

A fault with the line itself or any equipment such as an answering machine may affect your burglar alarm system's performance. If you do experience a fault, you should have this corrected immediately - you may with to make alternative short term arrangements to protect your property. If ADT are called out as a result of a telephone line fault, the will have to make a charge.

You must contact ADT if the telephone number for the security system is to be diverted at any time, or if any additional equipment or services are to be added to that line. This will enable ADT to confirm if they will affect the operation of the system.

If additional services are added to the telephone line, this may affect the ability of your system to communicate with the ADT Alarm Monitored Receiving Centre.

Such services include

• Call barring
  
• Ring back
  
• Call minder
  
• Incoming calls only
  
• Call diversion
  
• BT Home Highway
  
• ADSL

ADT Burglar Alarm Systems can be installed in home and business with ADSL with the use of a simple ADSL filter, this is supplied Free of charge as part of your initial installation, provided we are notified at the time of order.

What happens when an alarm is activated?

• If the burglar alarm at the property is triggered
  
• The ADT security system sends a signal - using the existing phone line
  
• Within seconds ADT will verify the alarm
  
• If necessary ADT can alert the emergency services
  
• ADT attempt to contact the homeowner. If they cannot alert the homeowner, they contact a keyholder.

When your system is activated:

• A signal automatically sent down your telephone line to the ADT Alarm Receiving Centre in seconds
  

• A pre-arranged emergency contact list for your home appears on our operator's computer screen. This will allow ADT to identify the type of emergency and take the appropriate action either, calling your home, the assistance of your keyholder, or the appropriate emergency services - if the alarm signal has been confirmed.

• The ADT Alarm Monitoring Centre will call your home to confirm the alarm signal, and if there is no response they will contact the emergency services. The ADT Alarm Receiving Centre has priority links to al UK Police control rooms.

• Personal Attack signals receive an immediate response - ADT will not verify the alarm first.

• ADT will then contact one of your nominated keyholders so that the emergency services can gain access to your home.  Always remember, your intruder alarm system is there for your protection.

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