Home Security Resources

An Ex-Con's Take on Home Security
Let a former burglar give you the low-down on home burglaries from the criminal's point of view. This is an eye-opening interview with a (former) professional in the B&E (Breaking and Entering) trade. Dogs are a deterent, and house alarms will keep some burglars away, but alarms don't scare off many because it takes the police anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes to respond to an alarm and a professional B&E man is in and out of your house in 5 minutes. Most burglaries do not take place at night, but take place during the day, when people are not home. In fact, the majority of burglaries take place between 9 a.m. and noon. Learn what burglars look for when they choose a house to rob, and what you can do to make your home less inviting. The number one thing you can do to keep crooks out, according to this former burglar, is simply lock your doors and windows. Bathroom and kitchen windows are the ones most often left unlocked. Make sure all of your doors have deadbolts. A regular door lock is considered a joke by professional burglars, but a good deadbolt makes your home a difficult target, and most home burglars are looking for easy targets. There are 7 major steps you can take to protect your home and property from break-ins, according to this former felon; if you want to learn them all then I suggest you check out this site before you leave home again.

A Complete Home Security System
A complete home security system not only protects you from burglars, but protects you and your family from fire as well. Start with the feature article, which describes several steps you should take to make your family safer if a fire should ravage your home. Once you've finished this main article, scrol to the bottom of the page and click on Articles. Here you will find 20 fact-filled articles covering every aspect of home security, everything from tips for better home security, to ways that a good home burglary system can protect your family from carbon monoxide poisoning, to what is included in a free home security system, to what to look for when buying a home security system, to landscape lighting as a deterrent, to how to survive a home invasion and lots more. If you're serious about home security and you'd like a good overview of everything that you might need and everything that's out there to protect you, your family, and your property, then this site should be one of your first stops.

Components of a Burglar Alarm System
Learn the basic components of a home burglar alarm system. The door and window sensors send messages directly to a monitoring station and alert authorities to the fact that someone is attempting to enter a home unannounced. Motion detectors send an alarm whenever there is motion in an area that is not supposed to have movement. Learn where the best areas are to set up a motion detector. The control station is the brain of your entire system. It is from the control station that you program your system. Signs and Window decals warn burglars that your home is equiped with a protection system. Since most home thieves are opportunists they will usually by-pass a home that is protected in favor of an easier target elsewhere. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Articles for 30 additional home security articles that cover virtually every aspect of protecting your home and your family.