ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION FOR BUSINESSES

q       Record your normal business hours and the working hours of your cleaners with your alarm/monitoring company.   q       Make sure your company can be identified from the front and rear of the building.   q       One person should be assigned to investigate all alarm activity.  Be sure all employees including your cleaning staff are thoroughly trained before attempting to use the alarm system. Training should include knowing how to cancel accidental activation. No ID code will result in police dispatch.   q       Forced air should be properly set during non-business hours. Large movements of air can cause false alarms. q       Make sure there are no items “in view” of a motion sensor that can move. All of your company’s inventory should be securely stored.   q       Do you know how the system works? How many window and door contacts and motion sensors are being recommended? Are motion sensors dual technology i.e. motion/infrared and how does the backup battery work?   q       Ensure contacts on overhead doors are placed so that a gust of wind or shaking of the door will not activate the alarm system.   q       Ensure that glass break/shock sensors are “sensitivity” tested.   q       Discuss with your alarm provider whether specially designed motion sensors are required to prevent the detection of rodents, birds or cats.   q       If wireless hold-up protection is required, do you have dual-action devices?