"Often false alarms are caused by poor management or maintenance of alarm systems, " he said.
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According to the filings, some take security seriously, outfitting "C-level" employees with cars, planes and home alarm systems.
Top-of-the-line alarm systems can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars or more depending on the size of the estate.
He adds that certain technologies (again, think alarm systems and CCTV) can be put in place to deter kidnappings.
The firm started out just providing guards but has branched out into alarm systems, rapid-response teams, CCTV and undercover investigations.
Think of "art theft" and you're apt to imagine black-clad ninja types outwitting sophisticated alarm systems and spiriting off the priceless Rembrandt.
McClusky argued that like signs posted in yards advertising alarm systems, signs that warn the homeowners have guns would get the message across, he said.
While Anixter works the cafeteria, Spinell is talking up one of Anicom's basic businesses -- cables for security alarm systems -- to TW's sales force.
Turkish businessman like Vidat Sapan(ph), who sells security cameras and alarm systems, sees a potentially lucrative market in northern Iraq about to slip through his fingers.
Security giant Tyco International, which makes the ubiquitous ADT alarm systems, on Tuesday predicted a gloomy outlook for the security industry and reduced its 2009 earnings estimates.
They formed a University of Utah spinoff company, Xandem Technology LLC, which is commercializing the wireless networks for use as motion detectors for burglar alarm systems, to help police locate hostages and even to alert out-of-town, vacationing parents if a crowd of teenagers is partying at their home during their absence.
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False alarms generated by automatic fire alarm and fire detection systems account for more than 40, 000 of call outs every year, making up a third of all incidents for fire crews in London.
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Not everyone feels the need for alarm or other home protection systems.
There are certain dangers associated with the operation of home security systems themselves (such as whether the alarm will sound properly when tripped) and the monitoring services related to these systems (such as whether the security company operator and the police will respond quickly).
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Risk management departments and other checks and balances, accountants, and systems are set-up to ring all sorts of alarm bells.
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However, this could prove conservative if penetration rates of its recently launched Fusion Series AOI systems, which provides significantly better defect detection and minimizes false alarm rates versus other models, trend stronger than expected.
That would alarm the entire tech industry, because pcs drive sales of software and operating systems, printers and scanners and modems, servers and networking gear and more.
You'll begin to see this in your alarm system in your home, your automobile -- we're already beginning to see that in some systems.
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