Top Tips for staying safe
• Always set your alarm when you go out.
• Be observant and report anything suspicious.
• Keep personal possessions out of sight.
• Be alert at the ATM.
• Keep emergency numbers handy or on speed dial.
• Know your neighbours.
Check your alarm systems
With the festive season approaching it is important to ensure that your alarm system is fully functional. Many people leave this to the last minute before they go away and it puts our KSS technical teams under immense pressure. Please do not hesitate to contact KSS should you need a service done or upgrades to be made. You can contact Keshen on 0833935265 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Wind and false alarms
Please note that many UNNECESSARY alarm activations occur when it is windy. Please ensure that windows and doors are closed if you are going out. Banging windows and doors as well as curtains blowing in the wind can trigger the internal beams. Another factor that may cause an internal beam to trigger is the wind blowing into a room through an open window, causing the internal temperature in the room to decease or increase. Beams are temperature sensitive and as soon as there is a sudden change in temperature in a room, they can activated.
Also, excess foliage blowing across the line of an external beam can cause it to trigger – please cut back plants and bushes and ensure that the external beams on your property will not be affected by foliage.
False alarms take time away from the Armed Response responding to actual alarm activations. It is critical that you assist us with this matter and take responsibility for ensuring that false alarms activations are minimised in the interest of the entire community.
News supplied by Knight Security Solutions.