Surviving Home Invasions

In past instances of home invasions, criminals have intimidated people into giving the security monitoring company the password to cancel an alarm. An intruder would not normally know what your password is, however, so giving the wrong one would force the alarm company to dispatch the police.

A home invasion can be a frightening ordeal and is the perfect reason for protecting your home with a security system. The best defense and first place to start is always a good alarm. If a criminal manages to get into your house anyway, there are things you can do to protect yourself as much as possible.

Here are a few tips.

• Get to the security panic button on your command station or use a portable one if you have it and sound the alarm.
• If your phone and security system include voice dialing, use the speaker-phone to call 911
• Come up with a false password in advance to let the monitoring company know you are under duress.
• Do not try and stop an intruder from taking money or property (your safety is more important than possessions or cash)
• Set up signals over the phone with family and friends so when they call you can let them know you are in trouble without alerting the intruder.

Medical Panic Buttons

We have all seen the cheesy commercials and heard the famous line “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” The truth is, as corny as those old commercials were, medical panic buttons can save lives.

A medical panic pendant from Protect America can be worn around the neck like a necklace, on a belt like a pager or carried in a pocket. In the event of a medical emergency that prohibits the wearer from getting to a phone, one push of a button will alert the monitoring facility.

The alarm company then immediately notifies and dispatches emergency services to injured party’s location. These devices are designed for the elderly and people who have conditions which place them at higher risk of medical emergency.

A panic button for the elderly and others at high medical risk is a way for them to maintain their independence and be safe at the same time. Many people who reside in assisted living facilities would be able to live on their own if they had a device like this as a safety precaution. Without one, however, the risk may be too high.

Injuries to elderly people who fall are usually made worse by prolonged times lying on the floor, accompanied by repeated attempts to get back to their feet. This only exacerbates the problem.

Medical panic buttons provide wearers with independence while giving their families peace of mind, knowing that their loved ones are safe.

Panic Buttons For Business Owners

Security systems are important in protecting your home, but they are equally important as a small business owner. Armed robberies of small businesses can put you at the end of a gun looking at someone who may or may not be willing to pull the trigger.

This is where security panic buttons pay off big time. By having one placed near a cash register or safe, really any target a robber would focus on and force you to open, you may have the opportunity to notify the police without the robber ever knowing.

From 2006 to early 2008, there were three police officers shot by armed robbers in Philadelphia, PA. These criminals were stopped in their cars after leaving the scene of the robbery. Emergency panic buttons can notify the police much sooner and give them a chance to surprise the robbers rather than the other way around.

It is important to remember that you should not try and fight with robbers. If you are able to, activate the panic button for your security system and let the police do the rest of the work.

By activating a panic alarm both you, other employees and the police have a better chance of foiling the robbers' plans and not getting hurt in the process.

Hidden Touchpad

Protect America’s Hidden Touchpad offers the convenience of one-touch arming, along with a security panic button. The device can be mounted on a wall, hidden in a drawer or cabinet, or even placed in your garage.

It is ultra-thin, making it easy to mount on a wall or just slide onto a counter top. The size and convenience of the Hidden Touchpad make it a perfect fit for nearly any part of your home.

The great thing about a console like this is that you have so many options about where to put it. It can be hidden near doors to your house so that you can hit the panic button if needed when you cannot reach the command station or telephone.

The Hidden Touchpad can help you in the event of an attempted home invasion, medical emergency, or in any other situation where one-touch arming or panic buttons might come in handy.

You can even place it in a bathroom for the elderly or disabled, providing them with a medical panic button in the event they were to fall in the shower. This is a great piece of equipment to add to your home security system, no matter who you are.