It is no surprise that home security systems save lives, they protect families from break-ins, and they monitor the dwelling for smoke and fire, alerting the family to any of these dangers.
When an emergency occurs in a house with a home security system an alarm will go off to alert the family and at the same time this alarm system will also signal the monitoring center.
The monitoring center will then contact the authorities to alert them to the problem and the address of the residence.
That means police, the fire department or the ambulance will arrive sooner than if the family had called them and that can mean saving lives.
It also means when the family is sleeping and might not be aware there is smoke or fire in the house the home security system will sound an alarm that will awake them giving them time to safely get out of the house.
There are also the alarms that go off when a family is not in the house, when only the family pets are there, who are not able to open doors and who will be trapped if not rescued.
Having a monitored home security system means when the home security alarm goes off the authorities will still be alerted and in the case of smoke or fire can rescue the family pet, saving their lives.
Another thing that a home security system can monitor and sound an alarm for is carbon monoxide, this is a colorless and odorless poison that can silently kill during the day or at night while the family is sleeping.
When this is detected by the security system, it will alert the family and the monitoring center, and this can save lives of family's that might otherwise not have known this deadly poison was in their house.
One feature that might not be used by every family of a home security system is medical monitoring; this is a feature that can save lives when there is a family member in the dwelling has a medical condition or a disability.
This family member is able to alert the home security system if they have a medical problem that requires an ambulance.
These are situations where the security system can save lives while at the same time protecting the residence and family from burglars who more and more often today break into dwellings while the family is at home.
This can be a dangerous situation and one where the family would not be able to summon help from the authorities.
Having a home security system installed in a residence can save the lives of family's, during fire, smoke, break-ins, carbon monoxide and medical emergencies and it can also help to save the lives of the family pets when they are in the domicile alone.
It also takes the stress out of having to be at work when the children come home from school, older children who are in the house before adults might not know what to do when faced with danger in the house.
With a home security system what they would do is taken care of by the security system and train operators at the monitoring center.