Security / Theft / Alarms

Next Subject

• SECURITY EXPOSURES AND INSURANCE
• ALARM SYSTEM TERMS
• INSURANCE SOURCES
• RESOURCES

Security exposures and insurance

Top of page

A variety of insurance programs exist.

• Security guards
• Specialty guard services, canine patrols and armed officers
• Burglar alarm installers
• Alarm central stations
• Sprinkler and fire protection equipment installers
• Private investigators
• Armored car services
• Locksmiths
• Bailiffs
• Telephone answering and paging services
• Cellular phone, industrial radio and communication equipment--manufacture, sales and service
• Security equipment, including CCTV, intercom and access control systems, including export sales
• Life and industrial safety equipment--manufacture, sales and service
• Medical equipment, including medical gases, emergency, life-support equipment and supplies.

Alarm System Terms

Top of page

Auxiliary alarm system

A system that transmits a fire alarm from a detection device to a municipal fire alarm box, which transmits the alarm to the public fire service communication center.

Burglar alarm

An audible or silent alarm, activated by unauthorized entry. Often, properties protected by burglar alarms can receive a discount on their property and crime insurance premiums.

Central station

A fire resistive secure facility operated 24 hours a day by a professional alarm company, usually approved by Underwriters Laboratories. Client alarms, connected to the central station by electrical or electronic circuits, are continually monitored. When an alarm is received, the local fire or police department is notified and a security guard is often dispatched.

Central station alarm system

An alarm system that is controlled and operated by a central station, which upon receipt of a signal will take the necessary action. Actions may include notifying the fire or police department, calling the subscriber, or sending its own investigator to the scene of the alarm.

Contact switch

A device used to trigger a burglar alarm. When a door or window is opened, a magnetic field is removed, which activates the switch, turning on the alarm.

Infrared detector

A device used to trigger a burglar alarm; a detector that senses the body heat of an intruder who enters the protected area. A change in the protected area's normal heat profile sets off the burglar alarm.

Lacing detection system

A detection system used to trigger a burglar alarm. A closely woven pattern of metallic foil or fine brittle wire is placed on the surface of the protected area and covered by a panel. When the foil or wire is broken by an intruder, the detection circuit is interrupted, setting off the burglar alarm.

Local alarm system

Either a burglar or a fire alarm system that sets off an audible sound at the location where it is installed.

Microwave detector

A device used to trigger a burglar alarm; a motion detector that projects high-frequency radio waves, or microwaves, into the area to be protected. When the waves are interrupted by an intruder, the system's circuit is disrupted, setting off the alarm.

Object protection

A form of burglar alarm detection where a specific important object such as a safe, filing cabinet, or expensive equipment is protected, as distinct from protecting an entire building or area.

Photoelectric detector

A device used to trigger a burglar alarm. A beam of light (usually infrared) is projected across the area to be protected. If the beam is interrupted by an intruder, the disrupted photoelectric circuit sets off the burglar alarm.

Proprietary alarm system

An alarm system owned, operated, and maintained by the owner of the protected property. The alarm is received at a proprietary supervising station at the protected property, attended by security personnel.

Proximity detector

A device used to trigger a burglar alarm. It uses an object (e.g., a safe, filing cabinet) as an antenna, electronically linked to an alarm control. When an intruder approaches or touches the object, its electrostatic field is disturbed, activating the alarm.

Remote station alarm system

An alarm system that transmits the alarm from the protected premises to a remote location, such as a fire or police station.

Ultrasonic detector

A burglar alarm trigger that emits an ultrasonic wave pattern into the area to be protected. When the wave pattern is disrupted by an intruder, the burglar alarm operates.

Vibration detector

A burglar alarm trigger device that uses a highly sensitive piezoelectric crystal or microphone to detect the sound pattern that an object, such as a hammer or drill, would generate on the protected surface (a safe or vault). When a vibration is detected, the burglar alarm is set off.

Window tape

A device used to trigger a burglar alarm. A thin metallic foil is affixed to the glass surface of a door or window. Breaking the glass ruptures the foil, which interrupts the burglar alarm detection circuit and sets off the alarm.

Insurance Sources

(General - Not necessarily accessible by TCIM)

Top of page

• Elliott Special Risks LP - Insurance providers for the Security Industry.
• TCIM

Resources

Top of page

• AAA Alarms
• Canadian Alarm and Security Association (CANASA)
• Delta Xray
• Help Net Security
• Intelligent Protection International - Intelligent Protection International Limited provides close protection bodyguards and executive protection services to meet our client’s requirements, whether it is in a hostile environment or a capital city. We operate with an amalgamation of professional standards, great management and highly experienced personnel.
• Kessler International - Offer a full range of Forensic Accounting and Investigation Consulting services to protect companies against the dangers of fraud, counterfeiting, product diversion, trademark and copyright infringement, money laundering and the recent explosion in computer crime.
• RPost - In communication with a client or supplier, it is of ultimate importance that you know exactly what was said and when it was said. The days of file notes of verbal and telephone conversations, and how tenuous they are, are over. Written word is paramount.

  Proof e-mail was sent,
  Proof e-mail was delivered,
  Proof of content and attachments sent and received,
  Proof of time sent and received, All electronic,
  As simple as clicking your “Send” button in your e-mail program.
  Outlook Read Receipts do NOT do this!

• Trojan Securities International - Trojan Securities was established by former personnel providing a wide range of very specialized services including bodyguards, intelligence gathering, risk management and high-risk security related solutions.