As we enter the the age of virtual business, business professionals become even more reliant on their home offices. More than ever before, today's home offices are often the profit center for a household.What would happen if the home office disappeared? Your income would disappear as well. While most home offices are insure against theft or fire, the time it takes to replace and rebuild an office is unprofitable.
Visualize melted office equipment, file folders in ashes and furniture in cinders, and you have just pictured the aftermath of an office fire. And because this is a home office, the rest of the house most likely experienced similar damage.
Two items stand out in the safety litany: electrical wiring and smoke alarms.
To support the equipment in a home office takes wires, extension cords, phone lines and multiple outlets. It is important not to overload outlets and to be certain they stay cool to the touch. Replace wiring if it is frayed or cracked and keep it clear of rugs, nails or high traffic areas and avoid extension cords. Certified surge protectors are recommended.
Fire experts agree that to minimize a fire's threat, it must be detected and suppressed while it is still small. It may take hours for a smoldering fire to become a flame, but once flames appear, they can engulf an entire room in as little as two minutes. Households often rely on smoke alarms to alert them but if no one is at home, only monitored smoke alarms are heard.
One of the newest products on the market today is FireArrestJ, a next generation smoke alarm. FireArrestJ is the first wireless, easy to install home fire monitoring system that brings the fire department when a fire is detected.
"If you could make a fire less damaging, save property, save money on homeowner's insurance, prevent stress and trauma to you and your family, why wouldn't you?" asks Jim Hancock, fire chief for the city of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. "When home owners are away, monitored smoke alarms provide continued vigilance."
The FireArrestJ Residential Fire Alarm System uses photoelectric technology in its alarms. Ionization alarms are more commonly used in households, while photoelectric alarms are preferred in the commercial sector. Photoelectric alarms have been found to respond to smoldering fires more than an hour before ionization alarms and they don't false alarm from burnt cooking or steam from a shower.
For optimum safety, the United States Fire Administration recommends that all households and offices have a monitored fire alarm system.
The FireArrest Residential Alarm System uses photoelectric technology in its alarms. An additional advantage of FireArrest™ is that it is monitored by Alarmcast Security Services 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. This means the residence, the home office and its contents are protected whether or not anyone is at home.
FireArrestJ is comprised of one or more photoelectric smoke alarms and a base station, which works with the subscriber's telephone to provide protection. For installation, all that is required is a screwdriver.
The patented FireArrestJ photoelectric technology is used in more than 4 million smoke alarms installed throughout North America today. FireArrestJ equipment is provided by Supra, a division of Interlogix, Inc. Since 1966, Interlogix companies have developed, manufactured and distributed components, software, and systems that are designed to deliver security, safety, convenience and lifestyle enhancements to consumers and businesses throughout the world. Visit http://www.interlogixinc.com for more information about Interlogix, Inc., and its products.
FireArrest systems will be monitored around-the-clock by some 20,000 trained employees who monitor homes and businesses nationwide. Alarmcast uses the largest single provider of electronic security services to monitor your FireArrest™ system. More than two million commercial, federal and residential customers throughout North America and the United Kingdom utilize this total security solution which includes intrusion and fire protection, closed circuit television, access control, mobile security, critical condition monitoring and integrated systems. For more information about a security system for your home, your home office or business away from home, contact www.alarmcast.com or call 1-888-488-1492.