4EverReady Home Care is a privately owned home care agency based in Dayton, Ohio. The organization is committed to providing clients with the highest quality care possible, while allowing them to maintain both freedom and independence in the comfort of their homes.
Don’t let the three wise monkeys fool you. Hearing, seeing and announcing danger is proving very useful to the industry. SDM looks at products that are helping detect and verify alarms using audio/visual technologies.
Verification technologies, such as audio and video, lend sound and sight to traditional alarm systems and offer a way for security dealers to develop positive relationships with law enforcement and customers.
September 12, 2011
It is no secret that 75 to 80 percent of all alarms are caused by user error, according to the Security Industry Alarm Coalition (SIAC) and, therefore, alarm verification procedures and technologies can greatly reduce the number of false dispatches. Many national and regional companies already have implemented Enhanced Call Verification (ECV) or two-call verification as a necessity due to verified response or non-response ordinances in the cities or areas they serve, and a growing number are implementing verification technologies such as video and audio to add a deeper level of verification.