Parade of Homes | Fall 2023

Water sensors can be deployed to detect sump pit failure or anywhere there is a water source such as a fridge, washing machine, hot water tank or dishwasher.

Home security gets smart

BY WENDY KING

Home security is more than just keeping your posses- sions under lock and key. It’s taking proactive steps to ensure the well-being and safety of family, pets and property from any number of concerns. Furthermore, monitored protection can lower insurance premiums.

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lizabeth Rosenberg, vice-president of operations at The Accurate Technology Group (www.accurategroup.

“There is a device called a ‘water cop,’ which can shut off your water at the main when you arm the alarm,” she says. “Should you have any pipes break, you would only have the ambient wa- ter in the home rather than the water continually running until you came home to discover it.” Low-temperature sensors can detect furnace failure, and there are other safety devices like panic fobs and medical alert fobs.

ca), says security includes environ- mental safety as well, and where there is smoke — or water — there is tech. “Homeowners can install monitored smoke detectors, which, if triggered, will have the monitoring station dispatch the fire department,” Rosenberg says. Water sensors can be deployed to detect sump pit failure or anywhere there is a water source such as a fridge, washing machine, hot water

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