You Might Only Need It Once—But It Has to Work Most of us will go our entire lives without ever hitting a panic button or hearing a smoke detector go off during a real emergency. That’s the goal, right? But just because these devices are for worst-case scenarios doesn’t mean they can be ignored. In…

Did you know you are supposed to test your security system on a regular basis? The system or the monitoring company will typically alert you to any issues apparent on the system. However, the best practice is to test it yourself as well. There could be other factors unrelated to the alarm itself that you…