Posted: 4/1/2009 1:58:54 PM EDT
| What's the average alarm system response time, in addition to police response time? |
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On a typical "dial-in" system you can figure on 45 sec for the alarm to activate...grab the phone line...then, call the central station monitoring company...
This is then received by a server of sorts which takes approx 10 to 20 seconds to convert the signal into something the alarm dispatcher can handle... Figure in another minute or so for the dispatcher to pull up the alarm look at the activity and then dispatch the appropriate authorities... Police and fire response time varies by area...in my neck of the woods figure between 10-15 min for police and a little less time for fire (so long as the alarm in question is within the city limits)... Hope this helps... |
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Average? Too late. Yeah. I'm trying to make that a slide in my PowerPoint. It all depends on the nature of the alarm. Is it a bank teller who hit her little red button? In this case, its pretty damn quick. Time for the signal to get to Dispatch, the call noted to the dispatcher and her to air it. In this case 20-40 seconds plus drive time of nearest available officer. Is it a house or business that has a motion dectector that gets set off every other day? Well, lets just say the response won't be as quick. There are lots of variables. Your best bet would be to call your local agency and ask them for the numbers. Be specific about what type of alarm you are talking about. Residential, business, bank, Check cashing place. How many zones were set off. Was it a single front door motion, or was it front door, office, and 3 other zones? |