Security Zones: part 3

Exterior motion detectors, lights, and sirens should have their zones based on the area in which they are. The front entry should be one zone, the driveway another, and the backyard still another, and so on. This way you can have an earlier alert to intrusion and know where on your property the intruder is. This early warning is highly beneficial since it puts more time in your hands for an earlier and more effective response.

Furthermore, when you are planning your zones, you may want to consider who and what will be passing through that zone. Specific zones are going to be used at certain times in the day. For example, if there is going to be activity in your yard, such as a party or a get-together, but you want the house alarms activated, you will want to keep the two on separate zones. So time and use must be considered when planning zones.

Lastly, you may want to research building plans and homeowner requirements for your area. Each area might have different prerequisites that define how you position your zones. Criminal activity and the like may also play an important role in your zoning process. A more criminally active area may want more intrusion zones, while an area with less criminal activity may want more fire zones and fewer intrusion.

Keep in mind that these suggestions must be carefully considered. Every house differs from each other and general rules need to be altered accordingly to fit specific situations. Most of the ideas we offer are designed for the average two-story house. The larger home may follow the same rules but apply more zones, while the smaller home following the same suggestions will not need so many zones.

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