You may have heard the words - Central Monitoring Station. This is a term used to refer to a company that provides services to monitor & inform of burglaries, fire, flood, gas, panic and sometimes medical emergencies. Central Monitoring Stations may also provide patrols, security guards and supervisory services.

Until recently, Central Monitoring was coupled with a Central Station, connected to a premises through expensive leased telephone lines. The greater the distance between the central station and the premises being monitored, the greater the distance of the leased lines and hence the more expensive the service. These types of monitoring services were predominantly used by businesses - since the cost to a home user made it prohibitively expensive.

The use of mobile phones the internet and modern technology has changed this requirement dramatically. Utilizing the internet, mobile phones and modern internet ready security systems -  information can be relayed using digital or SMS technology. Effectively, with the advent of low cost communications a monitoring station can be located anywhere in the world. Critically, the management systems in place should be able to deal with ALL events - burglary, fire, flood, gas, panic  & medical emergencies - subject to the clients requirements.

This means that customers are no longer forced into relying ONLY on local companies, BUT free to shop around and focus on the QUALITY of the service being offered. Wherever the location of the monitoring station. Advantages may include:

• The use of Highly trained staff

• Compliance with required European standards of performance

• Types of Services being offered

• Quality of service being offered

• Cost effectiveness of the service being offered          

Utilizing the latest technology, any number of people can be alerted to a potential burglary or event - the level of response can be chosen to suit the customer's security requirement and budget.

For example

Having purchased a Villa in Coral Bay, Paphos, Mr. Smith recognized that this was an important investment. An investment he wanted to protect. The majority of local companies offered some type of monitoring BUT he did not feel 100% sure of how effective they were. The majority of his time was also spent in the UK.

A neighbour he talked with, outlined problems with his security system. This was mainly due to his local supplier having poor, "management & planning structures" in place. Finally, he found a company that was based in Cyprus and able to to carry out installation & maintenance work to the EU standards AND offered connection to a monitoring facility in the  UK - utilizing the latest computer systems and far more sophisticated management procedures than any local based company.

The UK monitoring company was also ISO 9001 accredited for quality management systems.

He knew that if there was an alert, triggered by a:

• Digital security camera system

• Security alarm system

• Fire

• Flood (an internal burst water pipe)

• Gas

The UK monitoring company would follow a tried and tested procedure.

This meant that he would not be contacted unnecessarily. The monitoring station would contact the appropriate personnel and ONLY contact him as directed in the monitoring agreement.

His precious time was not wasted!

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