Home Security - what we did
Now that we're retired we take longer trips - but we worry about leaving the house for long. We don't have family in the area and don't have any close neighbors that we'd like to put responsibility on...
Forum Discussion
Having not checked into something like this but my first question is what can the POLICE/FIRE DEPT do for you if no one is at the home...
They probably can't go stomping into a house without permission as well...
I know recently the house across from us had a fire started up for some reason behind the house. I called the Fire Department and reported the back yard/woods fire which they responded and put out the small fire that was in the woods/back yard.
There was a large pipe coming out of the house with lots of smoke in it like maybe an heater exhaust that caught our eyes etc...
No one was here that owned the house and no one had any contact telephone numbers so the Fire Dept and the Local Police that also showed up would not knock down the door of the house to check on possible fire condition inside the house... They said the only way they would go inside was if they confirmed there was a fire in the house.
If the Fire/Police does break into the house to check on things who secures the house after they leave if no one is at home. Now it is setting there with a busted window on the back door haha
They did secure the outside area and got the woods fire put out... Everybody left the scene... It was a few days later when the owner got back asking questions as to what happened haha...
I guess these remote devices have to be registered with the local departments with some sort of written paperwork on what can be done when no one is around the property???
I know when I call 911 they have a bunch of questions to ask me... If a machine calls 911 wonder how that works hehe...
This all probably works just fine - I am just in the dark on how it works...
Roy Ken
They probably can't go stomping into a house without permission as well...
I know recently the house across from us had a fire started up for some reason behind the house. I called the Fire Department and reported the back yard/woods fire which they responded and put out the small fire that was in the woods/back yard.
There was a large pipe coming out of the house with lots of smoke in it like maybe an heater exhaust that caught our eyes etc...
No one was here that owned the house and no one had any contact telephone numbers so the Fire Dept and the Local Police that also showed up would not knock down the door of the house to check on possible fire condition inside the house... They said the only way they would go inside was if they confirmed there was a fire in the house.
If the Fire/Police does break into the house to check on things who secures the house after they leave if no one is at home. Now it is setting there with a busted window on the back door haha
They did secure the outside area and got the woods fire put out... Everybody left the scene... It was a few days later when the owner got back asking questions as to what happened haha...
I guess these remote devices have to be registered with the local departments with some sort of written paperwork on what can be done when no one is around the property???
I know when I call 911 they have a bunch of questions to ask me... If a machine calls 911 wonder how that works hehe...
This all probably works just fine - I am just in the dark on how it works...
Roy Ken
