Hi
An offshot from the topic about which alarm to get installed in your house guess, but something I'd very much appreciate a few views on ....
We have a monitored alarm on our house....
Recently, it went off (in the middle of the night) & frightened the living daylights out of the two of us ... the phone rang, it was the monitoring company. Suffice to say, while still half asleep, upstairs trying to get some clothes on & calm ourselves down, I've got this guy telling me how to turn it off, via the phone.
The alarm panel is downstairs, he tells me to go downstairs and turn it off. To then press a particular button on it, which will tell me which sensor has activated the alarm ... its the one to the back door into the kitchen, there's a closed full wooden door between me & whoever / whatever set off the alarm.
The guy at the monitoring system says do I want them to call the gardai ? ... have I checked the house etc ... What am I supposed to do ?
A) Risk a false alarm, getting the gardai out and then be seen as a time waister & probable coward. ... possibly risking a repeat, if it later proves there is a fault in the alarm system & ending up being "the boy who cried wolf" with the alarm company & gardai ?
B) Hide upstairs until morning time, with the alarm having gone off & me having subsequently turned it off ... door bolted into the bedroom & all my fingers & legs crossed, that there is not a number of intruders (firstly) stealing all my stuff ( & secondly ) considering breaking into the bedroom to assult myself and my "better half" ?
C) Accidently "find" a weapon which might just happen to conveniently placed and then proceed to investigage, risking the possibility of a confrontation and injuring either myself or the intruder(s) in the process ?
All comments appreciated
Cheers
G>
http://www.rpoints.com/newbie
An offshot from the topic about which alarm to get installed in your house guess, but something I'd very much appreciate a few views on ....
We have a monitored alarm on our house....
Recently, it went off (in the middle of the night) & frightened the living daylights out of the two of us ... the phone rang, it was the monitoring company. Suffice to say, while still half asleep, upstairs trying to get some clothes on & calm ourselves down, I've got this guy telling me how to turn it off, via the phone.
The alarm panel is downstairs, he tells me to go downstairs and turn it off. To then press a particular button on it, which will tell me which sensor has activated the alarm ... its the one to the back door into the kitchen, there's a closed full wooden door between me & whoever / whatever set off the alarm.
The guy at the monitoring system says do I want them to call the gardai ? ... have I checked the house etc ... What am I supposed to do ?
A) Risk a false alarm, getting the gardai out and then be seen as a time waister & probable coward. ... possibly risking a repeat, if it later proves there is a fault in the alarm system & ending up being "the boy who cried wolf" with the alarm company & gardai ?
B) Hide upstairs until morning time, with the alarm having gone off & me having subsequently turned it off ... door bolted into the bedroom & all my fingers & legs crossed, that there is not a number of intruders (firstly) stealing all my stuff ( & secondly ) considering breaking into the bedroom to assult myself and my "better half" ?
C) Accidently "find" a weapon which might just happen to conveniently placed and then proceed to investigage, risking the possibility of a confrontation and injuring either myself or the intruder(s) in the process ?
All comments appreciated
Cheers
G>
http://www.rpoints.com/newbie