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Who will hear the alarm while you're away?

Make Them Secure.

Protect What you value most.
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Interested parties may
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ALARM SPECIALISTS, INC.
P.O. Box 97;
Freeport, IL 61032
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Objective
To provide regional state-of-the-art alarm service, and response to our area through local, motivated, and trained
professionals and vendors, to complement efforts in improving the quality of life and safety in our Northwestern Illinois area.
We hire local, and Shop our Clients & Neighbors First!
Who We Are
Locally founded, a competitive service, bonded and insured, providing alarm design,
installation, maintenance, monitoring and response, using listed
components and local personnel, an excess of 30 years to alarm systems
and users of burglar, fire; including sprinklers, emergency / exit lighting and
video, within industry parameters and standards, improving life and
safety within our Northwestern Illinois area, Stephenson County, including portions of Carroll, JoDaviess, Ogle, and Winnebago, since 1982.
Licensed by the State of Illinois to design, install, monitor, respond,
and service alarms, members of Illinois/Stephenson County Farm Bureau
(IFB), National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and Northern Illinois Small Security
Contractor Association (NISSCA).
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Insurance Companies Favor Alarms
Alarm Systems provide greater chance of apprehension than patrol 3 1/2 to 1. Systems deter loss, reduce
risk, hence, insurance carriers favor maintained and monitored alarm systems within the same geographic area,
afford discounts through premium credits for the risk(s) reduced.
Burglary
Residential burglary occurs every 10 seconds, 13% of the time while the family is asleep. Daytime
break-ins increased 286% in the past 9 years.
Fire
Fire strikes every 18 seconds, expands 1,100% in 4 minutes, kills 3,700 people annually, Down from 9,000. Smoke detectors improve your chance of surviving a fire 59%.
Codes, Ordinances & Standards
Require burglar/hold-up installation, maintenance and monitoring, within convenience, currency exchange, financial and jewelry premises.
Require elevator, in unattended building, transmit trouble signal off-premises.
Require emergency/exit lighting to be maintained and periodically tested.
Require fire alarm systems, services, maintenance and monitoring of status at premises of assembly, automotive, business, care centers,
chemical, day care, educational, entertainment, flammables, hazardous, health care, lodging, meeting, mercantile, paint shops, storage, tenants;
with semi-annually scheduled activation test and reporting, with alarm service response within 1 hour.
Require business fire alarm/sprinkler systems have two (2) alarm-trouble signal paths, primary and secondary, to a staffed monitoring facility, test
signal generated daily, with alarm service response within 1 hour.
Require fire sprinkler systems, for the protection of public water systems, have backflow preventers operational and annually inspected-tested by a
certified backflow preventer tester.
Require fire sprinkler/suppression systems monitoring of status, with quarterly scheduled activation test and reporting, with alarm service
response within 1 hour.
Require fire sprinkler systems be annually inspected, tested and reported by a certified-licensed fire sprinkler contractor
Require hood suppression connected to existing fire alarm system.
Licensed workers provide services.
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What We Do
Alarm Services are provided agriculture, business, churches,
commercial, financial, health care, industrial, public buildings, and
residences, with monitoring of access control, burglar, environment,
fire; including sprinklers, hold-up, medical, supervisory and video, all
from Freeport.

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Devices & Services Provided
Alarm, Monitoring & Services
Provided from Freeport, not Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Gardner, MA; Kansas City, Madison, Minneapolis, Phoenix or St. Louis, but Freeport
Burglar/Intrusion
Detection is provided business, industrial or residential premises with multiple individual access control identification, logging when digitally accessing, arming or disarming the system.
Elevator Trouble Signaling
As required, may be received from those on-line with our fire systems.
Emergency/Exit Lighting
Remote or stand alone types, are serviced to industry parameters.
Environmental
Monitoring of concerns including humidity, outputs, pressures, status, temperatures, vacuums, etc.
Fire Alarms & Sprinkler Testing (FAST)
Installation, maintenance and monitoring is available in accordance with scheduled activation testing and reporting requirements of inspection authorities and loss prevention directors/managers.
Maintenance - Corrective
Provided with labor, and material, at reduced cost to system users on-line locally.
Maintenance - Preventive
Within normal scheduling, provide quarterly preventive maintenance within Stephenson County, semi-annually outside. Scheduling may also be tailored to the desires of the system user or standards writer(s). Systems installed have warranties in excess of 1 year.
Personal; Hold-Up & Medical
Devices to summon emergency help may be provided for the desired response.
Supervision
Monitoring and service to listed components and devices of fire sprinkler/suppression systems and status.
Video
Installation and service to systems for management, production and security in the varied premises of guests/hotels, manufacturing, retail etc.
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