Author: Gerard Honey
ISBN No: 075065760X
Review date: 05/12/2025
No of pages: 304
Publisher: Newnes
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Brief:
Intruder Alarms (second edition)
Alarm installers face losing out to builders unless they adapt, warns installer Gerard Honey, whose book Intruder Alarms is coming out in a second edition. He explains: ‘Intruder alarm systems will become a part of building management systems or intelligent buildings, and the emphasis will not only come from the security industry but from architects, planners and developers. The security installer must ensure that he or she fits into this scheme.’
How can we expect the installer’s role to
develop in the next decade? The verification of alarms and integration with CCTV and access control is certainly apparent as is also a higher emphasis on the external protection of sites, whereas the past has seen a greater use of internal protection systems. More capital is expected to be spent on making sites more secure, and training will become more important as customers look for management systems. These buyers are already seeking more computer-based systems, and so this is a natural progression. Certainly there is an increased demand for perimeter intruder detection systems (PIDSs), which offer an earlier warning of potential crime than purely internal detection. Integration will also play a major role in the security industry, and stand-alone technologies will become out-dated, certainly in the commercial and industrial market.
