personal security

Put yourself in the the picture:

• News Agents
• Super Markets
• Jewelers
• Pharmacies
• Credit Unions
• Post Offices
• Petrol Stations

Panic Alarms – The Issues

Many retail environments have employed the use of panic alarms(PA devices). Installed to assist workers to raise an alert if confronted, PA devices suffer from some significant issues, especially with the heighten fear of tiger kidnappings:

• Approximately 80% of alerts raised from PA’s are false alarms thus impacting heavily on the likely hood of a Gardai response. False alarms often lead to a reduction in Gardai cover for the store.

• Traditional PA devices tend to be fixed to a counter or wall. They are therefore of use only when stationed at that point, there is no protection afforded to the worker in other parts of the store or outside (when locking up or opening in the morning for example).

• Traditional PA devices when activated issue an alarm signal through to an alarm receiving centre (ARC), there is no way of verifying whether it is a real incident or a false alarm. If real, the severity of the incident cannot be judged.

• Fixed PA devices are costly to install as engineer's time is involved and permission often required from the property owner/ landlord.

Visiconnex address all these issues as our devices move with the worker/owner at all times and can work wherever the worker is, including outside the premises.