Work From Home Safely With These Vital Home Security Services
Make sure your home is secure while you’re working remotely or overseeing virtual learning for your kids
The end of 2020 may look at lot different for you than the beginning of the year. Instead of going to work and sending your children to school, you may be working from home and overseeing virtual learning for your kids.
Since you and your family will be at home all day, now is a good time to evaluate your home security services to make sure you have the tools you need to safeguard your home and protect your family. While you’re busy working and helping the kids with school assignments, smart security devices can keep an eye on your home and alert you to suspicious or unusual activity.
Keep reading to learn 3 home security services we recommend to increase the safety of your Lafayette, LA, home.
SEE ALSO: 2 Ways Home Automation Can Help Make Your House Safer
Video Surveillance
Smart video surveillance is a must-have security tool if you’re going to be home all day. You can access and monitor high-definition camera footage from anywhere on your property in real-time using a smartphone app or tablet. Motion-activated cameras can send you a smartphone alert when someone breaches the camera’s range, so you’ll know if someone is on your property.
You can also use smart surveillance to keep an eye on things at home. When the children are done with schoolwork and want to play in the pool, you can continue completing work assignments while monitoring the kids from your smartphone or tablet with live-stream video.
A Smart Doorbell
When you’re at home with the kids all day, you’re probably hesitant to open the door to strangers. But when you have a Wi-Fi-enabled doorbell with a camera and two-way intercom, you don’t even need to get up when someone’s at the door. When the doorbell chimes, you’ll receive a notification on your smartphone.
You can use your smartphone app to pull up live-stream video of the front door and speak to the person on the other end through the intercom. That way, you can instruct delivery people to leave packages on the front porch or inquire about a stranger’s name and business before deciding to open the door. You can also enable to doorbell camera to send you an alert when it detects motions, so you can see if an unknown person is hovering or lurking on your porch.
Smart Sensors
All too often, security threats develop right under our noses. With you and your family inside at home all day, the risk of fires and exposure to harmful gases is higher. Luckily, smart sensors can identify dangerous situations before they become unmanageable. Smart smoke sensors send an alert to your phone and the local fire department as soon as smoke is detected in the house. Heat sensors send a smartphone notification when indoor temperatures rise past a safe level, giving you the chance to find and prevent a fire before it starts. And gas detectors send a mobile warning when dangerous levels of natural gas or carbon monoxide are present.
When you integrate your smart sensors with a home alarm system, the alarm will sound off when smoke, heat or gases are identified, giving you enough time to get your family safely out of the house before the emergency worsens.
At Electronics Professionals, we can help you design and install custom security solutions in Lafayette, LA. Let’s start with a home evaluation to identify your security vulnerabilities and discuss your needs. Call us at 337-268-9753 or fill out a contact form to get started.
