Provident Security Alarm Services

A burglar alarm is not a deterrent.

There, we said it.

As more people have burglar alarms installed in their homes and businesses, the deterrent value of those systems decreases. Market saturation, especially on Vancouver's Westside, has significantly reduced the deterrent value that alarms once had.

So why have an alarm?

The purpose of an alarm is to generate an immediate response. An alarm provides notification that a burglary could be underway. The sooner that this information is acted upon, the better.

That is why Provident's guaranteed five-minute response service, combined with several "five-minute proofing" strategies in your home or business, is the secret to ensuring that your risk is kept to a minimum in the event of an attempted burglary.

Our security professionals will visit your home or business and show you how to five-minute proof your most important possesions as well as re-design your existing alarm so that it offers the earliest possible detection of criminal activity.

Motion detection is not good enough

If the first line of detection is a motion detector, your alarm is almost guaranteed to be ineffective. In order to maximize value, and generate the quickest possible response, a properly designed alarm will be comprised of at least three levels of detection: Perimeter contacts on every opening, motion detectors as a back-up and acoustic detectors that will detect the sound of glass being smashed.

The Provident Difference...

From consulting services during the design phase of your new project through to the installation of integrated alarms, CCTV and access control systems in your home or office, our team has the experience.

Whether you need a completely integrated alarm system that will communicate with your home automation, sprinkler, heating, lighting and other home systems or simply need us to re-program the exsiting alarm system that you have, our team has seen and done it all.

Leverage your technology investment

At Provident, we understand that an alarm system should not simply provide intrusion detection. Let us help you get full value from your investment by including complete environmental monitoring services such as flood sensors, heat & smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors and temperature sensors to name just a few of the other ways that your alarm system can provide true protection for you, your famly or your business.

Live from Kerrisdale

We own our 24/7 Operations Centre in Kerrisdale where we provide alarm monitoring for all of our clients. Whenever you call, you can be assured that you are speaking to one of our own team members, in our own monitoring station... no sub-contractors, no out-sourced services... 100% accountability for everything that we do.

For some tips and more information about our design philosophy, check out the Provident blog.