Again, use smoke detectors and plan your escape routes through doors, or designated windows equipped with quick release locks. Shutters with movable and non-movable louvers are not to be relied on as a means of securing an entrance or window area. The movable louvers may allow someone to reach in and open the shutters. Shutters used for ventilation should have the interior window frames fitted with burglar bars. An alarm system should be the last security measure applied to a residence.
Alarms can never remedy poor physical security and habits.
False car and home alarms are a common experience and many people ignore an alarm. If the apartment or house you are considering has an alarm system, have the system monitored and maintained by an alarm company.