A hub station of an alarm system, comprising: a hub station housing; a hub station controller disposed within the hub station housing, wherein the hub station is configured for: communicating, bi-directionally over a short range telecommunications network during an active alarm condition, with a plurality of client stations that are distributed in a plurality of architectural zones, the plurality of client stations each including a client station housing and located therein a client station power transformer, a client station speaker, a client station microphone, and one of a plurality of client station controllers; obtaining, from the communicating during the active alarm condition, intrusion sound data indicative of sounds detected by one or more of the plurality of client stations; and determining, from the intrusion sound data, intrusion location data indicative of a location and movement of an intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones; and forwarding, over a long range telecommunications network, the intrusion location data to a central station; characterized in that the hub station is further configured for: developing, from the intrusion location data, a soundscape of the plurality of architectural zones; comparing the soundscape with a sound map of the plurality of architectural zones; and obtaining the location and movement of the intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones following comparing the soundscape with the sound map. a hub station housing; a hub station controller disposed within the hub station housing, wherein the hub station is configured for: communicating, bi-directionally over a short range telecommunications network during an active alarm condition, with a plurality of client stations that are distributed in a plurality of architectural zones, the plurality of client stations each including a client station housing and located therein a client station power transformer, a client station speaker, a client station microphone, and one of a plurality of client station controllers; obtaining, from the communicating during the active alarm condition, intrusion sound data indicative of sounds detected by one or more of the plurality of client stations; and determining, from the intrusion sound data, intrusion location data indicative of a location and movement of an intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones; and forwarding, over a long range telecommunications network, the intrusion location data to a central station; characterized in that the hub station is further configured for: developing, from the intrusion location data, a soundscape of the plurality of architectural zones; comparing the soundscape with a sound map of the plurality of architectural zones; and obtaining the location and movement of the intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones following comparing the soundscape with the sound map. communicating, bi-directionally over a short range telecommunications network during an active alarm condition, with a plurality of client stations that are distributed in a plurality of architectural zones, the plurality of client stations each including a client station housing and located therein a client station power transformer, a client station speaker, a client station microphone, and one of a plurality of client station controllers; obtaining, from the communicating during the active alarm condition, intrusion sound data indicative of sounds detected by one or more of the plurality of client stations; and determining, from the intrusion sound data, intrusion location data indicative of a location and movement of an intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones; and forwarding, over a long range telecommunications network, the intrusion location data to a central station; characterized in that the hub station is further configured for: developing, from the intrusion location data, a soundscape of the plurality of architectural zones; comparing the soundscape with a sound map of the plurality of architectural zones; and obtaining the location and movement of the intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones following comparing the soundscape with the sound map. developing, from the intrusion location data, a soundscape of the plurality of architectural zones; comparing the soundscape with a sound map of the plurality of architectural zones; and obtaining the location and movement of the intrusion among the plurality of architectural zones following comparing the soundscape with the sound map.