The complete home security guide
By: Gerard Honey
Publisher: Crowood
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Ramsbury
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847973979
Subjects: Dwellings; Security measures; Crime prevention
Description: "The Complete Home Security Guide provides an essential reference guide to domestic security and crime prevention. It sets out a clearly defined stratgey to improve home security. It includes information on undertaking a comprehensive risk assessment for a home, understanding and dealing with the requirements of the home insurance industry, and how to recognize and deal with bogus callers. It also discusses perimeter and boundary protection by natural methods{u2014}such as hedges and foliage, and physical security devices{u2014}fences, gates, and locks. It offers a guide to the variety of electronic security systems available, and CCTV, as well as lighting and signaling of intrusion, such as alarms and video systems..."--Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Home risk assessment; title: Insurance requirements and burglary prevention; title: Physical security; title: Electronic security systems; title: Lighting for security; title: System signalling and self-contained security devices; title: Checklists and planning for security issues; title: Case studies.