Important Notice; Alarm System Limitations - 2gig Technologies GO!CONTROL User Manual

IMPORTANT NOTICE

ALARM SYSTEM
LIMITATIONS
This security system can not offer
guaranteed protection against burglary, fire,
or other emergencies. Any alarm system,
whether commercial or residential, is subject
to compromise or failure to warn for a
variety of reasons. For example:
• Intruders may gain access through
unprotected openings or have the
technical sophistication to bypass an
alarm sensor or disconnect an alarm
warning device.
• Intrusion detectors (sensors) do not
work without power. Battery operated
devices do not work without batteries,
with dead batteries, or if the batteries
are not put in properly. Devices powered
solely by AC do not work if their AC
power supply is cut off for any reason,
however briefly.
• Signals sent by wireless sensors may be
blocked or reflected by metal before
they reach the alarm Control Panel, even
if the signal path has been recently
checked during a weekly test. Blockage
can occur if a metal object has been
moved into the sensor's signal path.
• A user may not be able to reach a panic
or emergency button quickly enough.
• Telephone lines needed to transmit
alarm signals from a premises to a
Central Station may be out of service or
temporarily out of service. Telephone
lines are also subject to compromise by
sophisticated intruders.
• Even if the system responds to the
emergency as intended, however,
occupants may have insufficient time to
protect themselves from the emergency
situation. In the case of a monitored
alarm system, authorities may not
respond appropriately.
• Alarm warning devices such as sirens,
bells or horns may not alert people or
wake up sleepers if they are located on
the other side of closed or partly open
doors. If warning devices sound on a
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different level of the residence from the
bedrooms, then they are less likely to
waken or alert people inside the
bedrooms. Even persons who are awake
may not hear the warning if the alarm is
muffled from a stereo, radio, air
conditioner or other appliance, or by
passing traffic. Finally, alarm warning
devices, however loud, may not warn
hearing‐impaired people or awaken
deep sleepers.
• While smoke detectors have played a key
role in reducing residential fire deaths in
the United States, they may not activate
or provide early warning for a variety of
reasons in as many as 35% of all fires,
according to data published by the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency. Some of the reasons smoke
detectors used in conjunction with this
system may not work are where smoke
cannot reach the detectors, such as in
chimneys, in walls, or roofs, or on the
other side of closed doors. Smoke
detectors may have been improperly
installed and positioned. Smoke
detectors may not sense fires that start
where smoke cannot reach the
detectors, such as in chimneys, in walls,
or roofs, or on the other side of closed
doors. Smoke detectors also may not
sense a fire on another level of a
residence or building. A second floor
detector, for example, may not sense a
first floor or basement fire. Moreover,
smoke detectors have sensing
limitations. No smoke detector can sense
every kind of fire every time. In general,
detectors may not always warn about
fires caused by carelessness and safety
hazards like smoking in bed, violent
explosions, escaping gas, improper
storage of flammable materials,
overloaded electrical circuits, children
playing with matches, or arson.
Depending upon the nature of the fire
and/or the locations of the smoke
detectors, the detector, even if it
operates as anticipated, may not provide