Important Notice; Alarm System Limitations - 2gig Technologies GC2 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 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, 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 sufficient warning to
allow occupants to escape in time to prevent injury or death.
• This equipment, like other electrical devices, is subject to component failure. Even though
this equipment is designed to last as long as ten years, the electronic components could
fail at any time.
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