Using Alarm Equipment to Secure Your Pool

When we help a homeowner create a security plan, we always recommend installing a monitored home security system, also called a “burglar alarm” system. As its name implies, an alarm can provide great security against the threat of a break-in. An alarm activation creates a blaring siren response coupled with a call to our central station to create an emergency police dispatch. In turn, this alerts you to the danger and usually scares the thief off as well. Furthermore, installing an alarm can set you up for creating other types of security as well. Today, we look at one of the most important aspects we look at when designing an alarm for a home with a swimming pool, especially if they also have younger children. In this post, we’ll show you how we go about using alarm equipment to secure your pool!

First, we’ll discuss the importance of installing poolside panic devices. This equipment calls for an emergency response with the push of a button, making it extremely valuable pool security. From there, we’ll show you a couple ways installing alarm sensors can add security as well. As an extension of this topic, we’ll detail the use of exterior alarm contacts, as well as interior. Finally, we’ll wrap up our post on using alarm equipment to secure your pool with an exploration of smart camera-based security to keep eyes on your yard and pool at all times. Now, let’s get started with a look at alarm-connected panic devices that you can install near your pool!

Placing Panic Devices within Reach of Your Pool

Panic buttons play an important role in any complete home or business security plan. We offer many panic button designs, some of which we detailed in our Panic Button Options for Your Security System. We can program panic buttons to create any type of police, ambulance, or fire department response our customers desire. For pool security purposes, we would generally program panic buttons to call an ambulance. Our waterproof panic buttons can be worn in the form of wristbands or pendants. Elderly residents of a home often wear these panic devices. The same devices that can call for an ambulance response to a slip or fall inside the house will also work to create an added layer of pool security for these individuals.

Homeowners can also hang panic buttons near the sides of a pool. This can allow younger pool users to use these buttons to call for help if a dangerous situation arises. Some homeowners also feel safer if activating these devices creates an interior alarm response. Doing so will alert anyone inside the home that someone has activated the pool alarm. The ability to create both an ambulance response and a quick response from those inside the house can mean the difference between life and death during a potential emergency situation. Let’s now shift our focus to another way that your alarm can aid you in adding pool security to your property.

Taking Advantage of Alerts and Sensor Monitoring

If you have a security system in place, you already have some basic ways to increase pool security. We can use a couple methods to help accomplish this goal. For starters, any modern security can alert you to open doors in your home. These alerts can take the form of a “dinging” or “chiming” sound. Some alarm systems deliver these alerts in the form of a spoken phrase (such as “kitchen door open”). While just about any alarm system can create these alerts, not all homeowners know how to activate them. Knowing when a child opens the exterior door that leads to your pool can create security and peace of mind. We recommend calling your security company for help activating your system’s door opening alerts.

Additionally, our cellular monitoring customers can receive these alerts on their smart phones. We always recommend cellular dialer monitoring for the most consistent communication between your alarm and the central station. Some cellular dialers, such as ours powered by Alarm.com, also allow for interactive security monitoring. Interactive security monitoring allows you to control your alarm system remotely with a smart phone. Additionally, your Alarm.com dialer will send your phone custom alerts if someone opens certain doors. Exterior doors leading towards pools make great “alert doors.” Now, let’s look at a pool security tip that takes this concept one step further.

Installing Wireless Sensors for Precise Pool Monitoring

Creating alerts to monitor existing security contacts can add both peace of mind and safety. Furthermore, adding new contacts to make these alerts more precise can create a new level of security entirely. We touched on this in our post detailing 5 Unconventional Uses for Contact Sensors. Consider installing contact sensors on pool houses or gates that surround your pool. Doing so can give you even more precise knowledge of when you may have a pool security issue. Perhaps you have a young child wandering too close to the water. Or maybe the neighborhood kids have stopped by for an uninvited swim during work hours. Either way, you will want to track access to your pool area. Consider using this security measure hand in hand with our next tip to add even more pool security to your home.

Installing Smart Surveillance to Keep Eyes on the Water

Our post on Yard and Driveway Security discusses some of the security gained from adding outdoor surveillance. In that post, we examined the dual security that cameras can add to your home. For starters, cameras provide a live look-in to your home at all times, as well as a way to review footage of anything that happens around your home. This allows you to check in and ensure that everything runs smoothly in your absence. In some cases, homeowners can use camera footage to help identify potential vandals or burglars. Additionally, we pointed out that cameras themselves act as a crime deterrent. Individuals with less-than-perfect intentions in mind will likely see your surveillance cameras and look for a different target.

Pool owners have even more incentive to add home surveillance. If you have a pool with contact sensors installed nearby, cameras let you follow up your sensor alert with a live look at your pool. Combining these two security measures can pay quick dividends. Additionally, adding Alarm.com smart cameras to monitor your pool creates this security more easily and efficiently than ever before. We can install these Wi-fi based cameras anywhere on your home’s exterior without the need to run wiring back to a central location the way we would need to do to install traditional surveillance equipment.

You can use the same Alarm.com app you use to control your security system to view your cameras at any time. Additionally, these cameras can send live video clips to your phone upon detecting motion. Therefore, you can have the peace of mind of knowing that nobody can come near your pool with your knowing.

Using Alarm Equipment to Secure Your Pool

We hope that this post helps you with using alarm equipment to secure your pool. Additionally, we also encourage you to contact us with any questions this post may raise for you. We will happily answer all of your questions related to pool security or home security in general. Taking this concept one step further, we also encourage you to take advantage of our complimentary site survey program. We offer security audits and equipment quotes to both new and existing customers alike. Perhaps you have an alarm in place and want to add some of the security tips from this article. Or, maybe you have yet to install an alarm and get started from the ground up. Either way, we are here to help! Together, we can create a complete security plan to keep you, your home, and your family as safe and secure as possible.