Elwood's businesses are spread across three small strips: Elwood Village on Ormond Road, Glen Huntly Road and Tennyson Street. Most are cafés, salons, groomers, barbers and small shops, closed by evening and many run by a small team.
If one of these alarms activates overnight, our alarm response service sends an officer. The officer assesses the premises against your instructions, calls your contacts in order and records what was found in TrackTik. TeamSignal Security is an Australian full-service security provider that runs one of Victoria's largest mobile patrol fleets.
Elwood sits low, much of it on former swampland, and heavy rain has sent water into local shops before. Storms, wind and power interruptions can also trigger alarms on nights when nobody would otherwise check.
When an activation happens in bad weather, the officer can:
If the same alarm activates night after night, the cause can be the system itself: an old sensor, a door that rattles in the wind or a battery that drops out in a power cut. Each attendance is recorded, so the pattern shows up in your TrackTik reports.
A response plan can then include:
Every attendance is planned around the industry response requirements for the premises, or your contract times, with the aim of arriving well within them.
Send us the address, the strip you’re on, your hours, how the alarm is monitored and who should be called. If the alarm has been activating often, tell us that too.
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Yes. Every activation is attended, whatever the cause, and the report notes any weather damage or water the officer finds.
The officer reports what can be seen from outside, and inside where you’ve authorised entry, so you can decide whether to come in.
Your account manager reviews the TrackTik records with you. If the system is the problem, we can recommend and install a replacement.
Monitoring is a separate service through a professional monitoring centre. We can set it up so activations are passed to our officers.
Attendance is planned against industry response requirements or your contract times, aiming for well within them. Storms and road closures can affect a particular night.
The address, business type, hours, alarm and monitoring details, your contacts and whether the alarm has been activating often.