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		<title>Which Brinks Home Security System Is Right for You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>Okay. You know that the FBI Uniform Crime Report says that the burglary rate has increased over the previous year. You also know you want a home security system. And you know, too, that the system is going to be a Brinks security system.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>Okay. You know that the FBI Uniform Crime Report says that the burglary rate has increased over the previous year. You also know you want a home security system. And you know, too, that the system is going to be a Brinks security system.</p>
<p>But your big question is this: Which Brinks home security system is right for you? On the web site, you saw just two options: the standard Brinks home security system and the Premium Brinks home security system. The keypads were different. And one had fewer sensors. But neither was right for your  home.</p>
<p>So what’s the answer? Customize your Brinks home security system.</p>
<h2>Customize Your Brinks Home Security System</h2>
<p>No matter what you call the company &#8212; Brinx home security or Brinks home security&#8211; the professionals who work there know that no one flavor is right for everyone. So getting the Brinks security system that’s right for you is simply a matter of sitting down with a highly trained Brinks home security professional and going over your security needs.</p>
<h3>Select State-of-the-Art Equipment for Your Brinks Home Security System</h3>
<p>All equipment that make up a Brinks home security system is state-of-the-art. With the security professional’s assistance, you can come up with a mix of door sensors, window sensors, and motion detectors that match the security needs of your house. You also can select the alarm system keypad you want as well as opt for the smoke and heat detectors &#8212; or just a heat sensor &#8212; and carbon monoxide detectors for extra protection.</p>
<p>You can select from a variety of other optional features for your Brinks home security system as well &#8212; such as a:</p>
<ul>
<li>Smart Key Wireless Remote &#8212; that arms or disarms your Brinks home security system from as far away as 75</li>
<li>Glassbreak Detector &#8212; that sets off an alarm at the sound of breaking glass</li>
<li>Telephone Control Remote &#8212; that transforms your touch-tone phone into another keypad you can use to control your Brinks home security system remotely</li>
<li>Moisture Sensor &#8212; that detects too much moisture or leaking water by wherever you place it</li>
</ul>
<p>The Brinks home security professional with whom you consult also makes sure that your customized Brinks home security system not only is right for your house, but also right for your budget and lifestyle as well.</p>
<h3>The Equipment Is Easy-to-Use</h3>
<p>The Brinks home security professionals know that in an emergency you don’t have time to fumble with complicated equipment. So they’ve designed the equipment for your Brinx home security &#8212; as it’s often misspelled &#8212; to be simple and easy to use. For example, the single touch of a button alerts the professionals at the monitoring center who are watching over your home 24/7 that there’s an emergency. And the keypad has no complicated numeric codes that are so hard to remember that you have to write them down somewhere.</p>
<h2>The Potential for Saving on Your Home Insurance</h2>
<p>By installing a Brinks security system &#8212; or Brinx security system, as some people call it &#8212; you also might save as much as 20% on your homeowners insurance. You should check with your insurance company to find out. If you qualify, the savings on your insurance can pay for the cost of installing your Brinks security system.</p>
<p>Whether you call it a Brinks security system or a Brinx home security system, once you have yours up and running, you can rest peacefully. Why? Because you know that you, your family, and your home and property are being protected round the clock.</p>
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		<title>Brinks Home Security Systems &#8211; 3 Buttons That Can Save Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>As far as home security systems go, a keypad is a keypad is a keypad. Right? After all, the keypads offered by all brands of security systems are the same. Wrong! Brinks home security systems &#8212; which some people misspell as Brinx home security systems &#8212; come with three buttons that can save your life. ...More...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>As far as home security systems go, a keypad is a keypad is a keypad. Right? After all, the keypads offered by all brands of security systems are the same. Wrong! Brinks home security systems &#8212; which some people misspell as Brinx home security systems &#8212; come with three buttons that can save your life. Not all companies’ keypads have all three buttons.</p>
<p>These buttons, which are called emergency buttons, form an integral part of all Brinks security systems. Each button’s name reflects an important emergency you might have in your home:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fire</li>
<li>Medical</li>
<li>Police</li>
</ul>
<p>In most emergencies, you might be in a panic or might not have much time to call for help. The security professionals who designed the Brinks security systems appreciated your need for a quick and easy way to call for assistance. So they designed these buttons as “one-touch buttons.” If you have an emergency, all you need to do to call for help is press the appropriate one.</p>
<h2>One-Touch Fire Emergency Button</h2>
<p>If you have a fire emergency in your home, pressing the Fire emergency button activates the fire alarm. The siren goes off to alert members of your household to the emergency. The system also sends a sends a Fire alert to the monitoring center where professionals are keeping an eye out for alarms from Brinks security systems like yours. The monitoring professional immediately notifies your local fire department and then calls you to verify the alarm. If you need help, the monitor tells the fire department that assistance is needed at your home and also the nature of the emergency.</p>
<h2>One-Touch Medical Emergency Button</h2>
<p>If you or a member of your family has a medical emergency, pressing the Medical emergency button activates the Medical alarm. Instead of a siren going off, the keypad only beeps. The system sends a Medical alert to the professionals who are on the lookout for alarms from homeowners’ Brinks security systems. Immediately, a monitor calls your house to verify the alert. If you need medical assistance, the monitor summons it. And if you don’t answer, the monitor notifies the proper authority to send help.</p>
<p>ADT, one of Brinks security systems’ (or Brinx security systems’) major competitors, doesn’t have a Medical emergency button on their keypad.</p>
<h2>One-Touch Police Emergency Button</h2>
<p>If an intruder tries to get into your home or actually does get inside, your system sets off an alarm and notifies the professionals at the monitoring center, who are ready to respond instantly to alarms from homeowners’ Brinks security systems.</p>
<p>But many people don’t keep their Brinks security systems &#8212; or Brinx security systems &#8212; activated every hour of the day. Or sometimes they forget to activate them or deactivate a particular zone. And sometimes an intruder does manage to get inside without setting off an alarm. It can be especially scary, dangerous, and life threatening if that happens when you’re in the house. But if it should happen, the Brinks security systems’ Police emergency button can be a literal life saver. When you press the Police emergency button, the siren sounds, hopefully scaring off the intruder. The system also shoots off a Police alert to the monitoring center. A monitor calls you immediately to verify the alarm and, if necessary, calls the local police.</p>
<p>The professionals who designed the Brinks security systems kept your safety uppermost in their minds. These three little buttons on the keypad demonstrate that concern.</p>
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		<title>Why Brinks Security Systems Are Easy to Use</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>Nine-digit ZIP codes. Ten digit-phone numbers. Eleven-digit phone card call number plus multi-digit access codes. Phew! No wonder some people dread having a security system installed in their homes. Another set of numerical codes to memorize. But not with Brinks security systems.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>Nine-digit ZIP codes. Ten digit-phone numbers. Eleven-digit phone card call number plus multi-digit access codes. Phew! No wonder some people dread having a security system installed in their homes. Another set of numerical codes to memorize. But not with Brinks security systems.</p>
<p>Brinks security systems are so easy to use, you don’t have to be a reincarnation of Einstein to use them. You can be just an ordinary, everyday Joe or Jane &#8212; or even a child.</p>
<p>What makes Brinks security systems &#8212; sometimes misspelled as Brinx security systems &#8212; so easy to use? That’s easy to answer. It’s the user-friendly keypad.</p>
<h2>The Simplicity of the Brinks Security Systems’ Keypad</h2>
<p>The designers at Brinks security systems created the keypad for folks like you, most of whom aren’t mathematical geniuses. So they made the keypad very simple to use. First and foremost, the keypad doesn’t require you to enter long, hard-to-remember numerical or button sequences to execute ordinary keypad security functions. All you have to do is press a single button on the keypad.</p>
<h2>The Brinks Security Systems’ Keypad Buttons</h2>
<p>All Brinks security systems’ keypads contain seven buttons that activate important security functions. The buttons fall under two general categories: General Operations and Emergency.</p>
<h3>General Operations Buttons</h3>
<p>The Brinks security systems’ General Operations buttons control normal, everyday security functions. By pressing the button, you turn the function on or off. The buttons are:</p>
<ul>
<li>On &#8212; turns your security system on or off.</li>
<li>Motion Off &#8212; turns the motion sensor on or off. You can turn the motion sensor off when people or pets are in the house. After all, you don’t want them to set off an alarm unnecessarily.</li>
<li>Instant &#8212; sets off the security alarm. If an intruder should enter your home while your Brinks security system is off, pressing the Instant button triggers the siren. The system also sends an alert to the monitoring center and a monitoring professional will call you to verify the alarm. If necessary, he or she will call the local police or other appropriate authority to respond.</li>
<li>Options &#8212; lets you test your security system. The Options button also receives information about the system’s status and lets you customize that information.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Emergency Buttons</h3>
<p>The three Emergency buttons on all Brinks security systems (or Brinx security systems) keypads can be the most important buttons you &#8212; hopefully &#8212; never have to press. They encompass three terrible emergencies that might occur in your home:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fire &#8212; activates the siren and sends a Fire alarm to the monitoring center. A monitoring professional immediately alerts your local fire department. Then he or she calls your home to verify the alarm. If necessary, the monitor then tells the fire department the nature of the fire emergency and the firemen and firewomen respond to the call.</li>
<li>Medical &#8212; makes the keypad emit a beep and sends a Medical alarm to the monitoring center. A monitor immediately calls you to verify the alarm. If you don’t answer, he or she alerts the proper authorities.</li>
<li>Police &#8212; activates the main home alarm. The system sends a Police alarm to the monitoring center. A monitor calls you immediately. Then, if necessary, he or she quickly notifies the police.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Easy-to-Use Buttons Equal Peace of Mind</h2>
<p>Your convenience, personal safety, and peace of mind are always uppermost in the minds of the people at Brinks. That’s why the designers made sure all Brinks security systems are easy to use.</p>
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		<title>Brinks Security System &#8211; 3 Optional Features to Include</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>According to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report, the burglary rate has gone up. In fact, 22.7% of burglaries in 2008 were committed against property. To avoid becoming one of next year’s statistics, you’ve investigated home security systems and settled on a Brinks security system (which some people misspell as Brinx security system.)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>According to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report, the burglary rate has gone up. In fact, 22.7% of burglaries in 2008 were committed against property. To avoid becoming one of next year’s statistics, you’ve investigated home security systems and settled on a Brinks security system (which some people misspell as Brinx security system.)</p>
<p>You’ve already made an appointment with a Brinks security consultant to discuss how best to customize a Brinks security system for your home, budget, and lifestyle. But you want to want to have some ideas ahead of time that you can throw out about what to include in the system. Here are three optional features to consider.</p>
<h2>Smoke and Heat Detector</h2>
<p>You might already have a smoke or heat detector in your home. But it’s probably a battery-operated, stand-alone system that just sets off an alarm when it detects an unusually high level of smoke or heat. But is your stand-alone detector effective? After all, 80% of the people who die in fires die from fires in their homes. Many of them are either asleep when the fire breaks out or become overcome by smoke before they can escape. And someone who’s hearing impaired might not even hear the alarm.</p>
<p>The optional smoke and heat detector that you can include in your Brinks security system is different. It’s not a stand-alone system. Instead, it’s an integral part of your system and is linked to the monitoring center. When the detector goes off, it not only sounds an alarm in your home but sends an alarm to the monitoring center. A highly trained monitor alerts your local fire station, then calls you to verify the alarm.</p>
<p>Whether you’re at home, at work, or on vacation, you can have peace of mind knowing that the smoke and heat detector in your Brinks security system is protecting your home against fire 24/7.</p>
<h2>Carbon Monoxide Detector</h2>
<p>Carbon monoxide is called the silent killer. You can’t smell it, but you can be overcome by fumes and die from carbon monoxide poisoning. The fumes come from faulty gas, oil, or wood-burning appliances. Most of the time those appliances work fine. But sometimes they don’t. As a result, hundreds of people die from carbon monoxide poisoning every year. If you have any appliances in your home that can produce carbon monoxide, you should include a carbon monoxide detector to your Brinks security system.</p>
<p>When it detects a dangerously high level of carbon monoxide, the carbon monoxide detector sounds an alarm in your home. It also sends an alarm to the monitoring center. When the monitor receives the alarm, he or she calls your home to verify the alarm. By including a carbon monoxide detector in your Brinks security system (or Brinx security system), you can rest easy knowing that your family is protected from the silent killer both the day and night.</p>
<h2>Smart Key Wireless Home Security Remote</h2>
<p>A Smart Key Wireless Home Security Remote is a smart option to include in your Brinks security system. After all, you’ve experienced it countless times. You’re late for work or in a hurry to go somewhere and are backing out of the driveway when you suddenly remember that you forgot to do something important before you left.</p>
<p>Like turn on the alarm system.</p>
<p>If that happens to you &#8212; and you’ve included the remote in your Brinks security system &#8212; all you have to do is press a button on the remote to activate the alarm system. The remote has a range of 75 feet. It’s not a life-saving feature, but it sure is convenient.</p>
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		<title>How a Brinks Alarm Can Help You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevemkuro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>It’s 1:00 a.m. and you’re in bed. A sound in another room wakes you up. You hear footsteps &#8212; and wonder why the dog didn’t wake you up by barking. So what do you do now? Fumble in the drawer of the nightstand for the revolver? Curl up in a fetal position and wish you ...More...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>It’s 1:00 a.m. and you’re in bed. A sound in another room wakes you up. You hear footsteps &#8212; and wonder why the dog didn’t wake you up by barking. So what do you do now? Fumble in the drawer of the nightstand for the revolver? Curl up in a fetal position and wish you hadn’t left the baseball bat in the garage? Or desperately wish you you’d signed up for a Brinks alarm system instead of putting it off? With a Brinks alarm, you would never have gotten into this situation horrible situation.</p>
<p>A Brinks alarm protects you 24/7 every day of the year. Whether you’re in bed asleep, off at work, or away on vacation, the Brinks monitoring professionals keep a watchful eye on your family, home, and property. The Brinks alarm helps them do their job.</p>
<p>Each Brinks alarm system comes with three standard alarms:</p>
<ul>
<li>Fire Emergency</li>
<li>Medical Emergency</li>
<li>Police emergency</li>
</ul>
<p>There’s a Brinks alarm available for other emergencies as well, include monitoring the level of carbon monoxide in your home.</p>
<h2>A Brinks Alarm Can Protect Your Life</h2>
<p>If an intruder tries to enter your home or actually does get inside, an ear-piercing, 95-decibel siren goes off alerting you and hopefully scaring off the intruder. The Brinks alarm also alerts the highly trained Brinks monitoring professionals, who calls your home. Then, if necessary, a monitoring professional contacts the proper authorities &#8212; whether it be the local police, medics, or fire department.</p>
<p>In one case, a Brinks monitoring professional received a Police Panic alarm from a customer. When she immediately called the customer’s home and got the answering machine, she alerted the police. The police rushed to the customer’s house and discovered that she had activated the Brinks alarm and then locked herself in a closet when her ex-boyfriend broke into her home. He held her at gunpoint, but the police defused the situation and arrested him. The customer credits the Brinks alarm for saving her life.</p>
<h2>A Brinks Alarm Can Protect the Lives of Your Loved Ones</h2>
<p>One Brinks monitoring professional immediately responded to a Carbon Monoxide alarm. She called the customer, who wasn’t home. Fortunately, the call was transferred to the customer, whose daughter was home sick. The customer called her daughter and told her to leave the house. Afterwards the customer learned that the carbon monoxide level in her home was dangerously high. Her daughter required hospitalization, but survived. The customer credits the Brinks alarm for saving her daughter’s life.</p>
<h2>A Brinks Alarm Can Protect Your Home and Property</h2>
<p>A Brinks alarm can protect your home and property. When a monitoring professional received a Fire alarm, she immediately called the customer’s home. The customer told her that there was a real fire in the house. So the monitor called the fire department, which quickly went to the house and put out the fire.</p>
<p>A Brinks alarm gives you peace of mind 24/7 every day of the year.</p>
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		<title>Broadview &#8211; Rebranding a Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>stevemkuro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare says:
What&#8217;s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
The same sentiment holds true in rebranding. If you rebrand a poor brand, it’s still a poor brand. And if you rebrand a good brand, it remains a good brand. In the home security ...More...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>In <em>Romeo and Juliet</em>, Shakespeare says:</p>
<p>What&#8217;s in a name? That which we call a rose<br />
By any other name would smell as sweet.</p>
<p>The same sentiment holds true in rebranding. If you rebrand a poor brand, it’s still a poor brand. And if you rebrand a good brand, it remains a good brand. In the home security business, Brinks is rebranding itself as Broadview Security. Brinks is a good brand with 25 years of home-security excellence behind it. The new Broadview brand comes with that same 25 years of experience.</p>
<h2>Why Brinks is Rebranding Itself into Broadview</h2>
<p>The security division of Brinks started out in the home market, providing protection and monitoring for homeowners. But then the company developed a new market: protecting businesses. The new Broadview brand reflects the company’s expansion into both residential and commercial security.</p>
<p>The brand name Broadview also indicates that the security the company provides isn’t just monitoring for burglars. The company also offers other protection services as well.</p>
<p>But the rebranding goes further than just changing the name Brinks to Broadview. Together with Brinks Home Technologies, Brinks Home Protection is being spun off into a separate, independent company called Broadview Protection. The new company is now being traded on the New York Stock Exchange under symbol CFL.</p>
<h2>The Broadview Rebranding Campaign</h2>
<p>Right now, the new company can still use its old name, Brinks Home Security. But in 2010, the company officially will become Broadview Security. So the  company has until then to raise the public’s awareness of its new Broadview brand name.</p>
<p>On July 1, the Broadview rebranding campaign started off at full gallop when Bob Allen, CEO and President of Broadview Security, rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The campaign will advertise the new Broadview name on commercial and cable television as well as in the news and print media.</p>
<p>The Broadview campaign is targeting two groups: homeowners who are interested in buying security systems and homeowners who currently have a Brinks home security system.</p>
<h3>Potential Broadview Customers</h3>
<p>It’s important for the Broadview rebranding campaign to tell potential customers that Brinks and Broadview are one in the same. Nothing else has changed except the company name. The protection services are the same. Company professionals who monitor their homes are the same and who provide customer service are the same. Phone numbers are the same. And the equipment is the same. If a homeowner selects Broadview, he or she is selecting Brinks.</p>
<h3>Current Broadview Customers</h3>
<p>Rebranding Brinks into Broadview can be confusing to current customers. So the new company is going to great lengths to keep them from becoming confused. Even though the customers won’t notice any chance in the service they’ve been receiving, they will notice some minor physical changes between now and the time the Broadview brand officially replaces the Brinks brand:</p>
<ul>
<li>Employees will wear the      same uniforms, but with Broadview logos.</li>
<li>Employees will carry IDs      that identify them as working for Broadview and Brinks.</li>
<li>Bills, business cards, and      other printed materials will have the Broadview logo.</li>
<li>Window decals and yard      signs will display the Broadview logo.</li>
<li>Broadview will have a new      e-mail address that incorporates the term “broadview.”</li>
<li>Company trucks will      display the Broadview logo.</li>
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<p>When the Broadview rebranding campaign ends, the transition from Brinks to Broadview will be over. Broadview will lose its affiliation with Brinks.</p>
<p>But Broadview will still be Brinks.</p>
<p>After all, even if a rose has a different name, if it smells like a rose &#8212; it still is a rose.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:36:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>Broadview Security. Hmmm. Sounds like there’s a new player on the security block. Right?
Wrong. Broadview Security isn’t a young, new player. It’s actually a veteran player with 25 years’ experience in home security behind it. Broadview Security is actually the next generation of Brinks Home Security.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>Broadview Security. Hmmm. Sounds like there’s a new player on the security block. Right?</p>
<p>Wrong. Broadview Security isn’t a young, new player. It’s actually a veteran player with 25 years’ experience in home security behind it. Broadview Security is actually the next generation of Brinks Home Security.</p>
<p>In February 2008, The Brinks Company spun off two of its divisions, Brinks Home Security and Brinks Home Technologies, into a separate company called Broadview Security.</p>
<p>Broadview Security is a totally independent, publically traded company on the New York Stock Exchange. Right now, Broadview Security is still using the name Brinks Home Security in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. But in 2010 the new company will drop the Brinks Home Security moniker and use just Broadview Security.</p>
<p>Even after 2010, though, Broadview Security will continue using the old Brinks Home Security trading symbol on the New York Stock Exchange: CLF. These three letters continue to be an important symbol of both the old and the new company’s mission, which is to create Customers for Life.</p>
<h2>Why the Spin-Off as Broadview Security?</h2>
<p>Up till 2008, Brinks Home Security focused only on protecting private homes. But gradually the company got involved in monitoring both security and fire alarms for businesses. “Home Security” is a bit limiting in a company’s name it its going after business accounts. So the spin-off made good sense. And the name change made good sense, too, because it reflects the wider range of security offerings provided by Broadview Security.</p>
<p>Also, being part of a large company sometimes made it difficult for Brinks Home Security managers to go after new business opportunities. The managers at the parent company to whom they reported dealt mainly in money and finance and didn’t understand the home and business security markets. But now the managers running the new Broadview Security can act more quickly to take advantage growth opportunities.</p>
<h2>What Changes You Can Expect with Broadview Security</h2>
<p>As a homeowner already with Brinks Home Security or a homeowner thinking of going with Brinks Home Security, what changes in service can you expect from Broadview Security?</p>
<p>The only change you’ll notice is in the name “Broadview Security.” Everything else will stay the same. You’ll get the same 25 years of expertise from the same employees of the “new” company. The same professionals will be working in the Broadview National Service Center in Irving, Texas, as before. And the same customer service professionals will be working in the Customer Contact Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, monitoring burglar alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, and other services in your home that you and over 1,300,000 other customers signed up.</p>
<p>You’ll also use the same equipment as before, call the same phone numbers as before, and receive the same bills as before. You’ll receive the same top-notch service as before too.</p>
<p>Broadview Security. Twenty-five years of experience &#8212; and still counting.</p>
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		<title>Brinks Alarm System &#8211; How It Works</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>A Brinks alarm system is more than just a control panel and a collection of sensors and alarms. The caring, professional monitors who watch over your home make up the heart of the system. These highly trained people watch over your home 24/7 every day of the year, protecting you, your loved ones, and your ...More...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>A <strong>Brinks alarm system</strong> is more than just a control panel and a collection of sensors and alarms. The caring, professional monitors who watch over your home make up the heart of the system. These highly trained people watch over your home 24/7 every day of the year, protecting you, your loved ones, and your house and property.</p>
<h2>Sounding the Alarm</h2>
<p>When a sensor on your Brinks &#8212; sometimes misspelled as Brinx or Brincks &#8212; alarm system detects an intruder &#8212; either the person’s movement, body heat, or both &#8212; it sounds an ear-piercing, 95-decibel siren. Hopefully, the sound alone is enough to scare off the intruder. The alarm also alerts a monitoring professional at the Brinks monitoring center. (Other alarms can notify the monitors of other kinds emergencies such as medical and fire.)</p>
<h2>Responding to the Alarm</h2>
<p>The people who make up the living heart of the Brinks alarm system are dedicated professionals who know that an immediate response is essential to your safety. So as soon as they receive an alarm, they call your house. If you answer, they report the alarm and then ask if you’re safe and need help. If you do, they notify the proper authorities. If you don’t answer the phone, the monitor notifies the appropriate authorities and asks them to investigate.</p>
<p>The professionals who monitor the Brinks (Brinx or Brincks) alarm system, though, do more than simply respond to an alarm. They know key information about you that can help in protecting you, your family, and your home.</p>
<p>In one case, a Brinks alarm system customer who had impaired hearing fell asleep while waiting for some eggs to boil. Eventually the Smoke and Heat Detector alarm went off, but because of her hearing loss she didn’t hear it. But the alarm alerted the monitor. When the monitor called and received no answer, she notified the fire department. She added that the customer had impaired hearing. Firemen rushed to her home and found her safe but asleep. The Brinks alarm system helped save her life and also her home. (The only injury was smoke damage to her house.)</p>
<h2>Obtaining Peace of Mind from a Brinks Alarm System</h2>
<p>The most recent burglary statistics in the FBI Uniform Report for 2008 show a 2% increase in burglaries over last year. Two percent might not seem like much. But in 2007 the FBI reported 2,179,140 burglaries. In 2008 the figure rose to 2,222,196, which is an increase of 43,056 burglaries. That’s no small number &#8212; especially if you happen to be one of those statistics.</p>
<p>A Brinks alarm system can help prevent you from becoming a figure in next year’s FBI Uniform Crime Report. Instead, you can have peace of mind knowing that you, your loved ones, and your home are safe. Whether the potential threat be criminal, medical, or fire &#8212; the professional monitors and the equipment that make up your Brinks alarm system will watch over you 24/7 every 365 days a year.</p>
<p>No matter how you spell it &#8212; Brinx, Brincks, or Brinks &#8212; you’re in good hands with a Brinks alarm system.</p>
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		<title>What Makes Brinks Security Employees So Effective?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adminths</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>Brinks security &#8211; or, as some people misspell it, Brinx security &#8212; has been in the home protection business for well over three decades. Since 1983, in fact. And for six years in a row, J.D. Powers and Associates has recognized Brinks security employees’ for giving their customers “An Outstanding Customer Service Experience.”
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p><strong>Brinks security </strong>&#8211; or, as some people misspell it, Brinx security &#8212; has been in the home protection business for well over three decades. Since 1983, in fact. And for six years in a row, J.D. Powers and Associates has recognized Brinks security employees’ for giving their customers “An Outstanding Customer Service Experience.”</p>
<p>What is it that makes Brinks security employees so effective? You don’t have to look too far to find the answer.</p>
<h2>What Makes Brinks Monitors So Effective</h2>
<p>The monitors who work for Brinks security are highly trained professionals who went through a rigorous training program. The program ensured that each monitor received the same training, mastered the same objectives, and follows the same guidelines in protecting you, your loves ones, and your home and property.</p>
<p>When they receive an alarm at the monitoring center, Brinks security monitors have been trained to react quickly &#8212; but also to act calmly and coolly &#8212; and to follow set procedures. The monitors know that in emergencies some people “lose their heads.” Brinks security monitors keep theirs in times of crisis.</p>
<p>The professional monitors who work for Brinks security also are motivated workers. Unlike some of the other home security companies, Brinks security doesn’t farm out monitoring to subcontractors. Brinks monitors are Brinks employees, and they live and work in the United States. They’re licensed, went through background checks, and are drug free.</p>
<h2>What Makes Brinks Security Sales Consultants So Effective</h2>
<p>Every Brinks security sales consultant goes through a week of intensive instruction in home security. They learn how to detect vulnerable areas of your home and what kinds of Brinks security equipment can best protect those areas. They also learn every aspect of Brinks home security systems. When they go to your home, the Brinks security sales consultants give you a live demo of the Brinks security &#8212; or Brinx security, if you will &#8212; system.</p>
<p>Brinks security sales consultants don’t want to sell you more protection than you need. They want to sell you what it takes to protect your home properly.</p>
<p>Like the monitors, Brinks security sales consultants are licensed, went through background checks, and are drug free.</p>
<h2>What Makes Brinks Installation Technicians So Effective</h2>
<p>You can buy the best and most expensive home security system in the world, but if it’s not installed properly it’s useless. This is where the Brinks security installation technicians come in. Before they can become installation technicians, trainees must pass the National Fire &amp; Burglar Association training program. They’re also thoroughly trained in how to install and maintain home security systems.</p>
<p>But Brinks security knows that ongoing training is essential to top-quality installation and maintenance. So all Brinks installation technicians also undergo weekly training to keep their skills at the same consistent, high level.</p>
<p>Like the monitors and security sales consultants, the installation technicians who work for Brinks security &#8212; or Brinx security &#8212; are licensed. They also go through background checks and are drug free.</p>
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		<title>Brinks Home Security: 5 Reasons Why You Can Trust Brinks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<br/>I don’t know about you, but when I hear the term “Brinks home security” &#8212; or even the misspelled term “Brinx home security” &#8212; I get warm fuzzies. I guess it’s because coupling the word “Brinks” with “home security” makes me feel safe. Here are some reasons why.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<br/><p>I don’t know about you, but when I hear the term “Brinks home security” &#8212; or even the misspelled term “Brinx home security” &#8212; I get warm fuzzies. I guess it’s because coupling the word “Brinks” with “home security” makes me feel safe. Here are some reasons why.</p>
<h2>Over Three Decades in the Home Protection Business</h2>
<p>Brinks home security has been in the business of protecting homes like ours for well over three decades &#8212; since 1983. Currently, they’re protecting over 1,300,000 homes. They’re protecting businesses as well. But their primary focus is still on protecting homes.</p>
<p>Over the years the company has created a devoted base of customers. I guess that’s why the trading symbol for Brinks home security on the New York Stock Exchange is CFL &#8212; Customers for Life.</p>
<h2>Accolades for Its Service</h2>
<p>One thing that impressed me about Brinks home security is the accolades it’s received for its service. For six years in a row, J.D. Powers and Associates has recognized Brinks home security for “An Outstanding Customer Service Experience.” And <em>Consumer Digest</em> rated Brinks home security’s standard security system a “Best Buy.”</p>
<h2>Puts the Customer First</h2>
<p>To me, it’s obvious that Brinks home security puts the customer first. Their 24-hour emergency repair service underscores that fact. If my system goes down, I can all Brinks any time day or night to get it repaired, if necessary.</p>
<p>Brinks home security also has a web site where I can manage my account online. That makes my busy life a little less busy.</p>
<p>Brinks home security &#8212; or Brinx home security, as it’s often misspelled &#8212; has a move policy as well. If I relocate, their move policy makes it easy for me to take my Brinks home security system along with me.</p>
<h2>An Easy-to-Use System</h2>
<p>It doesn’t take a math whiz or a numbers cruncher to use any of the systems made by Brinks home security. The keypad that controls the system is simplicity itself. I don’t have to memorize long numerical or button sequences to control basic functions. All I have to do is press a button.</p>
<p>The three one-touch Emergency alarm buttons on the keypad gives me peace of mind, too. I know that if there’s an emergency at home, all I have to do is press the appropriate button. The system sets off the appropriate alarm in my house and also sends an alarm to the monitoring center. The monitors will respond to the alarm immediately.</p>
<h2>Professionally Trained Monitors</h2>
<p>The monitors who work for Brinks home security &#8212; or Brinx home security, if you will &#8212; are highly trained professionals who act coolly and calmly in emergencies. It’s good to know, too, that these people actually work for Brinks home security. A lot of home protection companies farm out their monitors to subcontractors. How many of those subcontracted monitors actually live and work in third-world countries? Brinks doesn’t farm out its monitors. Brinks monitors are Brinks employees. And they live and work in the United States. The Brinks monitors also are licensed, have had background checks, and are screened for drugs.</p>
<p>If your home is protected by Brinks, I’m sure you can come up more reasons to trust Brinks home security besides the five I’ve given.</p>
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