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About Redcare GSM

Redcare GSM is a Grade 4 Alarm Signalling System. Grade 4 offers the highest level of protection you can buy. The BT phone line on which your Redcare GSM operates is monitored constantly and if the line is cut or there is a fault on the line this is signalled to the Alarm Receiving Centre (ARC) within just 40 seconds.

Every 2 minutes Redcare GSM also checks that the alarm on your property is working, adding another level of security to your alarm system.

In the event of an alarm sensor being triggered in your property, it takes just a few seconds for the ARC to be alerted. If this is confirmed by a second zone being triggered, then your ARC can legitimately contact the emergency services and dispatch them to secure your property.

Redcare GSM also benefits from being a ‘dual path’ system. The main BT telephone line on which Redcare GSM operates is the ‘primary path’. Redcare GSM also provides the reassurance of a back up link, a ‘secondary path’, that uses the mobile phone network to communicate with the ARC if, for whatever reason, the primary path fails. You therefore have the additional peace of mind that comes from knowing if intruders enter your property, a signal will quickly be sent to the ARC, and the emergency services alerted.

How you benefit
At the end of the day you have a choice to make. There are cheaper systems on the market:
 

• ‘Bells only’ systems. These can annoy your neighbours, may be ignored altogether, and most importantly, won’t bring the emergency services out to your property.
 

• Digital communicators. This can be a simple system that just contacts you via a recorded announcement or text message if your alarm is triggered and you have to do the rest yourself. In  some cases you may pay an alarm company to receive these messages for you and they may be able to call the emergency  services. You may alternatively have a system that is connected to an ARC via a dedicated phone line, which means additional  annual line rental costs. Should this line be cut or get damaged it may not be immediately detected.
 

• Grade 2 and Grade 3 systems. These operate in a similar way to  Redcare GSM but to lower signalling standards that only require a communication to be sent to the ARC within 25 hours (Grade 2)  or five hours (Grade 3).