The Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation

CSAA Report
#109

ALARM PROJECT SUMMARY
BASE YEAR: 1998
JURISDICTION - NAPERVILLE

04/05/1999

FALSE ALARMS BY YEAR/ACCT TYPES	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	F/A TOTALS
1999 COMMERCIAL FALSE ALARMS:	312	227	241	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	780
1999 RESIDENTIAL FALSE ALARMS	167	163	215	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	545
1999 TOT FALSE ALARMS BY MONTH	479	390	456	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,325

1998 COMMERCIAL FALSE ALARMS:	220	210	291	203	260	277	311	290	265	276	312	306	3,221
1998 RESIDENTIAL FALSE ALARMS	118	158	214	161	255	232	266	253	212	214	208	226	2,517
1999 TOT FALSE ALARMS BY MONTH	338	368	505	364	515	509	577	543	477	490	520	532	5,738

CURRENT COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS	986	22.3%
CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS	3,429	77.7%
TOTAL CURRENT ACCOUNTS	4,415	100%

ALARM COMPANIES IDENTIFIED
HAVE ALARM COMPANIES IDENTIFIED	2,873
HAD 1994 ALARM-NO CONTACT SINCE	1,541
ALARM COMPANY "UNKNOWN"	1,543
HAVE NO ALARM COMPANY	0
TOTAL ACTIVE ALARM SYSTEMS	4,415
NO CURRENT ALARM SYSTEM ACTIVE	1
TOTAL ALARM SYSTEMS TRACKED	4,416

NAPERVILLE

F/A TOTALS			REDUCTIONS/INCREASE
Base Year	1998	5,738	F/A	%
1998		5,738	0	0.0%
BASE YR, YTD		1,279
1999 YTD		1,325	-46	-3.6%

*Current Year is Annualized

FA= False Alarms

FAF=False Alarm Factor

FALSE ALARMS PER SYSTEM PER YEAR	1998 FAF	1998 FAF	1999 FAF*
COMMERCIAL	3.27	3.27	3.16
RESIDENTIAL	0.73	0.73	0.64
COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL	1.30	1.30	1.20

COMMERCIAL ALARM BREAKDOWN	1998 FAF	1998 FA	ACCTS	1999 FAF*	1999 fa*
CENTRAL STATION CONNECTED	2.79	2,629	942	2.82	2,652
DIRECT POLICE CONNECTED	13.27	584	44	10.55	464
COMBINED TOTAL	3.26	3,213	986	3.16	3,116


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