Home security has evolved from the traditional burglar alarm into an entire system of automation convenience. All of today’s security devices can work together to make your home not only safer but smarter too. But, are all these devices safe from prying eyes? We see news stories all the time about a home system being hacked allowing unauthorized access to personal data. No wonder there are concerns about connected devices and systems.

DIY Devices

We mostly see these data break-ins to entry level DIY devices. If they are not encrypted and set up properly, they can easily be hacked.  Not to mention the install… Over 33% of smart home device owners have problems getting their apps to work correctly. Nearly 40% can’t get their devices integrated to work together.

Professional Equipment

Don’t let a concern about privacy influence your decision to make your property more security with connected devices. Professional encrypted security equipment installed properly keeps your home and businesses safe and protects your privacy.

Panel

Let’s start with the security panel. Our E911 processes technology and analytics within the panel itself, so private data stays private. See more here: Forest E911 Control Panel | Forest Security

Encryption

Our peripheral sensors are encrypted which provide enhanced security and reduce the risk of takeover

Smart Home

Everything is integrated in our professionally installed system. The E911 panel controls your smart home ecosystem with Z-Wave plus S2 encryption. It makes everything more secure and smart too.

Service & Maintenance

If there is anything that is not working properly with our professionally installed equipment, help is just a phone call away. When your home or business is protected with our security system, you want your protection to be in complete working order at all times. DIY systems rely on you to diagnose and repair any issue that arises. A professional Forest Security System is kept in perfect working order by the professionals. We offer maintenance programs to keep your equipment in perfect working order well into the future.

Privacy and Security

Don’t let concern over privacy stop you from keeping your home and businesses safe. With a Forest Security System, we make sure your property is protected and your privacy is protected too.

What is Smart Arming?

Smart Arming is a brand-new feature that intelligently arms and disarms Forest Security systems based on the activity of the user. This is much more than scheduled arming and disarming where the user sets a specific time each day for their system to auto arm and disarm. This feature takes it a step further and intelligently adapts to your changing schedule. Users choose the time of day they typically want their system armed at night (e.g., after 11 p.m.) and disarmed in the morning (e.g., at 7 a.m.), and then simply go about their daily routines. When the system detects inside activity or motion (such as when an early riser goes downstairs ahead of schedule at 6:15 a.m.), the system automatically disarms. Users can also choose a window of time to auto-disarm when activity is detected (e.g., between 5 a.m. and 12 p.m.), without a scheduled time to disarm. This intelligent adaptability reduces the risk of false alarms and makes home security significantly more convenient.

Sleep better at night knowing you alarm is set and on watch. Sleep better in the morning without false alarms accidentally tripped because forgetting to disarm the system. Your Forest Security system is always working hard behind the scenes to keep you safe, and prevent false alarms.

To enable Smart Arming using the Customer app:

Protecting your home and family is a necessity these days. It can be very confusing when trying to select the best company that fits your individual needs. You want to make sure if you have questions or need service, they are there to assist you. You want current state-of-the-art technology and highest quality equipment. So how do you go about finding all of this out before signing in the dotted line?

What do their customers have to say…

check out online reviews on websites like Google, Yelp, Facebook, BBB, etc. See what their actual customers are saying about their actual experience with the company. Also check the company website for testimonials.

See Forest Testimonials Here: Testimonials | Forest Security

Are They True Security Professionals?

You have questions, but do they have answers? A real security professional keeps us with the latest security technology and training. They will know the answers to all your questions. They will know how to best secure your home and all of its vulnerable areas.

See more here: Why should I choose Forest Security? | Forest Security

Who’s doing the monitoring?

If help is ever needed, you want to be certain your monitoring service is quick and professional. No one ever wants to be in an emergency situation but if you are, you want assistance now.

See more about monitoring here: Central Station Monitoring Services | Forest Security

What is the cost?

You want the best system but you also want the best pricing. Make sure to get all costs involved to be in writing, upfront so you can easily understand the terms. Ask questions if you do not completely understand anything in the quote or contract.

Request a written quote here: Request A Security Quote | Forest Security

See what Consumer’s Checkbook has to say:

As reported on WGN News, Consumer’s Checkbook selected three #1 Top Rated Security Company’s in the Chicago area. Forest Security is proud to be selected Best Security Company. You can trust Consumers Checkbook for the following:

• Nonprofit and independent
• Takes no advertising or referral fees
• Ratings and reviews by surveyed Consumers’ Checkbook and Consumer Reports local subscribers
• Thousands of undercover price comparisons
• Complaint counts from local consumer agencies and attorney general offices

See the Report on WGN News in the video below:

It’s the holiday season once again. People are either away from home visiting family and friends or have an abundance of expensive and easily steal-able gifts all stored right under a huge brightly lit tree. Burglaries can happen at any time, but Christmastime comes but once a year.

So how can we stop some crime and keep our home and holiday safe? Let’s think a little like thieves and explore some ideas…

Keep your home private

If you were going to steel something (thinking like a thief) wouldn’t you want to get a little preview of what you might find? If your front doors have glass windows, make sure no one can see in by using one-way films, frosted glass, beveled glass, or shades. All main floor windows should be kept private to discourage intruders. Giving everyone the ability to see into your home right through your front door or window, may let them see if you have an alarm system and if it’s armed. They can see if it appears there may be valuables inside and during the holidays, all those nicely wrapped gifts…

Know your neighbors

The people that live around you want to deter crime in the area as much as you do. Get to know your next-door neighbors, the people across the street and the people that live behind you. These are the people that would first notice if there was something strange going on around the house. Ask them to watch your home while you are away and you do the same for them. A network of good neighbors can stop a lot of crime. Now’s the time we all wish we lived next door to Gladys Kravits (for my Bewitched friends)

Become a big dog lover

Small dogs may be a great early warning system but most are pretty friendly and hope that thief that just broke in brought treats. And some do! Larger dogs that act aggressively to someone trying to peer in a window or door is a bit more of a deterrent. Burglars don’t like large dogs that will growl and bark and mostly… look like they are going to bite. Also adding a beware of dog sign to your gates can help.

Keep Valuables (and Christmas gifts) in an odd place

Thinking like a thief: A thief breaks in; they want to get in and out quickly so most would check the most obvious places for valuables. Primary bedroom closet, dresser drawers, under the bed, nightstand, jewelry box (never keep anything valuable in a jewel box) – Office desk drawers, credenza, etc.  Burglars are looking for cash, jewelry, small electronics, medications, weapons, etc. and at Christmastime, they’ll grab the gifts too.

Have a good hiding storage place for your valuables. There are various options like hair brushes and wall outlets with hidden storage.  If you have a safe, make sure it is too large to move and it is bolted in place.  Wherever you decide to make your hiding place, think if I broke in, would I think to look here?

The most important thing – Have a Good Security System

Owning a security system, and letting everyone know about it, with stickers and yard signs is the best way to stop crime before it happens. (Thinking like a thief) If you were going to break into a house, would you choose the house that has an alarm system, or the house that doesn’t? It’s pretty obvious that a security system is your biggest defense in keeping your property safe. In this day and age, we need to do everything we can to protect our family and our home. A professionally installed, professionally monitored, wireless security system from Forest Security is a perfect choice. Forest has been keeping homes and businesses in your community safe for over 40 years. See why so many trust Forest with their security – Call today 708-452-2000

Consumers Checkbook gives users Unbiased Reviews and Undercover Price Research on Local Services. In November 2022, they released research done on professional security companies and Forest Security, along with two others, was rated as a top choice, and featured on WGN morning news (See video below).

How did consumers checkbook come to this rating? Was it based on installation? or service? According to Kevin Brasler, executive editor of Consumers’ Checkbook, they survey their members about local companies in the Chicago area. The ratings they received from surveyed customers, placed Forest Security at the top. Forest stood out for quality, doing work properly, providing upfront costs, and overall quality.

Forest Security was undoubtedly surprised by this honor. All of us strive every day to provide top quality service to all our valued customers.

Check out all Consumer’s Checkbook has to offer for free until 12/20 at checkbook.org/wgn/free

Forest’s business security cameras with Video Analytics do more for you:

Security cameras providing video surveillance for our businesses have been around for decades. It helps us protect our property, our employees, and our inventory. In the beginning, surveillance and recording was all it could do. Fast forward to today, Our surveillance systems do so much more, recording and surveillance is just the start.

You Need Business Video Analytics

With Business Video Analytics from Forest, your surveillance system works even harder than ever. It gives you the information needed to help you make informed decisions about your business:

Occupancy Tracking

You need to keep tract of how many people are in your facility at any given time. It’s easy with our security cameras with video analytics. You can determine total net occupancy at any given time with a multi directional people counting system and even get alerts if the occupancy level gets too high.

People Counting

Want to know which isles in your store draw the most foot traffic? It’s simple with our video cameras with business analytics. Just draw a tripwire anywhere within your property to count how many people cross that invisible line in one direction.

Heat Mapping

What in your inventory is keeping patrons interested? Track and visualize where people spend the most time within an area during a specified date and time range with our video cameras with business analytics.

Pro Tip: Use heat maps to see where you have the most foot traffic and help boost profits by moving high-value products into those areas.

Crowd Gathering

Are your lobbies getting too crowded? Monitor how many people are in a defined area at any given point and get alerts when too many people gather in one space.

Queue Monitoring

Are people waiting too long in line for service? Measure average customer wait time and get alerts if line length or average wait time exceeds preset limits.

Now more than ever, understanding how people move through your business is vital. Improve your security and your business operations using a single platform, with Business Activity Analytics – See more  here

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Forest makes your Doorbell part of your Security System

Professional installation

Forest security includes professional installation on all devices so you will know your system is installed, configured, and working correctly. When you add our Smart Video Doorbell to your system, its integration with the rest of your security and automation devices takes your home from smart to next generation security.

Easy Panel Control

If you are at home, you can see and talk to who is at your door right on your Forest E911 security panel. Use the touchscreen to disarm your system and unlock the smart locks on your door to welcome your guests in. See more about the Forest E911 panel here: Forest E911 Control Panel | Forest Security

Easy Mobile Control

Greet visitors or deliveries when your hands are full or you are on the go using your smart phone app and your doorbell’s 2-way talk. You can also allow access into your home right from the same app. Just disarm your system and open your smart lock with the push of a button. See more here: Video Doorbell & Optional Chime | Forest Security

Smart Chime

Adding a Smart Chime in your home helps you to know if someone is at your front door no matter where you are in your home. Can’t hear the doorbell from the family room? How about the basement or upstairs bedroom? Adding a chime not only helps you be aware of visitors at your front door, it also helps extend the range of your security system by acting as a repeater, so go ahead and add extra security or automation devices wherever you want them. See more about our new doorbell chime here: https://forestsecurity.com/video-doorbell-chime/

The Danger Zone

The range of temperature between 40° and 140° is referred to the danger zone as this is when bacteria can reproduce rapidly turning fresh foods into toxic disasters within hours. A refrigerator door left open or a heater bulb going out can spoil an entire inventory.

Protecting your inventory from spoilage is crucial and Forest makes it fast and easy to keep real time monitoring or all your temperature-controlled equipment right at your fingertips.

Safe and Simple

We make it simple to set up and even easier to use. We install remote sensors in each environment you need to keep temperature controlled. You can then monitor each right from your desktop or mobile app. If something goes wrong, you can get an email, SMS, and push alerts that are triggered by your set temperature parameters. It even keeps a full history report so you can collect and review crucial data and create historical reports.

More than just foods

It’s not just perishable foods that need to keep out of a danger zone. With the ability of monitoring -22°F to 158°F, we can protect any business that need to keep areas within a specific temperature range. Keep an eye on storage facilities, greenhouses, or other out-of-the-way places. Whether you’re a pet store that needs to keep lizards warm, a plant nursery that needs to keep seedlings from getting too cold or an IT server warehouse that needs to keep equipment in an optimal temperature range, Smarter Business Temperature Monitoring keeps you in control.

Helping you to keep your business safe is what we do… Forest Security – Call Today 708-452-2000 – Or contact us below: