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Intruder Alarms

DD243 - The procedure or standard by which alarm systems should be set and unset, and raise confirmation or policed activations.
PD6662 - The UK document implementing the European Standard of EN50131 for Hold Up and Alarm Systems.
ACPO - Association of Chief Police Officers
ARC - Alarm Receiving Centre (or Central Monitoring Station)
URN - Unique Reference Number (assigned by local Police Authority)

 
Fire Alarm

UFS - Unwanted Fire Signal. (also known as a False Alert)

AFD - Automatic Fire Detection

MCP - Manual Call Point

 

 
CCTV
DVR - Digital Video Recorder