When we go on vacation, we are always afraid of being robbed or worse, to be squatted the house. Owners, real estate agencies, trustees … All are starting to take a close interest in this new system.
When going on vacation or on a long weekend, everyone has the same anxiety when leaving their house. Indeed, the risk of being robbed is much more important in fine weather and as the summer period approaches. The well -informed thieves are watching the inhabitants and when they see them leaving their accommodation with their suitcases, or that the curtains are closed over several days, this leaves an open door to invest the premises. Worse still: vacationers fear one day to find their accommodation occupied when they return from leave. And for good reason, the anti-security law promulgated in July 2023 does not prevent some crooks from taking possession of the dwellings.
To put an end to this scourge and reassure the owners, a new device was tested last year in Nice, on an experimental basis, in 40 vacant dwellings. The objective: to instantly flee any person who would enter the apartment or the house without password. How does it work? The person who ventures to return inside the accommodation to rob or squatter is immediately immersed in a thick cloud of smoke, completely irrespirable. At the same time, a signal is sent to the alarm power plant to warn the authorities and a mermaid sounds.
This fog can “release a dense smoke in less than 2 seconds, which diffuses for 30 to 45 seconds, making the visibility almost zero (10-15 cm). The intruder, disoriented, is forced to leave the premises. Meanwhile, the mermaid continues to alert the neighborhood, thus reinforcing the effectiveness of the device” specifies on its site the specialist in the serium alarm system.
A solution which has the advantage of acting instantly to protect your home and which should dissuade the intruders. Without the possibility of seeing around them, thieves find it difficult to find their way, and there is also more ease for the police to manage to apprehend them. Other specialists such as Verisure offer this device, which could be generalized to other accommodation in the city of Nice or elsewhere.
