What type of signal alerts to potential false alarms in burglar systems?

A verification signal is designed to indicate potential false alarms in burglar alarm systems. This type of signal plays a crucial role in reducing unnecessary dispatches to false alarms, which can be costly both for the property owner and the emergency response services. When the verification signal is activated, it typically suggests that an alarm event has occurred but requires further confirmation to validate the event as a legitimate threat rather than a false alarm.

In many alarm systems, a verification process is set in place to ensure that the event triggering the alarm is genuine; for instance, it may require a secondary check through an audio or video feed, or the confirmation from a user. This mechanism assists in minimizing disturbances caused by false alarms while ensuring that legitimate threats can still be addressed promptly.

Other types of signals, such as alarm reset signals, malfunction signals, and user alert signals, serve different purposes and do not contribute to identifying or mitigating false alarms in the same manner that verification signals do.