For centuries people around the world have pursued a simple desire that is becoming increasingly complicated as time goes on: Security. Switch your TV to a news channel and the need for security becomes alarmingly clear. In 1974, Aussie glam…

Over 200,000 homes are broken into every year. Calamity's CEO was interviewed on Channel Seven's Daily Edition discussing home robbery and offering valuable home security advice. We discussed: The most recent burglary statistics Why have the numbers of home invasions…

Calamity were mentioned in an article in the Daily Telegraph dicussing home and contents insurance mistakes. AUSTRALIANS are obsessed with owning a home and improving it, but are dangerously lazy when it comes to protecting their castles and the treasures…

Moving out of the family home and into your own digs can feel like a major challenge but it doesn’t have to be. With a bit of prior planning you can fly out of the nest with ease and land…

Daniel Lewkovitz Interview By Johanna Morley I recently spoke with Daniel Lewkovitz founder of Calamity Monitoring a security monitoring service about the biggest security risks to Australian homes and what we can do to minimise them. What are the biggest…

When parents leave their children in your care, they expect a level of security above and beyond that of any other commercial enterprise. In fact, with children being the most precious and important (yet vulnerable) 'investment' to society, the systems…

Criminals Say Having No Alarm System Makes Your Home More Attractive A recent survey of burglars in Perth's main gaol has revealed criminals specifically target vulnerable homes. The men, currently held in the Perth Watch House, told researchers from the…

Job One of Home Security Is to Secure. So Why Do so Many Home Security Alarms Fail to Do So? How many times have you heard the siren of a home security alarm and ignored it? An all-too-commonplace scenario, Australian…

See our new infographic showing some fast facts on home robbery in Australia

Colin and Beverly Thorne* saw no reason to upgrade their home security system - they had installed it almost fifteen years ago and they'd never been robbed once. With the occasional system battery change, as far as they knew their…