The Story Behind Brinks Home Security

Everyone has seen their commercials on television and nearly everyone has heard an armored car referred to, at least once, as a Brinks truck. So what is Brinks Home Security and what is their story? Every old western movie you have ever seen has a Brinks security vehicle of some kind in it with some of the stage coaches being robbed in the movies have the name Brinks right on the side. So how does a company get such a reputation that they wind up in the movies? The story of Brinks Home Security is a natural spin off of the original Brinks Company and the two stories go hand in hand. The history of the Brinks Company is a very long history and full of some of the most interesting names and events you may have never expected.

Brinks Home Security is part of the Brinks Company which was started in 1859 as a delivery company. Over the years they had developed armored cars for delivering some of the more precious cargo that they have carried. Some of the cargo carried by Brinks in their famous armored cars is the bat used by Hank Aaron to break Babe Ruth's all time home run record, the first rocks brought home by the astronauts from the moon, and the diamond engagement ring that Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor. Add to that the security of the original Declaration Of Independence and you have a company that has based its very existence on its reputation of providing the best quality security available in the United States and quite possibly the world.

Bringing It Home

In 1983 the Brinks Company founded Brinks Home Security and what they wanted to do was provide every home owner in America the same level of security that Brinks was used to offering some of the richest people in the country and some of the largest corporations. It has all paid off well as Brinks Home Security is now one of the largest providers of in home security services that include fire warning and carbon monoxide monitoring along with theft monitoring. Brinks Home Security expanded their service into Canada and now their client total is over 1,000,000 customers and growing.

With a long history of security behind them Brinks Home Security looks to be a major player in the home security business for a long time to come. You may never have to protect the original Declaration of Independence but it has to help knowing that the company that did is also protecting your home.