A system comprising a housing, an electrical bus, a connector module for connecting the electrical bus to a power source, a battery module so as to provide power to the electrical bus when the power source is not supplying power to the electrical bus, a sensor module for monitoring temperature and utility power status with respect to the space and detecting an alarm condition, a user interface module for permitting a user to (i) store at least one telephone number, and (ii) store the current location of the system, and a cellular telephone module configured to (i) place a cellular telephone call to a stored telephone number when the alarm condition is detected by a sensor, and (ii) advise the call recipient of the current location of the system.