 Alarm Forest is mostly a bedroom community for Jamestown or Longwood as the only major places of employment in the district are the headquarters of Sure South Atlantic, with its large satellite dishes that connect Saint Helena to the outside world, and the St Helena Distillery.The district lacks a community centre or a school and the population looks to nearby Jamestown or Longwood for shopping and entertainment.Napoleon resided in the Briars, then in Jamestown, for several months in 1815 before being transferred to Longwood House.