1. A computer-implemented method for training a sensor event assessor, the method comprising: utilizing a plurality of sensors to monitor an area for an event, each of the plurality of sensors having a separate communication channel assigned thereto to enable independent two-way communication with each of the plurality of sensors, a first plurality of the plurality of sensors being a magnetic sensor and representative of a first event detection system, and a second plurality of the plurality of sensors being a sensor different from a magnetic sensor and representative of a second event detection system; generating a single output electronic signal for each of the first and second event detection systems and representing the event as detected by each of the plurality of sensors for each of first and second event detection systems within a respective input/output controller for each of the respective first and second event detection systems by processing therein to generate the respective single output electronic signal; receiving within a sensor event assessor the respective single output electronic signal generated at the respective input/output controller and processing within the sensor event assessor each, of the electronic signals to generate training information that provides a description of the event; acquiring an image of a location of the event detected by the plurality of sensors at a time the event was detected; storing the image within a database associated with the sensor event assessor with the training information description of the event overlaid on the image in conjunction with the electronic signals representing the event; and repeating the receiving and storing of training information description of the event overlaid on the image and generating further training information for a plurality of different events to develop a database of previously trained information.