Many of you reading this edition of Northern Insight will be the owners of businesses or chief decision makers, a decent percentage of you will own or be responsible for a property of some description.
It could be an office or shop, Perhaps you have a garage or builders yard, or some of you may have an industrial or manufacturing unit. It doesn’t matter what sort of business it is, how small or large. Someone will be responsible for security of your premises, someone will have a key or a code number?
So, what happens if the intruder alarm goes off in the middle of the night?
Nearly all property alarms will be linked in some way to an alarm receiving centre. If the alarm is activated, the receiving centre will ring you or an appointed person within your business to report that something has happened. Nine times out of ten it will be a false alarm. There might be fault with the alarm…..but of course, there is a chance that your premises may have been broken into. However you wont know until you or your nominated person actually arrive at the property as to why the alarm has went off.
What happens if you or someone you’ve asked to go and check it out disturbs a burglar? What happens if you or another person is attacked? What happens if you or they are injured or worst case scenario, be killed?
If the person you have asked to attend is injured…no matter how seriously…there is a strong possibility that you will be liable. If you are injured, what will happen to your business and how will your family be affected, I’m sure none of you would relish being on the wrong end of a corporate manslaughter charge if the worst case scenario occurred involving a member of your team, and ultimately the safety of your team is your responsibility as a business owner.
Wouldn’t it be better if someone attended on your behalf who knew what they were doing and were prepared for any eventuality? The most effective way to mitigate the risk is to utilise a keyholding and alarm response service with a reputable security company, this takes the responsibility off your hands and offers a safe and cost effective solution which can be tailored to fit a business of any size. How’s that for peace of mind?
“It’s frightening how many businesses unknowingly put their staff in harms way and the consequences can be potentially fatal” says T3 Security director, Peter Moore. “Imagine if you have a small shop and the alarm goes off at 3am, is it the owner who goes to check what’s caused the alarm to trigger, or do they have a few people who have a key and could go along to turn if off. If it’s been a faulty alarm or perhaps someone kicked the door and triggered the alarm and then ran off…fine. But the real danger is that you or one of your staff arrive to find one or several burglars still inside. Now what do you do?
“At T3 Security all of our response guards are fully trained in conflict resolution and wear full PPE and body cameras. Instead of the alarm response centre calling you, they will call T3 Security’s 24 hour control room and we will respond to the call out. While our guards investigate they will be in constant contact with the control room. If there has been a break-in, we will then contact you as per the escalation process, but in the event of a faulty alarm or a simple reset we won’t disturb you and you will receive an email complete with a detailed site audit to update you on what had happened and how we responded.”
But at T3 Security it doesn’t stop there. If there has been a burglary, they will contact the police. If a door or window has been broken, they will contact glaziers and locksmiths for you. T3’s guards will stay on site to keep the building secure.
“You and your staff should never be put in harm’s way,” adds Peter. “You never know what to expect when attending. Duty of care is a huge responsibility for any business which is why, when it comes to something like the security of your premises, you should leave it to the professionals.”
As part of their service, T3 Security will act as key holders. If an alarm is activated, they don’t need to meet you or visit your home to get a key or an entry code. They already have one which will be securely stored in our control centre based in Seaton Burn. Once again, this gives you peace of mind knowing that your premises are in safe hands.
Don’t take risks. Let the experts look after your security. T3 Security- Setting the standards.
