External Security

The external security of premises can be quite a challenge with the vagaries of weather conditions, wildlife and obviously intruders.

External protection is a very specialised field because of the extremes of the premises Alertsystems need to cover, be it a house, garage, warehouse, garden centre or transport yard.

The whole rational behind a deterrent system is that it deters criminals before they have the opportunity to steal equipment, break into premises or simply vandalise property or equipment.

When clients are looking for external protection Alertsystems has to carry out a risk assessment of the premises to see what sort of external security is required. Does the client need security guard patrols? What items of value are left outside? Are these items small or large? Is Alertsystems protecting trucks, diesel, batteries or building materials which are usually heavy and bulky? Each installation is different.

In 1986 Alertsystems perceived a need for a system offering external protection bearing in mind how many companies keep items of value outside e.g. haulage companies, coach companies, plant and agricultural equipment, garden centres, distribution companies, garages, builders merchants, steel stockholders; all requiring external security.

The Alertsystems external deterrent system is designed specifically to cope with the different problems met once we get outside a controlled environment; it’s no good using an Intruder Panel which goes off immediately a device is triggered as it would soon be totally ignored.

The brain of the system filters ‘false alarms’ which may be triggered by wildlife or a member of staff returning to the premises or perhaps a night delivery.

The External Deterrent System has been proven to work in over 5,000 installations nationwide.