Buyers Guide
Risk and more importantly risk prevention
is a key part of running any business. Installing security measures to protect
your firm’s property and employees helps to reduce one less risk and one less
worry.
This guide is designed to help you make the
right choice for your business security system so that you can sleep easy in
the knowledge that your firm, property and employees are safe and secure.
Our business security buyer’s guide will
give you a clearer understanding of the products and technology available for
you and help you to gain a clearer understanding of which security is right for
you, to reduce risk for your business and employees.
As with all of our business security
installations our fully trained engineers will make an appointment to visit
your firm to carry out a full and free business security survey so that the right
system is installed for you.
Alarm
Solutions
Depending on the size of your firm and the
number of buildings that need protecting will depend on the type of intruder alarm
solution that is right for your business. These are two examples however a
hybrid solution could also be designed.
Wired
Alarm Solutions
A wired system requires cable to connect
the different zones (or areas) of your system. This allows up to 50 different
zones to be active which could be doors, windows, loading bays, internal doors
or wherever you have an access point in the building. This is ideal for bigger
firms with multiple areas. Key fobs can be issued to key personal making
entering and exiting simple and quick.
Wireless
Alarm Solutions
A wired system requires cable to connect
the different zones (or areas) of your system. This allows up to 50 different
zones to be active which could be doors, windows, loading bays, internal doors
or wherever you have an access point in the building. This is ideal for bigger
firms with multiple areas. Key fobs can be issued to key personal making
entering and exiting simple and quick.
Wireless
Alarm Solutions
Using the latest wireless technology cables
are not required to link the zones to the main system so all that is required
is to fit the PIRs (Passive Infrared Sensors) or door contacts in the correct
area and connect them wirelessly. This type of alarm installation is ideal for the
smaller business and allows up to 30 zones to be active at one time.
All our burglar alarms can be fitted with an IP module which allows access to the internet so you can access the easy to use and simple app online.
As well as a keypad, fobs can also be used which is ideal for ease of access.
All our systems can be monitored 24/7 for additional security and peace of mind.
Cameras with sensors can be set up to send still shots to your smartphone alerting you instantly regardless if you are at the business or not.
CCTV
CCTV Cameras in the business are used for a
variety of reasons including: keeping staff safe, acting as a deterrent to
would be thieves, seeing who is entering or leaving the premises including
lorry deliveries to warehouses and reducing risk for loss of stock. Systems can
be linked to a 24/7 monitoring service and you can access your system via your
smartphone or tablet giving you complete flexibility especially when you are
away from the premises.
There are two technologies of cameras
suitable for a business security system:
HD-SDI
HD-SDI CCTV cameras use digital technology
to capture and record images producing excellent clarity. Cameras can come in
higher resolutions depending on the requirements and due to the digital image
give greater flexibility for a business when accessing via a smartphone or
tablet when away from the premises. This also helps for monitoring services to
identify any risks that may be there.
IP
Cameras
IP CCTV Cameras send images and data via
your computer network and the internet. This gives them the added advantage of
flexibility as wireless technology can be built in. IP Cameras can also work
with Power Over Ethernet so they have the ability to work without a power
supply giving you far greater flexibility to have cameras exactly where you
want them. Images can be recorded directly to a network recorder or some
circumstances (and depending on requirements) can be saved to a standard
storage device.
There are three main styles of business
CCTV cameras:
Dome Cameras
Dome cameras are smaller and are less
intrusive within the business, ideal for inside an office, shop or public place
or in small areas such as a reception area.
PTZ
Cameras
Or Pan, Tilt and Zoom cameras allowing the
camera to be controlled and moved remotely. Some cameras allow the use of auto
tracking, the result is that the camera will follow movement. A PTZ camera is
ideal for: carparks, rooftops, construction sites and warehouses. The ability
to have 360 degree range makes these an ideal choice for a large areas
minimising the need for multiple fixed cameras.
Recording
HD DVRs and NVRs (network video recorders
can be bought with 4 to 16 channels (depending on the number of cameras
required). In some circumstances this can be increased as can the size of the
recording hard drive (where the images are stored) again this depends on your
requirements and how long you wish to keep you recorded images for.
Our
trained engineers will provide a free business security survey and assess with
you the key areas where a camera should be positioned and what sort of camera
will be required to best protect your firm.
We also provide a full demonstration suite
so that the different types of CCTV systems can be viewed.
Fire Alarms & Smoke Detection Systems
People are often
complacent about the risk of fire to their business and the long lasting damage
and upset it can cause.
There are many
buildings which require a Fire Alarm by law including offices, commercial and
industrial buildings and certain types of residential property that are managed
by landlords and considered to be a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and need
to be in accordance with BS 5839.
To protect your
business and employees there are different types of Fire Alarm Systems that can
be installed depending on the size and layout of the business.
To protect your
business and employees there are different types of Fire Alarm Systems that can
be installed depending on the size and layout of the business.
The easiest and
the most simple is if you have had a burglar alarm installed by i-tech we can
connect smoke alarms to this so when smoke is detected a siren will sound
alerting your employees to the risk to the danger.
The next option
is to install a standalone business fire alarm system. This will run as a
separate system to your burglar alarm.
Depending on the
size of your business we offer a two wire fire alarm system which allows
sounders to be installed onto the same circuit as the smoke detectors and
therefore reduces the cost of the installation.
For large
installations an analogue addressable fire alarm system is used. This is wired
in a loop which incorporates all sounders and smoke detectors and each device
is allocated a text description hence this allows the user to pin-point where
the activation occurred.
Our trained engineers will provide a free
business fire alarm survey and assess with you the your requirements to reduce
risk to your employees and business.
