Commercial alarms
Commercial alarms (or business alarms) are very similar to home alarms at the start up level. Commercial alarms are very expandable to cater to bigger buildings with more areas requiring protection and growing businesses that will need additional areas protected as they expand in the future.
Commercial alarms can also provide access control
This means main entry doors can only be opened by authorised personnel via a code or proximity swipe card. This access control can be set up to work full time or just for after hours. This is ideal for situations where, during the working day, customers use the same door and need convenient free entry. This can be set up to automatically switch on and off at selected times.
When your access control system is on, all authorised entries are logged in the alarms memory so if you need to know who came in after hours or was first to open up, this information is readily available to the mastercode holder.
Fire and smoke detection
For smaller or lower fire risk businesses without an expensive dedicated fire system, adding alarm system supervised mains powered smoke detectors will provide that same early warning to the monitoring company of an impending fire risk.
Commercial alarm monitoring
Monitoring is very important after hours protection. Not only does it ensure that the alarm is on after hours every night, it also provides immediate notification of any alarm activation or alarm fault. Security will jump into action by sending a security guard and/or reporting to relevant company personnel. The monitoring company will also report any unusual after hours entries… Great for peace of mind both for you and your insurance company. Read out more about our commercial alarm monitoring options.