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Security firm's coveted safety award

Tuesday, October 07, 2008, 16:50

A SECURITY systems company has become one of the few in the region to gain a major safety accreditation.

Plymstock Security Systems is one of a group of successful companies to join the SAFEcontractor scheme, designed to help the industry improve its safety record.

Plymstock Security says it believes it is the only security systems firm in Plymouth to achieve this accreditation.

The firm is principally involved in the electronic security installation and maintenance sectors, providing a professional service for intruder alarms, CCTV and access control systems.

Company clients include BP, Plymouth City Council, Envoy Property Management, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary and Viridor.

The company's application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by "the need for a uniform standard across the business", said a spokesman, and the accreditation was expected to "enhance the company's ability to attract new contracts".

SAFEcontractor is operated by international safety, health and environmental risk management specialists the National Britannia Group and is applicable to most sectors, although it is particularly relevant to food manufacturers, facilities management and property, retail and leisure sectors, all of which are big users of contract services.

Darran Hughes, operations director for SAFEcontractor at National Britannia, said: "Major organisations can no longer run the risk of employing contractors who aren't able to prove that they have sound health and safety policies.

"More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way Plymstock Security Systems has done.

"The firm's high standard

Plymstock Broadway

During 2007 we were asked to install a new digital CCTV system on the shopping centre at Plymstock Broadway.

We removed the existing (national company) installation that was notorious for not capturing incidents that had taken place.

In the first 5 weeks following the installation of our system, there were no reported incidents on The Broadway.

Every reported incident that has taken place since has had all or part of it captured on our new CCTV installation.