The benefits of key holding and why do people use it
Traditional security measures have been used by businesses for many years but not all businesses know that there some additional services that can be incredibly useful and can help with not only the security but can help with operations.
Alarm response is a service that has become popular over the years as it helps give business owners the peace of mind that even when they are not around that there are measures in place to deal with unexpected alarm activations.
This can become incredibly important when the building is empty and assets are left vulnerable. If an alarm goes off due to a fire, it will take a while for someone to discover what has happened and in that time a business could suffer loses, whereas when a business has instructed an alarm response security service, they can rest assured that in case of activation, a professional repose guard will investigate what happened.
Keyholding
Most businesses that use this service consider a key holding service to help. This means that a professional security company will keep another set of keys for your business. The keys are kept in a monitored secure key lock-up where there are complete key control and restricted access.
Why would a business owner consider a key holding service?
There are a few really great benefits of having a using a key holding service:
Your business will have a spare set of keys available for in case of an activation. Not all activations mean something sinister has occurred – sometimes alarms are activated by accident. Either way, business owners will not need to worry about the activation. The alarm response will have a set of keys and will investigate the alarm activation. If it is a false alarm, they will investigate why it triggered and deactivate the alarm. They will not disturb the business owner, especially at night, unless it is necessary. If the alarm activation is due to a real fire or break-in, they will act accordingly and contact the emergency services and notify the business owner of what has happened immediately.
Keyholding also has other benefits, such as if staff forget to bring their keys to open the building, the security service provider (key holder) can be called on to bring their set of keys to the premises to unlock it and let the staff in,
Some businesses take a contract with professional security service providers to open and close their buildings daily. This means that a security guard will come to your premises in the morning and open the building to allow staff to enter and then return at the time it should be closed to lock up.
Guards are trained to make sure the building is safe and secure before leaving.
This also gives business owners the peace of mind that their staff will have access to the building and the building will be securely locked up after staff have left.
