Preventing Arson at Your Bristol Business
Arson is a devastating crime that severely undermines even the most valiant attempts at keeping Bristol security tight.
It can be started in an instant and devastate within minutes.
In March this year, ThisIsBristol.Co.Uk reported that a woman has been accused of an arson attack at Eastwood Park prison, and although prison is an obvious place for a crime to occur, it’s led us to publish the following 3 useful tips for preventing arson around your Bristol business.
Preventing Arson in 3 Simple Steps
Although there are many steps you could take to prevent an arson attack at your Bristol business, we’ve decided to publish our top 3 steps you might want to consider, as these are the three that will most likely have the biggest positive impact on preventing and minimizing the damage caused by a deliberately started fire.
- Remove Potential Kindling. This sounds obvious, but it’s important. If you store any of your assets in a place accessible to the public, check on how flammable these items are. If you have a public place that contains materials that would easily contribute to a fire being started, make sure they’re harder to access and kept under close surveillance.
- Check Your Fire Alarms. If something should occur, it’s important you’re notified as soon as possible. A fire alarm would alert you to vacate a burning premise, so check your fire alarms work and ensure all staff are trained on the correct procedure in the event of a fire. It’s also worth investigating Bristol security services such as key holding, as this gives you an immediate response unit should anything trigger an alarm while your business premises are vacant.
- Hire Bristol Security. A professional Bristol security guard is well trained, vigilant and hard working. This gives you an individual dedicated to spotting and preventing crime, arson included. In fact, the presence of a security guard should be enough to prevent a would-be arsonist from attempting to light a fire near your business – but should somebody try, you’ve got a professional on hand.
Ever since man invented fire, it’s been a wonderfully useful part of our lives. Yet as well as wonderfully useful, it’s also worryingly dangerous – so let’s work together to ensure that fire is not used for the wrong reasons, and that we can keep our homes, businesses, staff, customers and ourselves safe.