What fire extinguishers should your business have?
Fire extinguishers are an essential piece of fire safety equipment at any business. Designed to control the spread, and intensity of fire, extinguishers are there to protect your employees, assets, and premise from the devastating impacts of fire. Due to their integral role in fire protection, Fire extinguishers are also…
How to Choose the Right Access Control System for your Commercial Premises
Access control systems are a great way for companies to control who can enter their building or a specific area within the building itself. However, choosing the right access control system for your commercial premises can seem like a daunting task. With so many different variations and uses, how do…
Cheshire Hotelier Fined £5000 and Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison after Fire Safety Breaches
The owner of the Main Top Hotel on Mersey Road in West Bank, Widnes, was sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court on 28 April after pleading guilty to nine breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. William Scott Anthony Hanson, of Cooper Street, Widnes, was brought charges after being…
The Importance of a Fire Risk Assessment
By law, all organisations must complete an annual fire risk assessment to identify areas of risk within their operation and premises. However, fire risk assessments are more than simply a box-ticking exercise; their findings are of vital importance to the safety of your employees and premises. At Lee Security, we’ve…
How to Keep Your Business Safe Over Summer
As the summer season arrives and we all look forward to trips away and leaving work promptly to enjoy the early evening sun, it’s important to think about the increased security risks that the summertime can potentially bring to your business. Here’s some useful tips on how to keep your…
Graded vs ungraded security alarms
Grades are important – they let us know how qualified something is and whether or not we should trust an individual, a business or a product with our money. When it comes to your home security intruder alarms, it’s even more vital to ensure you’re getting quality service from a…
5 fire hazards to avoid in your workplace
The workplace is where we spend roughly half of our waking lives. It’s also typically a hub that sees dozens, hundreds or even thousands of people passing through at all times of the day and night. In such an environment, there are always going to be safety risks to consider…
5 ways to prevent fire in a warehouse or factory
Fire can be utterly devastating to a business and put its employees at serious risk. And while fire is certainly a potential problem for all working environments it poses more of a threat in a factory or warehouse. Here, fire poses not only a risk to business assets but also…
What happens to your security system during a power cut?
There are few things in life more frustrating than a power cut. It always seems to happen at the most inopportune moments – when we’ve just settled in for a night of Netflix or when the baby has just dropped off to sleep. But aside from the inconvenience of having…
Do physical and cybersecurity need to converge?
In recent years, there has been so much made of the need for increased cybersecurity that, for many, physical security has become something of secondary concern. The fact of the matter is, however, that they might not actually be completely separate entities for long. Indeed, there are already signs of…