Sounding the Alarm

With protection issues firmly in the spotlight, in the September/October edition of Care Home  Management. NSI Chief Executive Richard Jenkins explains how buildings insurance providers necessitate that alarm systems and services requiring a police response must be provided by an installing company and ARC approved by a UKAS-accredited Certification Body such as NSI, unless a person at the scene reports an offence in progress.

The full stipulations for a police response are out in the NPCC Police Requirements for Security Systems.

Third party certification from bodies such as NSI provides buyers with confidence as they seek to select a trusted provider of security systems.

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