What is a Keyholding Service?
Keyholding services is a contracted security firm that holds additional keys to your commercial premises. It is an agreement between a business and a security company to take possession of their keys for safekeeping. The company will send a skilled professional officer to monitor your premises in an emergency, such as a false or intruder alarm. This has a range of benefits for your business.
How Does Keyholding Work?
The process of hiring a keyholding servicing company first might look like this:
- Premises Inspection: The company personnel will visit the area to conduct a complete onsite survey; they will get themselves familiar with the surroundings and layout of the building, checking the positions of alarms and determining the scenarios in case something terrible happens.
- Handover of Keys: The business owner or homeowner will transfer the keys to the security company and be given a document or receipt in exchange. The keys will then be kept securely and used only in case of a break-in or an incident.
- Alarm Activation: The security company will send one or more of their qualified, skilled team to the location with the keys to obtain entry, do a thorough investigation of the property, and figure out what the issue is if a fire, intruder, or other emergency alarm is raised.
- False Alarm Activation: If an intruder or fire alarm is raised falsely, the security officers will reset the alarms while monitoring the premises.
- Genuine Emergency: If an alarm has been raised or an intruder has tried to infiltrate the property, the security professionals will be there immediately.
- Complete Inspection Report: No matter the incident, the security company will gather a report regarding the incident and email you within 24 hours.
Rewarding Benefits of Key Holding
Keyholding involves a handover of your digital or physical key to a licensed security company to help you monitor your home and workplace. Having a reliable, trustworthy security company has some outstanding benefits. These include:
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Quick Response
A professional keyholding security company offers an instant response to security issues that may occur at your property. Once the alarm is raised, the company will send the officers to monitor your area, taking necessary actions as they see fit.
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Expertise and Professionalism
A professional company has trained and skilled officers who can react appropriately in any circumstance while accurately following the operational process.
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Hassle and Stress-free
Your time and tension are liberated when a professional holds your keys. It involves always having to be concerned about remembering keys of the site, the hassle of a false alarm, disturbed sleep or work on the following day.
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No Personal Risk
Whenever an alarm is raised, there is always danger lurking that some malicious, armed person got into the building or the building has caught fire. Either way, there is some personal risk involved. However, by availing keyholding service, you don’t have to put yourself at risk.
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Insurance Compliance
Many insurance policies have a sub-clause that renders them void in case of an alarm system malfunction. However, a keyholding company responds to alarm signals, regularly visits the place and takes care of after-hours deliveries, thus boosting the security around the premises and compensating for the alarm systems that may not operate for whichever reason. Still, you should always check with the policy provider to be certain in this regard.
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Familiar with the Procedures
When confronted with a situation, professionals have the necessary skills and training to handle it properly, whenever an alarm is triggered.
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Technical Knowledge
Mostly false alarms are sounded. This usually happens due to technical issues, but keyholders have the relevant technical knowledge to fix the issue if needed. A keyholding service can act efficiently, whether it is to fix a technical fault, deal with false alarms, or de-escalate a situation.
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Safe and Secure
A keyholding service is highly safe and secure. Even after alerting the police, a security guard may still need to take action to safeguard your property and themselves. Therefore, it is much better for you and your company to leave this task to a key-holding security expert.
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No Confusion
Trained keyholders are always prepared to handle a situation and know what to do in any serious incident. For this reason, they are quick to respond, no matter the circumstances.
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No Additional Security Responsibilities
Though business owners and homeowners are the primary keyholders, receiving a call in the middle of the night informing them that an alarm has gone off can be a little inconvenient. On top of that, visiting your office in the middle of the night is more frustrating. Therefore, hiring a professional company is always beneficial as they deal with everything appropriately.
About Us
ISEC Security Management Solutions was established to fill a gap in the market for a company that could provide a range of custom-designed, flexible and integrated security services to organisations in the United Kingdom.