Schools and colleges face a variety of risks in terms both of unwanted intruders during and after hours as well as the ongoing threat from vandals, arsonists and burglars. The challenge facing those responsible for on-campus security is balancing the safety of students and staff and the protection of property and resources with freedom of access and movement, particularly across a multi-site faculty.
Educational establishments are well aware of the duty of care they owe staff and students, but with often limited resources, the need for cost-effective, reliable and flexible security systems is of vital importance.
Our access control equipment is being used extensively in colleges and schools to restrict unauthorised access to areas accommodating valuable equipment such as libraries, IT suites or laboratories, as well as ‘secure' areas such as halls of residence, records offices, staff rooms or medical facilities.
Our CCTV monitoring equipment is providing a visible deterrent in common areas such as school playgrounds or around university halls of residence and can be integrated with access control systems for out of hour intruder detection. With assaults on teaching staff both from pupils and, increasingly, parents on the increase, many teachers are also now turning to our staff attack alarms products to help communicate with other staff members.
With disabled students making up a significant proportion of any university population, DDA compliant products are also very important. Stanley systems, which include appropriate features such as extra door open time, dual LED indicators and readers, audible sounders to confirm access, and fire alarm informer systems developed specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing, are now in use on university campuses throughout the UK.
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