Brompton Key Holding

By holding a set of extra keys, we are always ready to offer an extra pair of hands to protect your business.

Our professional keyholding service involves our specialist security officers taking the first-response duties on themselves. We will have a set of keys to access your premises, locked up securely at our own centre of operations, and will use them to gain access to the building in the event of an emergency. 

Why is our professional keyholding best for your business?
With a professional keyholding service provided by a trusted security firm — such as the Brompton Security — you gain a number of benefits associated with emergency response time and the level of response when they arrive on site.

When we are alerted by an intruder alarm at our control centre, your nominated Brompton Security keyholder will respond rapidly, making his/her way to your premises immediately. Once there, the keyholder will carry out a systematic survey of your premises, analysing the level of threat — determining whether the alert is legitimate or a false alarm — and notifying the emergency services quickly, if required.

This level of response, carried out by our trained professional, is beneficial to your business in the following ways:

It is safer
A member of your own staff can respond to false alarms with ease, but what happens when the alarm is genuine? A security guard, after calling in the police, may still be forced to take action in order to protect your premises and themselves. Naturally, entrusting this responsibility to our security professional is much more beneficial to you and your business.

Guaranteed response
Keyholding is known as a ‘control room service’. That means, when an intruder alarm is activated at your business, our control room is alerted immediately. Our control room is manned 24/7 by on-alert security personnel, ready to respond at a moment’s notice. Consider how much more efficient this is than leaving the responsibility to a 9-5 employee, who will be at home and will have a vastly more laboured response time.

It cuts out confusion
Our professional keyholder knows what to do at all times. They’re trained for it. Because of this, they will be able to provide an effective response no matter the circumstances. This cannot be guaranteed by leaving your keyholding responsibilities in-house — particularly if you have multiple keyholders who do not communicate with each other.

Brompton Security Keyholding Service includes:

• Mobile patrols units, where required, to provide a heightened security presence.
• Liaison with your appointed keyholders to ensure they can attend the activation safely.
• Reporting to identify when and why an alarm activation has been triggered and what actions have been taken.
• Investigating alarm responses to confirm whether an emergency response is required or whether the activation is false.

Not only does our professional keyholding service provide much-needed support to avoid staff responding unnecessarily to early-hours alarm activations, but also ensures that, if an intruder has activated a security alarm, your personnel and our officers are not put at risk.

We understand that each premise is unique, so your security strategy will be tailored to your key risks and areas critical to your business.

Therefore, before we advise our clients on the right keyholding services, we conduct a comprehensive risk assessment process and a site visit to make tailored recommendations.