Close Circuit Security Services

During these exceptionally challenging times, we would like to reassure our customers that we are continuing to operate as normal where it is safe and practical to do so. We are constantly monitoring government advice and guidelines and implementing action plans to adhere to these. We will continue to communicate regularly with our customers and provide updates and request that they do the same. These are the values most closely associated with Close Circuit Security Services Limited since our foundation in 1998.

CCSS has partnered with CAME who are leading manufacturers of gate and door automation equipment. We specialise in automated hinged and sliding gates and provide installation, servicing and full maintenance for systems that we and others have installed. Both CCSS engineers and sales staff attend regular CAME workshops which are particularly important given the recent Health and Safety Executive (HSE) notice warning of the dangers of automated gates. Automated gates and barriers must comply with the EU Machinery Directive.

CCSS pride themselves on being able to offer a complete security solution and external physical security is the first line of defence when protecting your property and assets. Being based in Birmingham has many advantages and one of them is being in the 'metal bashing' capital of the country means that we have been able to find a fabricating partner that makes our gates, fences and railings to our exacting requirements and you, the customers, design preferences. Linked to the many security systems we can design and install your fence forms an important first line of defence.

Commercial customers can face some unique challenges in protecting their people and securing their premises from fire and security threats. CCSS has over 20 years' experience dealing with these unique issues, whether it's a communal access control system, a fire alarm that serves other areas or just a complicated set up. We can offer our vast knowledge to provide a cost-effective and more importantly fully compliant solution. As we are now linking more and more equipment onto wired and wireless networks.

CCSS is SSAIB, BAFE SP203-1 and ST104 approved for the installation of fire alarm and detection systems and fire-fighting equipment. Fire alarms provide automatic or manual detection of fire and emergency events as a consequence of the build-up of smoke, heat or carbon monoxide. The legislation now means that most commercial properties and businesses with more than five employees will be required to undertake a Fire Risk Assessment. Therefore, a fire alarm of some description will normally be required.

CCSS has a vast amount of experience providing domestic security systems to protect our customers homes. From basic intruder alarm systems to fully integrated systems that employ external active beams linked to lighting and CCTV systems which allow full off-site monitoring with verbal challenges for non-authorised visitors onto customers properties 24hours a day. CCSS can provide help and guidance on how to protect your most valuable assets, your family! With panic alarms linked to police or manned guard response or panic rooms to give your family somewhere to escape to, CCSS can offer the expert advice you need.

The addition of the Electrical Division to our services portfolio allows CCSS to offer its customers a single source for all of their electrical requirements. CCSS has the in-house expertise to deal with all aspects of electrical installations from conception to design, installation and testing, inspection and commissioning, to the hand-over. Periodic (EICR) is another legal requirement for most businesses and our electrical manager can advise on compliance. CCSS are an NICEIC accredited business and all of our installations are carried out by our team of highly skilled, qualified electricians.

Standalone access control can be via coded keypad, biometric reader, proximity reader or a radio receiver which is connected to a locking device on the door, usually a magnetic lock or an electronic lock release. A system may consist of a single door or many individual doors across a site or an estate with any fobs or cards being used need to be programmed into each reader? In these instances, CCSS would recommend a networked access control system. An Access control system from CCSS will help to create a safer environment for your building, reduce walk-in thefts, and discourage uninvited visitors.

CSL is trusted to provide secure connectivity for close to 1 million M2M/IoT devices throughout the world. Their partnerships with major Mobile Network Operators, Alarm Receiving Centres and Manufacturers allow them to provide complete end-to-end connectivity solutions for Security, Fire, Telecare and Retail M2M/IoT applications. Entrotec are trusted pioneers and leading manufacturers of door entry solutions in the UK residential market. They are specified in the majority of Social Housing and Local Authorities across the UK with the extensive range of equipment available.

CCSS has over 20 years' experience looking after critical fire and security systems for a host of businesses, councils and housing associations across England and Wales. From fire alarms to intruder alarm systems we have the knowledge and extensive experience to ensure systems remain operational. Our team of over 50 engineers covering the greater Midlands and the North of England can respond to urgent calls within a few hours 24/7 365 days a year. We deal with the old and the new. We are experts at keeping legacy equipment in service to ensure vulnerable customers and premises are left with working systems.

Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust which is one of only four dedicated children's hospital trusts in the UK and provides integrated healthcare for children and young people, including community and mental health care as well as acute and specialist services. There were four electronic, networked access control systems in operation on SCH premises. These were G4s Symmetry which was closed protocol and Paxton Net2 which is open protocol. Users are identified at access points by presenting a token to a reader.

CCSS the company was born in 1998 out of a request from a social housing surveyor for help in maintaining a defunct door entry system. Martin Hulse our founder, was a jobbing electronic security subcontractor who responded to that request and successfully used his skills to repair the door entry system. The surveyor was so impressed he started to use Martins' services and shared his contact details with his team. The rest, as they say, is history, as to take on the work that was being passed to him he needed to set himself up as a proper trading company with the correct credentials.

Retail security is a challenging and fast-moving environment where CCSS can apply over 20 years of experience when faced with fire and security issues. Intruder alarms in retail premises offer more than just an alarm when the shop is closed, linked to CCTV or panic alarm devices, a correctly specified and installed intruder alarm can help protect people and assets 24/7. CCSS can provide a full service arrangement covering all of the services in a retail environment, as well as intruder and CCTV we can supply and service fire alarms and fire extinguishers, automatic doors and access control systems to staff areas.

Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. Though almost all video cameras fit this definition, the term is most often applied to those used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks, stores, and other areas where security is needed. CCTV covers a wide range of equipment and applications. From basic domestic CCTV to special thermal imaging cameras that can detect, and report fires CCTV can offer a solution.