Securing industrial premises against intruders and burglars can be exceptionally difficult. With massive perimeters and wide openings, it’s tricky to find solutions that will prevent professionals from breaking in, but it’s not impossible.
The most effective security solution is often one that stops people from even trying to break in, which is often a feat that industrial shutters manage to achieve. Let’s take a closer look at why they’re such an effective deterrent.
A strong physical barrier
Steel industrial shutters are primarily designed to form a strong, physical barrier against forced entry. They use strong, well-designed overlapping slats – often made from galvanised steel – which reinforce one another and, despite their flexibility when being rolled up, resist forced entry incredibly well.
They are then integrated into a broader system, consisting of reinforced tracks and guides on both sides of the opening. These guides make it very difficult to pry the shutters out and get behind them, with minimal gaps to get any tools or pry bars behind.
An effective deterrent
Industrial shutters from suppliers like LBS Group aren’t just a deterrent because they have some magic effect on would-be intruders – it’s precisely because they’re such strong physical barriers that most criminals won’t attempt to break through them.
The amount of kit, time, and noise required to break through these kinds of barriers is often simply not worth it. Even though it’s possible to break through, by the time you would get in, the police or security services would likely already be at the premises.
Integrated alarms
While the act of messing with steel shutters is itself loud and likely to alert people in the local area, industrial shutters are often also hooked up to a central security management system, which will include alarms.
This means that if someone tries to mess with the shutter while it’s closed, it will automatically sound an alarm. This will auditorily act as a deterrent, while also resulting in an automated call out to a designated security service.
Concealing valuable items
Shutters also limit opportunistic theft, by concealing any valuable tools or assets on your premises. If people can’t peer in and spot something that they really want to take, they’re far less likely to break in just to find out what might be stored inside, resulting in far fewer non-planned break-ins.
Other benefits
While industrial shutters are primarily bought due to their security benefits, they have a range of other functions as well. For example, these shutters can add a substantial amount of weather protection to a lot of spaces, especially during increasingly common extreme weather events.
They can also be integrated with insulation, and fire protection capabilities. These will mean that the shutters can help keep your industrial premises at a more stable temperature, while also helping to limit the spread of fire.
Industrial shutters can absolutely act as effective deterrents, but it’s important to invest in the right ones. Get them fitted properly, so that you can maximally benefit from their myriad security enhancements.
