The Right Security Service for
Your Site, Your Risk and Your Budget
Every site carries a different risk. A construction site losing plant overnight has a different problem to a residential block waiting on a fire safety certificate. Choosing the wrong service or no service at all costs more than getting it right from the start.
Fortico builds security around what your site actually needs. We hold NSI Gold accreditation and SIA Approved Contractor Scheme status. Every officer is SIA licensed and screened to BS 7858 before their first shift.
WHY BUSINESSES
CHOOSE FORTICO
Licensed officers, every time.
All personnel hold a valid SIA licence and pass BS 7858 vetting before deployment. No exceptions.
Patrols you can prove.
Guard Track Pro logs every checkpoint in real time. Your insurer, auditor or procurement team gets documented evidence, not a verbal assurance.
Always on.
Our 24/7 control room handles alarm activations, CCTV monitoring and emergency escalation at any hour.
Accreditations that hold up.
NSI Gold and SIA ACS status mean our standards are independently audited accepted by major insurers and public sector procurement bodies.
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Our Services
Concierge & Reception Security
Your reception desk is the first point of contact every visitor, contractor, and resident encounters. The officer there sets the tone for the entire building. Fortico's concierge security officers handle front-of-house responsibilities and security duties within a single role managing access, monitoring activity, and maintaining the professional environment without either function being compromised.
Key Features
Mobile Patrols
A Fortico officer covers your site or estate on a scheduled and randomized basis, logging every visit in real time through Guard Track Pro. You get a documented patrol record and a visible deterrent without the cost of a static guard posted on site permanently.
Key Features
Waking Watch
Where a building's fire alarm system does not currently meet the required standard, typically during fire safety remediation works, trained officers conduct continuous patrols through communal areas, stairwells, and high-risk zones. If a fire is detected, they raise the alarm and coordinate evacuation immediately. This service follows current NFCC guidance and is a legal requirement in specific circumstances under the Fire Safety Act 2021.
Key Features
Manned Guarding
A dedicated SIA-licensed officer on your site for your agreed hours. They control access, deter risk, and respond to incidents as they happen. Their presence alone stops most problems before they start, and when something does happen, they are already there.
Key Features
CCTV Monitoring
Cameras without live monitoring are evidence tools, not prevention tools. Fortico's BS 7958-compliant control room watches your feeds around the clock. When operators identify a threat, they issue an audio challenge, coordinate a police response and manage the incident in real time while it is still happening.
Key Features
Alarm Response
When your alarm activates, a trained Fortico officer attends, assesses the situation, secures the property, and coordinates with police where required. Our average response time is under 20 minutes. A full written incident report follows every attendance every time.
Key Features
Key Holding & Access Control
Fortico holds your keys securely and responds to any out-of-hours access requirement on your behalf. You remove the personal risk and legal liability from your own team and hand it to insured, trained professionals with a complete audit trail of every key movement.
Key Features
Event Security
Events concentrate large numbers of people in unfamiliar environments, often with time pressure and competing operational priorities. Fortico provides SIA door supervisor licensed event teams who understand how to read a crowd, manage access, and handle a situation before it escalates without creating a scene.
Key Features
Corporate Security
Corporate environments need officers who are professional, discreet, and capable of handling sensitive situations without disrupting the working environment. Fortico selects corporate security personnel for their manner and communication skills as much as their training because in a professional setting, how an incident is managed matters as much as the outcome.
Key Features
Construction Site Security
Construction sites are among the most targeted properties in the UK for plant theft and material losses. Fortico combines manned officers, mobile CCTV towers, and remote monitoring into a coordinated security program that runs with your project from groundworks through to completion, protecting assets at every stage.
Key Features
Ad Hoc Security Services
Not every security requirement fits a long-term contract. Fortico provides flexible, short-notice security cover for immediate, temporary, or changing operational needs deployed quickly, without the lead times of a permanent arrangement.
Key Features
Vacant Property Inspections
Empty buildings attract problems quickly. Trespass, vandalism, fly-tipping, and theft can begin within weeks of a property becoming vacant. The liability for what happens inside that building does not disappear simply because no one is there. Fortico provides structured, manned inspection visits with photographic evidence and timestamps, giving you documentation for both insurance and compliance purposes.
Key Features
24/7 Control Room
Fortico's control room operates around the clock, providing continuous oversight of field personnel, live CCTV feeds, and alarm activations. Trained operators manage incidents in real time, coordinating officers, liaising with emergency services, and logging every action as it happens. Nothing is missed and nothing is left unresolved.
Key Features
Mobile CCTV Towers
A mobile CCTV tower delivers the surveillance capability of a fixed camera installation without requiring any permanent infrastructure. Solar-powered and 4G/5G connected, each unit is operational within 24 to 48 hours of deployment. Fortico's 24/7 control room monitors every tower in real time, making these units a complete remote security solution, not just a camera on a stand.
Key Features
Guard Track Pro™
Guard Track Pro is Fortico's own patrol management platform built in-house, run in-house, and included in every guarding and mobile patrol contract as standard. Officers log every checkpoint during their shift using GPS tracking and NFC tags positioned around your site. You access the data through a secure client dashboard that shows real-time officer locations, completed checkpoints, and any incidents flagged the moment they occur. This is not a third-party product bolted onto the service. Fortico built it, controls it and uses it on every contract. When something happens on your site, you do not wait for a phone call. You see it.
Who needs it
Any client who needs transparent, auditable proof that their security service is actually performing. Particularly relevant for organizations managing multiple sites, reporting to insurers, meeting public sector contract requirements, or dealing with procurement and compliance bodies that require documented security records rather than verbal assurances.
Key Features
Why it matters
Most security contracts produce a verbal assurance and, if you push for it, a paper log. Guard Track Pro produces a timestamped, GPS-verified, photographic record of every patrol, every checkpoint, and every incident automatically every shift.If your insurer asks whether your site was patrolled on a specific night at a specific time, you have the answer. If your procurement team needs documented evidence of service delivery, you have it. If an incident occurs and the question is what your security team did and when, the record is already there.
That is the difference between a security service you trust and one you can prove.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do security guards need to be SIA licensed in the UK?
Yes. Under the Private Security Industry Act 2001, any individual performing a security guarding, door supervision, or CCTV operation role in a public-facing or licensable environment must hold a valid SIA license. Employing unlicensed personnel is a criminal offense and creates significant liability for the business involved. Every Fortico officer carries the appropriate license for their role, and we verify this before every single deployment.
What is the difference between manned guarding and mobile patrols?
Manned guarding places one dedicated officer at your site for the duration of their shift. They are present constantly. Mobile patrols work differently; one officer covers several sites in sequence, visiting each on a scheduled and randomized basis and logging every checkpoint. Manned guarding suits sites where the risk requires a constant presence. Mobile patrols suit sites where the frequency of documented visits is sufficient to create deterrence and catch problems early.
How quickly can Fortico respond to an alarm?
Our average alarm response time is under 20 minutes across our operational regions. For any specific site, we provide a realistic response time estimate before contracts are signed. We do not quote averages that do not reflect actual performance in your area.
What is a waking watch, and when is it legally required?
Waking watch means trained officers conduct continuous patrols through communal areas, stairwells, and high-risk zones in a building where the fire alarm system is temporarily non-compliant, usually during fire safety remediation works. It is a legal requirement in specific circumstances under the Fire Safety Act 2021, primarily in higher-risk residential and mixed-use buildings. Fortico follows current NFCC guidance and provides full patrol logs to building management and responsible persons throughout.
What accreditations should I look for when choosing a security company?
The two most important are SIA Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS) status and NSI Gold or SSAIB accreditation. SIA ACS means the Security Industry Authority has inspected and approved the company's operating standards. NSI Gold means an independent body audits the service delivery annually. Fortico holds both. We also operate our CCTV control room to BS 7958, screen all personnel to BS 7858, and maintain CDM 2015 awareness across our construction teams. These are the credentials your insurer, local authority, and procurement team rely on.
Can Fortico provide security for a short-term or one-off requirement?
Yes. We cover one-off events, short-notice construction security, emergency vacant property protection, and temporary alarm response arrangements alongside longer ongoing contracts. If you have an urgent requirement, contact us directly and we will tell you what we can deploy and how quickly.
What is Guard Track Pro, and how does it benefit me as a client?
Guard Track Pro is Fortico's proprietary patrol management platform. Officers log every checkpoint using GPS and NFC tags. You see real-time officer locations, completed checkpoints, and flagged incidents through a live dashboard you can access at any time from any device. Every patrol generates an automatic timestamped report. It turns a verbal contract assurance into documented, auditable proof, which matters when you are reporting to an insurer, a compliance body, or a procurement team.
Does Fortico cover my area?
Fortico provides security services across England and Wales. If you are unsure whether we operate in your area, contact us with your location, and we will confirm service availability and expected response times for your site before you proceed.
Ready to Talk About
Your Security?
If something about your current setup concerns you, a gap in cover, an alarm with no plan, a site that needs eyes on it overnight, contact Fortico today. We will assess your situation, tell you honestly what we think you need, and provide a clear proposal with no obligation.
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