Introducing the SSAIB

The SSAIB is an independent organisation giving you the assurance that you are dealing with professional security companies who are checked on their performance and standard of work on a regular basis.

The SSAIB is a non profit organisation who checks all professional security firms for compliance in installing security alarm systems and services to British & European Standards.The SSAIB check all our systems, engineers, procedures, insurance, false alarm analysis, maintenance completion times, call out response etc, the list is endless.

Certificate of conformity

As part of our membership of The SSAIB we will provide a certificate of conformity for every alarm installation completed. Simply pass this onto to your insurance company to prove you have an approved professional system in place.

Regular inspections

Assured are inspected by an approved inspector of the SSAIB every 6 months to ensure all office procedures, maintenance & installations are being carried out to the highest standards & comply with regulation.

Why SSAIB is important

The SSAIB is your guarantee you are employing an approved company where you can be confident that the installer has the following:

• All engineers and employees have been security screened in accordance with the relevant British Standard
• Holds appropriate company insurance
• Can provide 24 hour engineer call out facility
• Can respond to an emergency call out by having an engineer on site within 4 hours
• Is competent to install and maintain security systems
• Has sufficient staff to provide the services offered
• Operates from suitable premises with high security of documents & records
• Can install systems that are eligible for Police Response
• Can install systems acceptable to your insurer
• Installs & maintains systems that are in accordance with the relevant standards
• Is subject to regular inspection to check the standard of work
• Issues a certificate of conformity for each system
• Engineers and surveyors carry ID cards

Buy peace of mind, buy an approved security system from DSS. For more information on the work of the SSAIB, please visit their website. You can view our certification here.

Defence Security Systems Ltd is one of the successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help industry improve its safety record. DSS has received accreditation from SAFEcontractor, a programme which recognises very high standards of health and safety practice amongst UK contractors. 

The company's application for SAFEcontractor accreditation was driven by the need for a uniform standard across the business. SAFEcontractor accreditation has enhanced the company\'s ability to attract new contracts and its commitment to safety will be reviewed positively by its insurers.

SAFE contractor is operated by international safety, health and environmental risk management specialists, the National Britannia Group. The SAFEcontractor programme allows clients to benchmark our health and safety performance. Clients have a legal obligation to ensure that contractors operate in a safe way. There is therefore a need to assess contractor's health and safety arrangements, and increasingly this is being carried out through SAFEcontractor. Many large organisations now use SAFEcontractor as their primary means of selecting contractors. SAFEcontractor is effectively the clients approved contractor list. Under the SAFEcontractor system, businesses undergo a vetting process, which examines health and safety procedures and their track record for safe practice.

About Investors in People

The Investors in People Standard gives a framework to ensure that businesses recognise that people within an organisation are its greatest asset and the Investor in People mark is given to those who give their staff the right knowledge, skills and motivation to work efficiently regardless of what size or type of organisation. The Investors in People Standard is recognised as helping improve the way organisations work creating a set of criteria - or 'indicators' - for all organisations and allowing those organisations to meet those criteria in their own way. Investors in People recognises that organisations use different means to achieve success through their people. It does not prescribe any one method but provides a framework to help you find the most suitable means for achieving success through people.

Investors in People and DSS

DSS have been awarded the Investors in People standard.

Our Key Investors in People Strengths:

• Variety of mechanisms available to communicate and cascade information to staff.
• Very strong and genuine commitment to employee development, evident at all levels and aspects of the business.
• Real encouragement from management for all employees to enhance their skills and develop with the business.
• Excellent planning processes, with plans at all levels of the business clearly integrated and good level of understanding at individual level (appropriate to their role).
• Variety of flexible learning methods and tools available to all levels of the business.

Defence Security systems Ltd is registered with and assessed by Achilles UVDB and Verify.  Achilles is the world\'s leading provider of supplier management information - its UVDB (Utilities Vendor Database) registration and pre-qualification system is used by all major UK utilities to source suppliers and contractors. Verify is an extension to UVDB and is used to further qualify suppliers through an assessment of their SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment & Quality) capabilities, thus promoting supply chain efficiencies, independent assessment and benchmarking, credibility in the market place and industry-specific assessments.