Many sites are left empty over the Christmas period, as companies give their hard-working employees some well-deserved time off during the festive break. Whether your crew downs tools for a few days or a couple of weeks, a vacant site can be a tempting target for thieves, vandals, and other intruders.
In this article, we’re going to discuss the risks inherent in leaving your site unprotected during your Christmas break and what we can do to help you.
Risks of leaving your site vacant over Christmas shutdown
A vacant site poses many risks for you and your company. These are some of the most common ones, based on feedback from our current and former clients.
Dark nights: this provides ample cover for would be intruders to enter the site unnoticed.
Kids off school: this leads to an increase in anti-social behaviour, including trespassing and vandalism, which can also result in them getting injured while on your site.
Alcohol: people tend to drink more over Christmas, which can also lead to anti-social behaviour, as described above.
Financial strain: times are tough for many families, especially at Christmas, making the theft of assets from an open site seem more appealing.
Flytipping: with more rubbish building up over Christmas and fewer collections by the council, many will see an empty site as the perfect spot for flytipping.
What Marpol Security can do for you
Fortunately, help is at hand. As many of our current and repeat clients will attest, Marpol Security provides bespoke, short-term security solutions to protect your site and assets while you’re shut down over Christmas. These are just some of the ways in which we can help:
Mobile Patrols: our mobile units will perform regular inspections of the site and respond to any security breaches.
CCTV: we can install temporary CCTV towers that are monitored 24/7 throughout the Christmas shutdown.
On-site security: we can supply experienced security guards or K9 units to protect your site and assets.
Physical barriers: we can install concrete blocks and other barriers across your entrance to limit access to the site.