Safety Systems

In addition to traditional fire and security systems, Westminster provide specialist and associated services for the protection and personal safety of individuals and employees.
This includes emergency lighting systems designed to allow safe evacuation from buildings in the event of power failure. The installation of such systems is now a requirement in many buildings. Westminster have the expertise and experience to assist with design, installation and maintenance in accordance with British Standards and European legislation and will happily assist clients and contractors meet the required standards.

Westminster also provide other specialist services such as security lighting systems, public address systems, nursecall and warden call systems, personal alarm systems, medical alert systems for the elderly and infirm and personnel protection systems for hospital staff etc. Lone worker monitoring can provide protection to individuals who work remotely such as inspectors or engineers on water treatment plants or electrical installations or rural delivery persons, against illness, mishap or accident.

Services include:

• Emergency Lighting

Emergency lighting is one of the essential life safety systems
required to be provided by an owner or occupant of premises,
that is a place of work. The system should, if correctly designed,
installed and maintained, reduce the possibility of an accident
or loss of life in the event of an electrical power loss.
 
• Public Address Systems

It is becoming increasingly common for buildings to incorporate
public address systems for a variety of reasons. Traditionally
for staff announcements and background music. Now however, safety
warnings from fire and bomb alerts are becoming common and a
zoned public address system controls a variety of situations
effectively.
 
• Assisted Hearing Systems

"Service Providers including Businesses, Shops, Restaurants,
Public Utilities, Leisure Centres, Sports Stadiums, Places
of Worship, Entertainment Establishments, Airports, Railway
Stations, Hospitals and the construction industry in general
have both a moral and increasingly legal, responsibility to
ensure that people with hearing disabilities are not disadvantaged
when utilizing the facilities and services offered.
 
• Filmtek Anti-Blast & Safety Film

As leading specialists in the advancement and installation of safety,
security and solar window films, we have a range of Anchoring Solutions
to provide you with enhanced protection whatever your glazed environment.
 
• Panic Room / Safe Room

Panic Rooms, more commonly called Safe Rooms, as recently featured in
the film starring Jodi Foster, are increasingly being installed in homes,
offices or any other building where people may be at risk from the threat
of kidnap and / or violence.
 
• Nurse Call Systems

Caregivers today are increasingly required to provide higher
operating efficiencies while simultaneously offering more
personalized patient-centered care. Westminster can offer
a wide range of nurse call systems to fit your needs and budget.
 
• Personal Protection

There are are two distinct levels of protection, Anti-Stab
and Ballistic. Wesminster can offer armour to stop these
threats either independently or combined. Within the UK the
main levels of protection are set by the Police Scientific
and Development Branch (PSDB) a division of the UK Home Office.
 
• Safety Clothing

High visibility fluorescent jackets, called ICU-UCMeT. It
has been extensively road tested and meets all the requirements
of BS EN471:1994 standards. The initiative and product has the
full support of 3M ScotchliteT.
 
• Medical Alert Systems

The Homelink Extra II is an emergency alarm unit which will
call a monitoring centre (for example a warden's office) over
the public telephone network when the user activates a trigger.
 
• Lone Worker Monitoring

Employers are responsible for ensuring the safety of their
staff at all times. Westminster can offer a worker safety
programme that is simple and inexpensive yet gives you and
your staff valuable peace of mind.
 
• Baby/Child Surveilance

We know there is nothing more important to you than child
safety-so we can offer a convenient way to watch and hear
your child. Every movement and sound from any room in the
house.
 
• Flood Detection

We can offer complete flood detection systems using various
styles of sensors connected to control panels so that you
can have complete coverage of all or part of your building
in case of a flood or leak.
 
• SARS Information

BodyScan is suitable for detecting people with fever like
SARS or other infections.
 
The SARS Protection Hood is designed to provide environmental
protection from patients suspected of carrying the SARS virus.
 
• Baggage X-Ray

For more than 100 years X-ray technology has been instrumental
in exposing details hidden from the human eye. Radiation,
detection and image processing technologies instantly deliver
superb images of scanned objects whilst maintaining the highest
possible level of operator safety.
 

"Westminster - your partner in safety and protection".

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