SSAIB News

On 1 April 2013, all police forces in Scotland are integrating into one force – “Police Service of Scotland”, which is the legal entity for the new force although the service will also refer to itself as “Police Scotland”. 

With regards to Alarms Administration in the old Force areas, your police alarms administration contact will remain the same and payments should be sent to the same address as before for URN applications etc.replacing the name of the force with “Police Scotland”.  ARC's should continue to use the telephone numbers they have been provided for each region/old force area.

Read Geoff Tate's latest blog on the Changing Face of Certification and Regulation at ifsecglobal.com.   

SSAIB, the UK’s leading certification body for organisations – providing a variety of electronic security, manned guarding services, fire protection, intruder, and other alarm systems – has certificated its first company to the new BAFE SP205 UKAS-accredited scheme. Paul Gotthardt, Director of Fire Safety Solutions, received his certification in a presentation by Geoff Tate, SSAIB’s Chief Executive.

SSAIB’s new SP205 scheme enables anyone who’s required by law to carry out a fire risk assessment of a premises, and who employs a specialist third party company to provide this, to demonstrate that they’ve taken the necessary reasonable steps to comply with their legal obligations and requirements under fire safety legislation.

The SSAIB is currently looking for a Regional Auditor to cover the North West of England and a Compliance Manager to be based in its Head Office in Tyne & Wear for further details please click here

SSAIB Chief Executive Geoff Tate reports back on progress during the past 12 months, starting with a move into brand new headquarters in January…

This has been a busy year for SSAIB. The lease on our previous office in North Shields was due for renewal last December and faced with a significant increase in our rent we were able to purchase a three-storey building in Whitley Bay, moving in straight after Christmas. So our office accommodation problems are now resolved and, importantly, our long-term accommodation costs have been fixed – with measurably cheaper running costs resulting from owning our freehold. Overall, the move makes sound business sense.