Guidance Notes. Church Security. Version 3

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1 Guidace Notes Church Security Versio 3

2 Cotets Itroductio 3 Church security 4 The prevetio of arso i churches 8 Protectio ad use of electric equipmet 10 The purchase ad istallatio of safes 13 Istallatio of itruder alarms 15 The protectio of staied glass widows 18 Sources of iformatio 19 The followig guidace otes are also available from your Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor, by callig our Church ad Commercial Uderwritig Team o or by visitig our website at Fire Fuctios Health ad Safety Policy with Guidace Notes Health ad Safety Whilst Methodist Isurace PLC has used reasoable edeavours to esure that the iformatio i this publicatio is correct at the time of publicatio, please ote: (a) the iformatio is ot iteded to costitute a defiitive or complete statemet of the law o ay subject, or is ay part of it iteded to costitute legal advice for ay specific situatio; (b) the iformatio may over the course of time become icorrect or out of date; ad (c) Methodist Isurace PLC caot accept ay resposibility for actio take as a result of iformatio provided i this publicatio. You should take specific advice whe dealig with specific situatios. The iformatio provided i this publicatio is geeral ad educatioal i ature ad may ot reflect all recet legal developmets ad may ot apply to the specific facts of idividual circumstaces. You assume sole resposibility for the use of this documet ad should obtai specialist advice i relatio to its use i specific circumstaces. Accordigly, Methodist Isurace PLC ad its subsidiaries shall ot be liable for ay losses, damages, charges or expeses, whether direct, idirect, or cosequetial ad howsoever arisig, that you suffer or icur as a result of or i coectio with your use or reliace o the iformatio provided i this documet except for those which caot be excluded by law.

3 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 3 Methodist Isurace is the oldest deomiatioal church isurer i the UK We have faithfully looked after the isurace requiremets of the Methodist Church i the UK ad the Republic of Irelad sice Our aim is to provide a first-class service to all our customers, satisfyig their eeds ad expectatios, ad dealig both promptly ad resposibly with claims. We esure that our busiess is ru i a way that reflects our values, for the well beig of the Methodist Church ad give substatial doatios every year to Methodist charitable causes. Useful cotacts at Methodist Isurace Equiries Tel equiries@micmail.com Lies are ope 8am to 6pm Moday to Friday (excludig Bak Holidays). Claims Tel methodistclaims@micmail.com New claims ca be reported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Equiries o existig claims ca be made Moday to Friday 8am to 6pm. To fid out who your local Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor is please call us o pg4 Church security Every day te churches are likely to suffer from theft, vadalism or arso. pg10 Electroic equipmet Electroic equipmet is particularly vulerable to theft. pg13 The purchase ad istallatio of safes May secod-had safes are perfectly acceptable ad may provide the same security as a ew safe. Note: Methodist Isurace provides these guidace otes without additioal charge to policyholders. This advice is provided to you as best practice guidace from Methodist Isurace. Please check your policy documets for details of ay coditios specific to your policy.

4 4 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY Church security Every day te churches are likely to suffer from theft, vadalism or arso. This equates to a attack o oe i every four churches durig the course of a year. Lock away all valuable ad portable items ad where practical keep these i a good quality safe. Isurace ca provide moetary compesatio but ca ever compesate for the loss of part of a church s history. It is obviously better to reduce the risk of loss i the first place. Lock away all valuable ad portable items ad where practical keep these i a good quality safe. If there is ot room i the safe the lock them away i a secure area such as the vestry. If you do ot have a suitable secure area the try ad create oe, for istace i a small room. Arso Remember that arso is basically a security problem, but you ca take simple precautios to prevet it happeig. Remove all uwated items that could be used to start a fire. Esure that ay petrol for lawmowers is kept away from the church. A automatic itruder alarm system will deter ot just thieves but arsoists as well ad will alert you to the fact that someoe is o the premises. See sectio etitled The prevetio of arso i churches for further guidace. Ispectios Most thefts ad damage occur whe the church is uoccupied. Aythig suspicious see by those livig close to the church or oticed whe visitig or ispectig the premises should be immediately reported to the Police. Safes Valuables should be kept i a safe or strogroom whe ot beig used. We will be happy to advise regardig suitable types. All safes should be securely achored to the fabric of the buildig. See sectio etitled Purchase ad istallatio of safes. Keys These should be kept i the persoal custody of a resposible official or i a secure place away from the church, e.g., the mase or church official s home. Keys should ever be hidde i or aroud the church ad the umber of duplicates available should be kept to the absolute miimum. Safe keys i particular should ever be kept i the church. A register should be maitaied of everyoe who holds a key ad this should be updated aually. Locks ad bars All exteral doors should be kept locked overight with a good quality key operated lock, to prevet etry to, ad hider exit from, the church. If doors ca be opeed from the iside, large articles or furiture ca easily be removed by thieves. Where the security of doors eeds to be improved, fit locks that comply with BS The vestry will ofte be cosidered a target from a prospective thief s poit of view ad should therefore be secured accordigly. Access doors should be fitted with mortice deadlocks of at least five levers which comply with BS Widows should be fitted with bars or grilles. Methodist Isurace should always be cotacted prior to the istallatio of security devices i order for specificatios to be agreed.

5 All exteral doors should be kept locked overight with a good quality key operated lock, to prevet etry to, ad hider exit from, the church.

6 6 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY No alarm should be purchased without first takig professioal advice ad cosultig Methodist Isurace. Itruder alarms Where there is a substatial amout of property to be protected a itruder alarm system should be cosidered. No alarm should be purchased without first takig professioal advice ad cosultig Methodist Isurace. Istallatio ad maiteace of a alarm system should preferably be udertake by a compay o the official list of recogised firms of ay Uited Kigdom Accreditatio Service (UKAS) accredited Ispectorate ad o the local Police force list of compliat compaies, ad should comply with BS EN , accordig to the scheme described i PD The istallers should also be approved by Methodist Isurace. A premium discout may be available if a system is istalled ad maitaied by a compay o the official list of recogised firms of ay UKAS accredited Ispectorate. See sectio etitled Istallatio of itruder alarms. Closed circuit televisio (CCTV) CCTV permits the cotiual moitorig of a area usig cameras. These are usually liked to a video (or icreasigly a digital) recordig system or moitored by security persoel. Several cosideratios should be oted: Photographs ad security markig Should a theft occur, recovery is very much easier if adequate iformatio regardig the stole items is available. Photographs of all valuables should be take ad kept away from the church. Record details of ay items of value, either moetary or setimetal, detailig material, measuremets, iscriptios etc ad keep these off-site. Cosideratio should also be give to the security markig of valuable articles by egravig or the use of SmartWater, which foresically liks thieves to crime scees. For further details o SmartWater please visit their website Replacemet or repair of staied glass widows will be greatly assisted if colour photographs are available. A ruler or some other meas of idicatig size should always be icluded i ay photograph. A video or digital recordig is a very quick ad easy way of makig a record of everythig i the church. the quality of cameras vary tremedously; systems ca be expesive; systems eed effective moitorig; systems are limited to what the camera ca see ; data protectio, civil liberties ad huma rights issues.

7 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 7 Roofs Exteral lead ad copperwork is particularly vulerable ad must be marked with SmartWater solutio please also esure that you register your SmartWater kit*. SmartWater sigage is also a effective deterret ad must be promietly displayed. Careful use of ati-climb paits ca make the thieves job more difficult. Ladders should always be removed to a secure place. This is particularly importat to remember whe work is beig carried out o the church. I the case of lead or copper roofig materials, cosideratio should be give to replacemet with less theft-attractive material followig a theft. I some cases this is the oly practical solutio. You should cosult your architect i the first istace. For further advice about how to help prevet metal theft, please speak to your local Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor. *The use ad registratio of SmartWater may be a policy coditio o some isurace policies. Please check your policy documets for details. Gates These should be kept locked at ight to prevet vehicles beig drive close to the church. This will deter thieves as well as makig the removal of stole articles more difficult. I the absece of gates cosider istallig security bollards to driveways to restrict vehicular access. Outbuildigs ad boiler houses Give some thought to the security of sheds, boiler houses ad ay other exteral storage areas. All too ofte these are overlooked, with a resultat loss of lawmowers, strimmers ad other equipmet. Esure the fabric of such structures is reasoably soud ad fit good quality padlocks ad lockig bars to doors. Lawmowers ad other valuable grouds equipmet should ot be kept i lightweight timber sheds. Petrol should be kept away from the church i view of the risk of arso. Exteral lightig Exteral lightig ca act as a deterret to theft or arso. This is particularly useful if there are occupied houses earby. Simple time switches are readily available ad lights ca assist i cotaiig geeral vadalism. Additioal security lights should be istalled aroud the church to cover vulerable areas. Some lightig systems ca be operated by passive ifrared detectors which detect body heat. Protectio of widows Vulerable staied glass ad other widows should be protected exterally by wire grilles of copper, galvaised iro or stailess steel. Alteratively, clear-sheet polycarboate could be used, e.g., Lexa or Makrolo. See sectio etitled Protectio of staied glass widows. Advice The Police are happy to assist i prevetig thefts ad vadalism with helpful advice beig provided by Local Crime Reductio Officers. We ca help too, if required, through our expert local Isurace Cosultats ad Surveyors. Fially, if theft or vadalism does occur, the Police ad Methodist Isurace should be otified immediately. Gates should be kept locked at ight to prevet vehicles beig drive close to the church.

8 8 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY The prevetio of arso i churches Arso is the most commo cause of fires i churches ad our records idicate that these occurreces are o the icrease. Eve relatively small fires geerate large quatities of smoke ad it is ofte damage from smoke that makes up the major part of a arso claim. Losses ca rage from a few hudreds of pouds for mior damage to hudreds of thousads or eve millios of pouds for major structural damage to a buildig. Eve relatively small fires geerate large quatities of smoke ad it is ofte damage from smoke ad the resultat cleaig costs that make up the major part of a arso claim. Whilst vadalism ad theft ca result i ufortuate loss or damage at the church it is oly fire which has the potetial to result i the total loss of both the church buildig ad all its cotets. It is worth rememberig that ulike a accidetal fire, it is the arsoist s deliberate itetio to set fire to the buildig ad to cause damage. They will be lookig, therefore, at ways of maximisig damage. This may iclude the use of a accelerat, such as petrol, or startig fires i more tha oe place. Good security ad good housekeepig practices are the two mai defeces to the risk of arso. Security Other tha for services or other evets restrict the umber of doors that may be used for access. Ideally oly oe door should be left ulocked. This door should be i a promiet positio so that persos ca be clearly see eterig ad leavig the church. Doors i isolated locatios which are ot overlooked should be kept locked. Ay vegetatio i the viciity should be cotrolled to esure this does ot provide places to hide. Keep shrubbery below 1 metre i height. Before ay works are udertake o trees esure they are ot covered by a tree preservatio order. Ecourage church members to ispect the church as part of their daily routie, perhaps whe dog-walkig. Churches should be kept locked whe ot i use ad particularly durig the hours of darkess. Security lightig ad CCTV ca also act as deterrets to arsoists. Esure all widows ad doors are securely locked icludig outbuildigs cotaiig tools which could help a arsoist to break ito the church. Do whatever you ca to make it look as though the buildig is used o a regular basis. Seemigly vacat ad uused buildigs attract the attetio of arsoists. Fire protectio The istallatio of automatic fire ad/or itruder alarms will sigificatly reduce the risk of arso particularly if they are liked to a permaetly maed moitorig statio. You should cosult with Methodist Isurace before istallig a alarm system. A visit by oe of our Isurace Cosultats ad Surveyors will probably be ecessary ad we will eed to agree o the specificatio. A premium discout may be allowed for approved alarm systems.

9 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 9 Esure that you have a umber of fire extiguishers i the church ad that people kow how to use them. Extiguishers also eed to be maitaied o a aual cotract. It is ot ukow for fires to be started whe churches are occupied. The use of a extiguisher could prevet a major loss. Remember that large fires always start as small fires. Good housekeepig Do ot make the arsoist s job ay easier. Fire risk assessmet As the occupier of a buildig you have a duty to udertake a fire risk assessmet. The potetial risk of arso is a importat part of this assessmet. Look at how a fire may be started ad how this risk could be miimised by the reductio or removal of combustible materials or improvig the security of the buildig. A record should be maitaied of the measures you have put i place to reduce the risk of fire. Matches ad petrol should ot be left i the church or outbuildigs. Matches ca easily be removed from the church ad petrol should oly be brought i as ad whe required for mowers. Rubbish ad combustible material must ot be allowed to accumulate. Wheelie bis should be kept well away from all buildigs, preferably i a locked compartmet. Esure all iteral doors are closed ad locked whe the church is left uoccupied. Iteral doors act as firebreaks ad prevet the spread of smoke from oe part of a buildig to aother. I oe example where a church hall was set o fire, the cost of cleaig smoke damage to the adjoiig church was may times that of completely rebuildig the hall, merely because the door betwee the hall ad church had bee left ope.

10 10 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY Protectio ad use of electroic equipmet May churches use electroic equipmet as part of their activities. Whilst this equipmet ca be extremely useful it is vulerable to theft. Laptops should ot be put dow whe i a public area. Physical security for electroic equipmet The majority of churches use computer equipmet of some type. These are geerally portable, saleable ad therefore very attractive to thieves. Church computers are commoly either kept i the church or circuit office, at the mase or at the home of aother church official. May churches use portable projectors ad soud systems. These items, like computers, are most attractive to thieves. The physical security that we would ormally recommed would iclude: perimeter doors secured by five lever mortice deadlocks to BS 3621; accessible opeig widows should be protected by key operated widow locks; if possible, equipmet should be sited such that it is ot readily visible from the outside; purchase receipts should be retaied or the model ad serial umbers recorded which will help the Police ad Methodist Isurace i the evet of ay theft; electroic equipmet should be permaetly marked with a idetifyig ame ad postcode. Markigs should be promietly visible ad/or advertised to deter would-be thieves. Leased or reted equipmet should ot be marked without the prior agreemet of the compay cocered; lockdow plates ad computer eclosure devices (preferably tested to LPS 1214 category I ad II) ca be used to secure computer ad acillary equipmet to desks/work surfaces; projectors ad soud equipmet should be protected by security eclosures. Methodist Isurace ca provide further iformatio o suppliers if required. Laptop security Due to their highly portable ature laptops are eve more vulerable to theft tha PCs ad the followig security measures should be followed: uder ormal circumstaces do ot leave laptops uatteded eve for short periods; if for some reaso a laptop has to be left uatteded the it should be secured i a purpose-built store/security cabiet or at least out of sight i a locked room; laptops should ot be put dow whe i a public area; the laptop should be etched with a idetifyig ame ad postcode. If the item is leased, the a check should first be made with the leasig compay; laptops should ot be left i offices overight uless they are locked withi purpose-built laptop storage uits or, as a miimum, i a locked filig cabiet; details of the laptop icludig serial umbers must be recorded i the assets register together with the ame of the perso to whom it has bee issued; carry cases should ot advertise the fact that they cotai a computer; if travellig by car keep the laptop i the boot of the car ad keep both boot ad doors locked;

11 Electroic equipmet should be permaetly marked.

12 12 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY be aware of people aroud you, particularly whe loadig or uloadig the car or i a public place. Avoid workig o your laptop i a public place; make sure that back-ups of the iformatio o the laptop are kept i a secure locatio ad ot i the carry case. Itruder alarm protectio for electroic equipmet It is strogly recommeded that, i additio to good physical security, a itruder alarm system is istalled where computers ad other electroic equipmet are i use. See sectio etitled Istallatio of itruder alarms. Backup data It is advisable to keep backup copies of data at aother locatio. This avoids icoveiece i the case of theft or fire. To comply with the provisios of the Data Protectio Act (see right), these should be securely protected. The Data Protectio Act The Data Protectio Act is iteded to protect idividuals agaist the misuse of automated systems. Details of iformatio held must ormally be declared by registerig with the Iformatio Commissioer s Office. There is a form specially desiged for small compaies ad systems. The eight Data Protectio Act priciples say: 1 Persoal iformatio is to be obtaied ad processed fairly ad lawfully. 2 Persoal iformatio is to be used oly for specified ad lawful purposes. 3 Persoal iformatio is to be used ad disclosed oly i accordace with those purposes. 4 Persoal iformatio held is to be adequate, relevat, ad ot excessive for those purposes. 5 Persoal iformatio held is to be accurate ad up to date. 6 Persoal iformatio must ot be kept for loger tha is ecessary. 7 A idividual is etitled to kow whether a user holds persoal iformatio about him or her, to have access to such iformatio ad, where appropriate, to have it corrected or erased. 8 Appropriate security measures are to be take agaist uauthorised access to ad accidetal loss of persoal iformatio. The data held o church computers would ot ormally be a target for theft, but data might be stole with church equipmet. I additio to the physical security outlied above, the followig poits should be cosidered: Do ot pass o iformatio. Dispose of ay computer data carefully. Do ot allow iformatio displayed o a scree or o a computer pritout to be see. Do ot leave accessible ad ope computer screes uatteded. Advise the Iformatio Commissioer s Office of chages i systems.

13 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 13 The purchase ad istallatio of safes These otes are iteded to provide guidace to churches that wish to purchase ad istall a freestadig safe. The services of our specialist Isurace Cosultats ad Surveyors are always available if more specific advice is required. Safe ratig Safes are give security ratigs by several orgaisatios as well as by the maufacturers. These techical ratigs are expressed, for coveiece, as a maximum overight cash holdig. It is ormal to allow valuables to te times the cash ratig. Thus a safe rated at 1,000 could hold 1,000 cash or 10,000 valuables or a combiatio of cash ad valuables which equates to the cash ratig (e.g., 500 cash plus 5,000 valuables or 700 cash plus 3,000 valuables etc.). Methodist Isurace ca supply a list of safes i curret maufacture which have a particular cash ratig. Fixig of safes The mai security value of a safe is that it substatially icreases the time that a thief has to sped i order to gai access to his target. It is therefore vitally importat that a safe caot be easily removed, which would allow the thief to work o it at his leisure. Safes must always be fixed i accordace with the maufacturer s istructios. This usually ivolves settig bolts ito cocrete i the floor ad the droppig the safe over the bolts ad securig with uts o the iside of the safe. Locatio of safes Safes are ot easy items to relocate so care should be exercised i choosig a place to site a safe. Some poits to cosider are: Alarm protectio If the safe is located i a area covered by a itruder alarm this will provide eve greater protectio as it will substatially reduce the time the thief has available to work o the safe. Ease of use Check that the safe door has room to ope fully ad that there is sufficiet room for those who will use the safe to gai easy access. May safes ca be purchased with the doors hug either right or left. Floor stregth It is essetial to check that the floor i the iteded positio is strog eough to bear the weight of the safe. Purchase of safes Safes ca be purchased direct from the maufacturer or from local safe suppliers or security cetres. It is suggested that quotatios should be obtaied for several safes with the appropriate cash ratig. Always esure that all quotatios iclude supply, delivery, istallatio ad fixig. Methodist Isurace ca supply details of safe maufacturers ad suppliers. Safe sizig The size of a safe has o impact upo the cash ratig. It should be esured that the safe is of sufficiet size to hold all the valuables ad other items that require protectio. It is better to locate a safe out of sight i a locked area such as a vestry. Security It is better to locate a safe out of sight i a locked area such as a vestry.

14 14 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY The security of a safe is oly as good as the security of the keys or combiatio. Secod-had safes May secod-had safes are perfectly acceptable ad may provide the same security as a ew safe with a substatial savig i cost. It is importat that secodhad safes are adequately recoditioed. Recoditioig should be carried out to the requiremets of the relevat British Stadard, BS Methodist Isurace ca advise upo the cash ratig for a particular secod-had safe. Approval of safes It is importat that, before ay order is placed for a safe, the approval of Methodist Isurace is obtaied. Idetificatio of safes Safes are described by the maufacturer s ame followed by a model ame (e.g., Chubb Lichfield, Ta Cosort 2 etc). Please quote this iformatio whe cotactig Methodist Isurace to check o a cash ratig. I additio, safes have a serial umber stamped o the door or body which ca also be used to idetify the safe. Keys ad combiatios May safes are available i either key or combiatio versios. There is o differece i security betwee the two lockig methods so the versio which most suits the user ca be chose. The advatages of a combiatio safe, however, are that there is o risk of the loss or uauthorised duplicatio of keys. As may church officers as ecessary ca have the combiatio ad the combiatio ca easily be chaged if there is a chage of persoel. The security of a safe is oly as good as the security of the keys or combiatio. Uder o circumstaces should keys or combiatios be kept o the same premises as the safe. A ivetory of who holds keys or combiatios should be kept i a secure locatio away from the safe. If it is suspected that key or combiatio security has bee compromised the the lock or combiatio should be chaged. Fire ad data safes Security safes are ot ormally iteded to protect documets or computer records from fire although they will ormally provide some limited protectio. If a safe is required to protect these materials the please cotact Methodist Isurace who ca give further advice. Wall safes ad uderfloor safes I additio to the freestadig safes described above, wall safes, which usually have a low cash ratig, ad uderfloor safes, which ca have a substatial cash ratig, are also available. If a church is iterested i oe of these types of safe the Methodist Isurace ca give further advice.

15 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 15 Istallatio of itruder alarms These otes are iteded to provide guidace to Maagig Trustees who wish to istall or update a alarm system i order to qualify for a itruder alarm discout. These otes provide a basis upo which to obtai comparative quotatios, however a visit by our Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor will be required i order to approve ay specificatio prior to istallatio work beig carried out. Geeral New remote sigallig itruder alarm systems should be istalled to the curret versios of PD6662, DD263, BS8243 ad i accordace with the Associatio of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) Policy o Police Respose to Security Systems. Whilst the ACPO Policy specifies three types of alarm cofirmatio Methodist Isurace will require the alarm to be sequetially cofirmed uless otherwise agreed. I respect of BS8243 the method of usettig, whereby the mere opeig of the etry/exit route door disables all meas of cofirmatio, is UNACCEPTABLE ad the system should ot be cofigured to operate i such a way. Note where audible oly itruder alarm systems are istalled they will oly geerate a Police respose i the evet of idepedet third party corroboratio of a break-i ad the requiremets of BS8243 will ot apply. The system must be istalled ad maitaied by a compay o the official list of recogised firms of ay UKAS accredited Ispectorate ad o the local Police force list of compliat compaies. The istallers must also be approved by Methodist Isurace. Methodist Isurace ca supply a list of compaies i your area. A copy of the alarm compay specificatio must be set to Methodist Isurace for approval prior to givig istructios for the alarm to be istalled, or ay cotract siged. The specificatio must iclude cofirmatio by the alarm compay that sub-cotractors will ot be used or specify the extet to which sub-cotractors will be used. Sigallig Where the alarm has remote sigallig it must be to Grade 4 by oe of the followig methods: RedCARE GSM Dualcom Plus Dualcom GPRS G4 Ay other approved system of sigallig RedCARE GSM must iclude the Total Care maiteace service. I additio, there must be a exteral, selfactivatig bell which icorporates a strobe light. The bell must be situated well out of reach of the groud ad face the mai road, ad the housig must have o protrusios which could facilitate the attachmet of chais, wires or ropes. Bells must be protected by mechaical or electroic meas agaist the isertio of expadig foam ad cofigured to operate simultaeously. The system will preferably have istat bells, but i some areas Police approval will be required i order to waive ay bell delay. For audible-oly systems a iteral loud toe bell/sire must also be istalled.

16 There must be a aual maiteace cotract i force, with a UKAS accredited compay.

17 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 17 Detectio All exteral doors must be fitted with cocealed magetic reed switches. Space protectio must be used i all areas cotaiig moey, commuio plate or other valuables. Cosideratio should be give to providig space protectio for the whole church. Sigle valuable items i a area which otherwise would ot be protected ca, as a alterative, be protected by magetic cotacts or vibratio detectors. Ay safe used for the keepig of moey or valuables should be withi a alarmed protected area. The alarm must be set at all times wheever the church is uatteded. Physical security I additio to the above requiremets for the actual alarm system, certai miimum physical security precautios must be take i order to qualify for the itruder alarm discout: all accessible opeig widows must be fitted with key operated widow locks. This refers to those widows which ca be reached without the aid of a ladder. If there is ay doubt whether a particular widow requires a key operated lock this ca be clarified by oe of our Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyors; all exteral doors must be fitted with a 5 lever mortice deadlock to BS 3621 or a heavy church box lock. Other forms of lockig may be acceptable ad ca be discussed by our Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor at the time of survey; all keys must be removed from the buildig whilst it is uatteded. Visitors Maagig Trustees should be aware that persos visitig the church will eed to be accompaied by a key holder i order to uset the alarm system. Importat ote It is the resposibility of the party implemetig the above specificatio to esure that the implemetatio does ot cotravee ay statutory or Local Authority requiremets, e.g., uder the Health & Safety at Work Act, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order etc. Alarm discouts The amout of the discout will deped o the extet of the system ad the method of sigallig. The followig are i descedig order from the highest to the lowest discout: full buildig protected with remote sigallig; target area protectio, e.g., vestry, safe, office etc. with remote sigallig; full buildig protectio with audible sigallig assumig someoe is able to act upo hearig the alarm operate; target area protectio, e.g., vestry, safe, office etc. with audible sigallig assumig someoe is able to act upo hearig the alarm operate. Discouts caot be give util the buildig has bee ispected by our Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor. The system must be istalled ad maitaied by a compay o the official list of recogised firms of ay UKAS accredited Ispectorate.

18 18 GUIDANCE NOTES CHURCH SECURITY The protectio of staied glass widows These otes set out Methodist Isurace's eligibility criteria for a premium discout where churches wish to cosider protectig their staied glass widows. All exteral widows cotaiig staied, paited or egraved glass, must be exterally protected to qualify for a discout. It is hoped that these otes will provide sufficiet iformatio to obtai quotatios ad arrage for istallatio. The services of our Isurace Cosultats ad Surveyors are always available. Geeral All exteral widows cotaiig staied, paited or egraved glass, should be exterally protected by stailess-steel grilles or polycarboate sheetig which etirely covers the widow. I the case of polycarboate sheetig, care should be take to allow for vetilatio. Istallatio The istallatio of such protectio is a specialised matter ad should oly be etrusted to a glazier or builder well experieced i istallig such protectio ad i workig o church buildigs. The discout ca oly be cofirmed followig a visit by our Isurace Cosultat ad Surveyor who will cofirm that all the ecessary widows have bee protected ad that protectio is to a satisfactory stadard. It is the resposibility of the party implemetig the above specificatio to esure that the implemetatio does ot cotravee ay statutory or Local Authority requiremets, e.g., uder the Health ad Safety at Work Act, Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order, etc. Photographs It is importat to take photographs of all staied glass widows. Although a geeral shot of a widow is helpful, these ofte do ot provide sufficiet detail for a staied glass restorer. More detailed photographs are eeded. Heads, hads, draperies, ladscape ad wildlife elemets are the most difficult to replicate. Cosider the lightig; esure that you photograph west facig widows i the morig ad east widows i the afteroo.

19 CHURCH SECURITY GUIDANCE NOTES 19 Sources of iformatio The Health ad Safety Executive Royal Society for the Prevetio of Accidets RoSPA House, 28 Calthorpe Road, Edgbasto Birmigham, B15 1RP Tel Fax The Fire Protectio Associatio Lodo Road, Moreto-i-Marsh Gloucestershire, GL56 0RH Tel Fax Food Stadards Agecy Aviatio House, 125 Kigsway Lodo, WC2B 6NH Tel Eviromet Agecy Natioal Customer Cotact Cetre PO Box 544, Rotherham, S60 1BY Tel Commuities ad Local Govermet Elad House, Bressede Place Lodo, SW1E 5DU Tel

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