We asked two well-known private security companies for tips on keeping one’s home safe during load-shedding.
Ensuring you have a backup power system with sufficient battery capacity to run an alarm system, CCTV cameras, electric fence, and some lighting is one of the best ways to protect your home against criminals during load-shedding.
“Cable theft is one of the biggest concerns at this stage as these criminals know that they have time to operate in the dark,” Jooste said. “We advise customers to please contact their security company as soon as possible to cancel any false alarms,” Bartmann said.Jooste said Bull’s control room prioritised signals and attended to panic and phone-in clients first.
Bull Security is highly reputed for its services in the middle-class and affluent suburbs of Pretoria East but operates in several provinces. MyBroadband found several such units — including one from Sherlotronics — selling for less than R1,000 online. “Alarm systems can now be armed and disarmed, zones bypassed, trouble conditions seen, and activations received on the phone,” Bartmann said.
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