Shoppers were recently evacuated from an Epsom supermarket after thieves maliciously activated a fire alarm call point at Sainsbury's Kiln Lane store and then, under cover of the building
evacuation, attempted to steal two televisions. While people were evacuating the store, two men attempted to slip away with the TV sets undetected. However, on this occasion, they were thwarted by security guards who spotted them and managed to detain the suspects until the police arrived.
According to statistics released earlier this month by the British Retail Consortium, store thieves have more than doubled in the past three years, and currently cost retailers some £953 million a
year. Leading retailers are saying that the UK is in the middle of a shoplifting epidemic with some thieves now using the potentially dangerous tactic of setting off the building fire alarm to divert the
attention of store security - with all the unnecessary risk and disruption a store evacuation brings.
Protective covers for fire alarm call points can help to control the number of accidental and malicious fire alarms and act as a deterrent to anyone thinking of setting off the building fire alarm.
Smart+Guard is a tough polycarbonate hinged protective cover. Manufactured in the UK by Vimpex Ltd., Smart+Guard is a tough polycarbonate hinged protective cover that can easily be installed over a range of emergency switches and other devices to provide protection from vandalism, accidental damage or misuse that causes unwanted alarms.