After what feels like months of testing, we have finally decided upon what we feel is the best intruder alarm system to use on a farm or rural property. We have settled on the WiComm Pro from Risco as our alarm of choice for farms....
We are delighted to announce that as Approved SIMRUSH installers we can now provide FAST broadband to your farm OR rural property. Using a high gain antenna combined with aCAT6 LTE modem we can provide fast broadband even when you might not have a usable 4G...
The Technology in CCTV cameras that are used on farms has advanced over the last few years to include new security features such as thermal imaging, advanced night vision and number plate detection. These modern features help you deter intruders, receive alerts in real-time and...
With every year that passes the amount of theft and vandalism that occurs on UK farms seems to get worse and worse. In order to help farmers protect their farms and farm equipment we have put together a “Step by Step Guide to Farm security”....
Marking your Farm Equipment & Tools – a cheap and effective farm security measure One straight forward farm security measure that is often over looked is the marking of your farm tools and equipment. If farm equipment is effectively marked it acts as an great deterrent to...
Things you can do today to help secure your farm that will cost you nothing: Acknowledge that your property is at risk and commit to taking precautions to protect it even if it means changing the way you work. Start to lock your vehicles, homes,...
This article on Farm security was published in the November / December edition Farming Scotland Magazine 2013 Growing up in a rural community in the 70’s and 80’s I was proud that few people in our village felt the need to lock their cars or homes. I...
Self Guard was featured in an article about the prevention of crime in the 100th anniversary of the Scottish Farmer. Any vet or doctor would tell you that prevention is better than cure. And nine times out of ten it's also cheaper to stop something in...
Last week I was surveying a farm after a break in where expensive tools had been taken. It was one of a group of four farms in Fife that had been hit on the same night presumably by the same thieves. The farmer had locked...