A case study of a five-acre logistics site in Scunthorpe blighted by crime, now protected by detectors.
Intake Transport’s depot in Scunthorpe suffered thefts of diesel direct from the tanks of the lorries, most severely over a bank holiday in August when it was closed for three days. Each vehicle holds at least £600 of diesel, and added to the cost of the damage to the bespoke painted vehicles when intruders tried to enter the cabs and steal scrap metal from the trailer, the overall cost to the business ran into thousands of pounds.
Director of Intake Transport, Richard Burgin, approached local security company, Eyewatch Security for a solution. MD Dean Bolton designed a layered protection starting with the perimeter: five infrared AX model beams from OPTEX create a ‘virtual fence’ around the compound where the lorries are parked. Six BX-80 outdoor passive infra-red detectors (PIRs) provide a curtain of detection to protect the outdoor perimeter along the fence. Ten battery-operated high mount HX-80 sensors provide volumetric detection to secure the approach to an office; and 25 VX-402 hardwired detectors add security at the entrance and around the rest of the site.
The detectors are linked to five cameras remotely monitored at Eyewatch, so that if an intrusion is detected, the incident can be ‘seen’ and responded to. Each Intake driver has a code to set and unset the system so that they do not cause false alarms.
Richard Burgin says they have not experienced any problems since the install: “We haven’t had any attempted break-ins and no false alarms either, now that the drivers have become used to the routine. I am incredibly impressed with the reliability of the OPTEX detectors and the peace of mind this has provided us as a business.”
And Dean Bolton says: “Diesel and scrap metal theft has become a prevalent problem nationwide and in Scunthorpe, we are seeing many businesses suffering from similar problems as Intake Transport. We have now installed a top level security system that will protect the compound and all of the valuable lorries within it for many years to come.”
About Intake Transport
Established in 1995, Intake Transport operates one of the largest fleets on the road today. Although now based in Scunthorpe, the company also operates satellite depots in Sheffield, West Lothian and South Wales.
