Title Page
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Conducted on
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Prepared by
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Trade counter name & address
External Areas
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Is the store on a shared site.
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Take photos of the site
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Is the site secured by lockable gates/ barriers
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Who is responsible for locking up at night
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Take photos of any gates or barriers
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Are they always locked at night and at weekends
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How many occupiers are on the same site
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Do any of them work later than Screwfix , EG overnight.
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Do they have CCTV cameras on their building
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Take photos of these cameras for reference.
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Does anybody use the car park at night , EG overnight lorries , burger van etc
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Are there any unoccupied units adjoining our store.
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If so please take photos of all elevations if possible.
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Does anyone occupy space above our unit.
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Are there any low level roofs , single storey.
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If stand alone , how close is the nearest building
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Take a photo of these buildings
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How close is the nearest residential property.
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Take photos of the residential property’s
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Is there wasteland surrounding the unit
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Take photos of the wasteland.
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How quiet is the access road at night
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Are there any buildings on the access road that have CCTV cameras
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Take photos of these cameras if applicable.
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How close is the nearest main road.
Building Structure and Fabric
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How easy is it to access our roof at high level, EG stairs, walls , trees , etc.
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What is the construction of the roof
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Is there a warehouse mezzanine floor
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Is the cladding full height with no wall behind
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Take photos of the walls construction.
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State location of the areas of glazing , high or low level.
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Take photos of these glazed areas.
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How is it protected internally, wall mesh, racking, etc.
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Does the store occupy more than one unit.
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Is there a dividing wall between.
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Take photos of the dividing walls
External Exit doors
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Location- elevation on the building
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Single or double leaf
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Construction- timber, steel, steel faced, glazed, etc.
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Method of opening, push bar,turn knob,etc
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Do they have lockable night drop bars
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Take photos of the drop bars and locking mechanism
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How secure are they
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Do any of them lead to a neighbouring unit
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Are any of them used as a goods in door.
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Take photos of all of the above doors internal and external.
Roller Shutters and sectional Doors
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How many external roller shutters are there , locations
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How many sectional overhead doors are there, locations
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How many are in use
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Do those in use have bollards inside and out
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Are the internal bollards secured to the roller shutter/ SOD
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How many redundant shutters / SODs are there.
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How are they secured
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What structure do they have behind them
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Take photos of the above areas
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Do the SODs have vision panels
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Is there a wicker door within the roller shutter
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Take photos of the roller shutter components
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Does the last man out (LMO) door have a shutter, internal or externally
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What is the location
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Does the TC entrance have a shutter internal or external
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Take a photo of the shutter
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Is there a bollard externally
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Take a photo of the bollards
Lighting
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Is the car park well illuminated
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What building lighting is there
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Take photos of the building lighting on all elevations
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How is this lighting controlled Eg , time clock, sensor , etc
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Are there any other units illuminated at night.
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Take photos of these units and lighting positions
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Are the rear escape routes lit
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Are there any areas around the building that do not have enough illumination
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Take photos of these areas
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Is the warehouse lighting on a last man out contactor
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Does the LMO door have sufficient illumination externally.
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Take photos around this area.
Security
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State how many CCTV cameras are there externally and there positions
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Take photos of the cameras and reference points to the building
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Is there enough illumination around the CCTV cameras
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Are walls or areas behind unused shutters protected
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Take photos of these areas
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What intruder protection is there inside used shutters / SODs, vibration, PIRs
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Are smoke cannons installed
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Final recommendations on your site survey .
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Who completed the survey