Static & Permanent Guarding
Forcefield supplies SIA-licensed security officers, from the best performing guarding companies in the UK. Teams are sized to the risks you face and connected to the rest of your security operation.
Your guarding costs keep rising. The value doesn't. We match your officers to your risks, not to a rota.
An engagement typically starts with a physical security risk assessment, so we only recommend guards where they make a real difference. We connect static guards to the rest of your security, because that's where you get the best value: patrols, alarm response and technology cover the gaps for less.
- 99.3% Shift fulfilment rate
- 80,000+ Guarding jobs delivered
- 99.8% UK postcode coverage
Why us
Always covered
Always coveredHoliday and absences are easily covered with our specialist Temporary and Emergency Guarding service. Short term substitutes use the same app, so reporting is consistent regardless of who covers the shift.
Informed officers
Informed officersOur app briefs officers with site-specific context on every shift, so they never walk in blind.
Fully connected
Fully connectedOfficers log occurrences and activities from their phone so a problem on site escalates instantly to the control room to be resolved.
Every shift, on the record
Performance is trackable, and issues and incidents can be managed as they arise.
FAQs
Static guarding means security officers are based at one site rather than patrolling between locations. Permanent guarding is static guarding on an ongoing contract, rather than temporary or emergency cover. Forcefield uses the terms interchangeably. The term manned guarding is also often used.
Forcefield provides permanent and static guarding for corporate offices and front of house, warehouses and logistics sites, retail and gatehouse or site access roles. Officers come from our network of ACS-accredited partners, and cover reaches 99.8% of UK postcodes.
We start with an NPSA-aligned physical security risk assessment and a guarding calculation, so the number of guard posts reflects the risks you actually face. Where mobile patrols, alarm response or technology can do part of the job for less, we will tell you.
Every officer is SIA-licensed, vetted to BS 7858 and directly employed by an ACS-accredited partner. Officers are briefed through our app before each shift and log activity in a digital occurrence book, so you can see shift records and incidents on the platform in real time.
Yes. Permanent guarding can be combined with mobile security patrols, alarm response and CCTV monitoring, all managed on one platform. It is how we keep guarding costs in proportion to the risk, with officers on site where they add most value and other services covering the rest.
We have a specialist temporary and emergency guarding team who supply guards at short notice. Our experience, placement success and response times are well documented, making us the preferred option for many other guarding companies. Unlike other guarding companies, data from our E&T guarding data appears on the DOB, so there is no gap in the data.