Halloween is all fun and games for trick or treaters, children, families and sweet shops. However, many criminals will use masks to remain undetected while blending in with the crowd. Opportunists will take advantage of people being out on the street, wearing costumes to conceal their faces in order to break into your site and […]
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Cash Machine Stolen During Midlands Ram-Raid
A cash machine was stolen on Saturday 5th October 2019 after a convenience store was targeted by ram-raiders in Halesowen, Dudley. The incident occurred during the early hours of the morning. A vehicle was later recovered with the stolen cash machine inside. A spokesman for the force released the following statement; “CCTV is being reviewed […]
Fire Hazards in Commercial Kitchens
Commercial kitchens are not limited to just restaurants, it’s not uncommon for Care Homes, Hotels, Offices, retail units, Hospitals and other industries to have kitchens within their properties. In restaurants alone, kitchen appliances account for 25% of all fires and cookers amount to 23% of fires. We want to help, here are our top five […]
Huge Blaze at London City Centre Restaurant
A major fire broke out at a restaurant in Soho, London after a wok was left unattended on Friday 20th September. 80 firefighters from Soho, Euston, Lambeth, and Paddington battled the blaze. The third floor of the four story building was destroyed. Parts of the first and second floors were also on fire, as well […]
Midlands Restaurant Forced to Close After Fire
A popular restaurant in Wolverhampton city center has been forced to temporarily close after a fire occurred on Monday 23rd September 2019. Firefighters were called to Bilash on Cheapside, Wolverhampton following a 999 call shortly after 5 PM. Damage from the fire was contained to the kitchen, which was eventually put out at 7 PM. […]
Rotherham Restaurant Targeted in Raid
Police were called to E’lupo’s Italian restaurant at 1.20AM on Friday 13th September after it was targeted by burglars. Thieves made off with the restaurants till alongside staff wages, leaving before the police arrived. Restaurant owner, David Lister praised the police’s terrific response and insisted it was business as usual for the popular restaurant. An […]
Churches Join Assured For Their 7th Annual Trek
Every year Assured arranges a trek for their people that is fully funded and a fantastic weekend away. This year was no different, not only did we enjoy beautiful sunshine in Castleton but we were also joined by our new colleagues down at Churches Fire. The weekend started off with a game of rounder’s on […]
Fire Alarm Monitoring—Keeping You Protected
Did you know there were over 15,000 fires across businesses in the 12 months leading to April 2019? This included over 3,500 deliberate fires. Protecting your property from the potential of an arson attack and the damages of a fire is now more important than ever. However, if a fire started while your property was […]
Hundreds of Hospital Beds Closed After Prohibition Orders
170 beds have been closed at two large teaching hospitals in England after fire services issued prohibition orders over fire safety concerns. Hospitals in Sheffield and Oxford were affected with wards being closed off after receiving the safety notices. Four wards in Sheffield, containing 120 beds have been closed since November 2018. A further two […]
Midlands Gang Found Guilty of Theft
Three men are waiting to be sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court after a jury found them guilty of conspiring to rob the Hyperama wholesale warehouse, West Bromwich in April 2018. The warehouse was targeted at closing time by masked robbers, armed with a gas-powered air pistol and a baseball bat. During the theft staff were […]
