How can you secure your historic military vehicle collection or project? Be alert to Intrusion, Fire and Flood!
Theft of scrap metal is still escalating in the United Kingdom and the theft of fuel, batteries and other vehicle related items is also rising so Rural Property Watch (www.ruralpropertywatch.co.uk) offers a cost-effective solution for owners of historic military vehicles.
Whilst such vehicles and ongoing restoration projects are not scrap items, they are not always viewed as historic items by everyone else.
Many collectors store their precious vehicles in a remote storage location, maybe a remote barn or outbuilding without electricity or telephone connection where traditional alarms are not an option.
As military vehicle collectors know, the loss of engine hatches on, say, a Daimler Ferret, Daimler Dingo or even a Vickers FV 432 would be hard to replace with a genuine item and costly to fabricate convincingly . The chassis of a Humber box, a transfer box for a Dodge Weapons carrier, the list is endless. The reality being that the financial gain for the thief is low but the cost to the collector in terms of replacement almost certainly outweighs the scrap value.
Rural Property Watch offer remote self-powered alarm systems that can alert owners to intrusions into their garages, barn or storage facility. They have a range of security systems that utilise both GSM and GPRS technology. All equipment have been awarded the “Secured by design” rating so are approved by UK Police forces.
GSM alarm systems act as a remote wireless security device for your premises. In the event of a GSM alarm being triggered, a text message will be forwarded immediately to your mobile phone and pre-configured telephone numbers via SMS, thus raising the alarm allowing you to make an immediate investigation of the activation.
GSM systems simply require the user to install a standard SIM card. Typically users spend between £7.50 – £10.00 per month depending on how many people the status and alarm messages are sent to, so budget for £90 – £120 per year.
You will need to supply your own SIM card for use in our GSM devices. This can be a contract SIM or a Pay-as-you-go SIM. We recommend either O2 or Vodafone SIM’s as these networks have the best national coverage (in the UK), however, users are encouraged to use whichever network has the best signal strength in the area where the system is located.
Our GPRS alarm systems, on the other hand, are fully monitored, meaning that any activation alerts are sent directly to an Alarm Receiving Centre. If the ARC is notified of activation they will immediately contact the registered keyholders and advise them of the activated alarm.
Status messages such as “armed”, “disarmed”, “battery status” etc. are sent via email to the users email account. With a smart phone those messages can be received anywhere you have coverage.
In addition to the above all of our GPRS alarm systems are accessible via a PIN, remotely, 24/7 through our secure online server. This allows you to monitor the status of the GPRS system, down to each individual detector connected to it, from anywhere in the world.
GPRS systems require a specific type of SIM card and this is supplied with the system at a cost of £60 per year (paid in one upfront payment). Monitoring charges are £70 per year (paid in one upfront payment). Total £130 per year.
Discounts on the purchase are available from Rural Property Watch for museums and registered charities.
