Fire alarm & security services in Bury St Edmunds
Commercial fire alarms and fire extinguishers, intruder alarms, access control and CCTV for Bury St Edmunds businesses, from the historic town centre to Suffolk Business Park, installed and maintained by one team.
- SSAIB certified for security
- FIA member for fire
- Free site visit and quotation
At a glance
- Based in
- Huntingdon
- Covering
- Bury St Edmunds (IP28 to IP33) and West Suffolk
- Accreditation
- SSAIB for security, FIA member for fire
- Services
- Fire alarms, extinguishers, intruder alarms, access control and CCTV
- Support
- 24-hour service line and emergency call-out
- Clients
- Local businesses to national organisations
Overview
Your fire and security company in Bury St Edmunds
BDi Advance provides fire and security services for businesses in Bury St Edmunds, the West Suffolk market town on the A14 between Cambridge and Ipswich. We work with shops, offices and hospitality venues around Abbeygate Street and the Buttermarket, and with factories, warehouses and trade premises on the Western Way and Northern Way estates and at Suffolk Business Park. Alongside intruder alarms, access control and CCTV, we design, install, service and repair commercial fire alarms and supply and maintain fire extinguishers.
As a Cambridgeshire business with local engineers, we reach Bury St Edmunds easily along the A14 from our Huntingdon base. One team looks after your fire safety and security systems, so there is one contract, one maintenance visit schedule and one number to call.
- Local engineers based in Huntingdon, covering Cambridgeshire and East Anglia
- SSAIB certified for CCTV, intruder alarms and access control
- A member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA) for fire alarm work
- 24-hour manned service line and 24-hour emergency call-out, 365 days a year
- We service and take over systems installed by other companies
- One supplier for security and fire rather than two to chase
Quotations start with a free site visit. Contact us on 01223 566 599, or through our website, to book a visit to your Bury St Edmunds premises.
Why choose us
Why BDi Advance in Bury St Edmunds
What you can expect when your Bury St Edmunds premises is looked after by BDi Advance.
A survey before any quote
Free visit
An engineer visits your premises, looks at how the building is used and what needs protecting, and only then designs the system. The survey is free.
Fire and security in one contract
One team
Fire alarms, fire extinguishers, intruder alarms, access control and CCTV can share one maintenance schedule and one point of contact.
Someone answers at any hour
Support
Call our manned service line day or night, on any day of the year, and we will send an emergency technician out whenever one is needed.
Inherited systems welcome
Takeovers
Moved into a unit with an existing fire alarm or security system? We service, maintain and take over systems installed by other companies.
Our services
Our services in Bury St Edmunds
From a single shop unit in the town centre to a distribution site off the A14, each system is designed around the building and how it is used, and can be serviced by the same team afterwards.
Choose a service to find out more. We also have dedicated Bury St Edmunds pages for intruder alarms, access control and commercial security systems.
CCTV
Camera systems for car parks, yards, loading bays and shop floors around Bury St Edmunds, with recording, remote viewing and analytics, including Avigilon, i-PRO and Milestone systems.
Best for: seeing what happens around your site, day and night.
Intruder alarms
Keyholder alerts and monitored options are available on the graded intruder alarms we install and service under our SSAIB certification for Bury St Edmunds shops, offices and industrial units.
Best for: knowing at once if someone gets in out of hours.
Access control
Offices, factories, schools and healthcare buildings controlled with fobs, cards, keypads and door entry, including Paxton and Avigilon access control systems.
Best for: deciding who can go where, and when.
Fire alarms
For Bury St Edmunds premises, we design, install, service and repair conventional and addressable fire alarms, and supply and service fire extinguishers.
Best for: businesses, landlords and responsible persons with fire safety duties.
Security and fire
Security systems in Bury St Edmunds
Bury St Edmunds has a wide mix of buildings to protect: listed shopfronts and offices in the conservation area, modern units on the business parks, and yards where vehicles and stock stay outside overnight. We plan intruder alarms, access control and CCTV as one where it helps, so an alarm activation can be checked on camera and doors managed from a single system.
For more on security in the town, see our pages on security systems in Bury St Edmunds and commercial security systems in Bury St Edmunds.
Fire safety for Bury St Edmunds premises
If you are the responsible person for a shop, office, factory or let building in Bury St Edmunds, our engineers can install and look after your fire alarm and fire extinguishers, and we arrange the rest through our sister companies, so you have one point of contact.
Fire alarm installation
Conventional and addressable fire alarm and detection systems, designed for the building and how it is used, then installed and commissioned by our engineers. BDi Advance is a member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA). Commercial fire alarms
Servicing, inspection and repairs
Routine servicing and inspection of existing fire alarms, with fault finding and repairs when something goes wrong, including systems first installed by another company.
Fire extinguishers
The right types and the minimum legal quantity of fire extinguishers for your premises, supplied, installed and serviced. Fire extinguisher services
Fire risk assessments, fire doors, fire stopping and suppression
Fire risk assessments are arranged through our sister company Pyro Fire, and fire doors and fire stopping are delivered by our sister company Aran Fire Protection. Aran Fire Protection also provides fire suppression, with all enquiries through BDi Advance. You deal with us throughout. Fire risk assessments
One visit schedule for fire and security. Your fire alarm and extinguishers can be serviced alongside your intruder alarm, access control and CCTV.
Servicing and maintenance in Bury St Edmunds
A fire or security system is only useful if it works when it is needed. Bury St Edmunds businesses can hand us the servicing, maintenance and repair of fire alarms, fire extinguishers, intruder alarms, access control and CCTV, whoever installed them.
24-hour support
Bury St Edmunds businesses can call a manned line at any hour of any day, get an emergency technician out 24 hours a day, and have faults looked at remotely where the system allows.
Takeovers and upgrades
Taken on a building with an older system? We inspect it and advise whether repair, upgrade or replacement makes most sense for the site and the budget.
Our maintenance contracts include a full check twice a year as standard. More about maintenance
Site and perimeter security
ANPR, barriers and perimeter protection
Larger sites around Bury St Edmunds, such as manufacturing and distribution premises near the A14 and on Suffolk Business Park, often need to control vehicles and protect the boundary as well as the buildings. We install and maintain these systems alongside CCTV and access control.
Linked to your other systems, they bring number plate reads, barriers and perimeter alarms at your Bury St Edmunds site into one picture.
ANPR cameras
Vehicle recognition
Automatic number plate recognition, including TagMaster ANPR cameras, for car parks, gatehouses and vehicle access control.
Barriers and turnstiles
Controlled entry
Automatic barriers, bollards, road blockers and turnstiles to manage vehicle and pedestrian entry to your site.
Perimeter protection
The site boundary
Perimeter intrusion detection and fence alarms that detect intruders at the boundary, before they reach the building.
How we work
From site visit to ongoing support
Quotations start with a free site visit. We come to your Bury St Edmunds premises, walk the building with you and design fire and security systems that suit the site, your fire safety duties and the budget.
Site visit
Free site visit and quotation
Design
Systems planned around your building, your risks and any insurer or fire safety requirements
Installation
Installed, programmed and tested by our engineers
Handover
Your team shown how to use each system, with apps set up where relevant
Ongoing support
Planned maintenance, with a full check twice a year as standard
SSAIB certified for security, FIA members for fire
Bury St Edmunds installations of access control, CCTV and intruder alarms, along with their servicing and maintenance, are carried out under our SSAIB certification. For fire alarm work, BDi Advance is a member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA). We are also a CHAS accredited contractor. Bury St Edmunds businesses with insurer or fire safety conditions should mention them at the survey stage, so the design is built around them.
Fire and security across Bury St Edmunds and West Suffolk
We are a Cambridgeshire business with local engineers, reaching Bury St Edmunds and the West Suffolk villages around it along the A14, and providing responsive maintenance and long-term support for the systems we install and the ones we take over.
Areas near Bury St Edmunds
We work across Bury St Edmunds, from the town centre and Moreton Hall to the Western Way and Northern Way estates, and in the villages around the town. We also cover these nearby towns.
- Newmarket
- Haverhill
- Cambridge
- Fulbourn
- Bishop's Stortford
- Huntingdon
- St Ives
- Stowmarket
- Thetford
- Sudbury
- Mildenhall
Our engineers are local to the region, and we also work with national clients across the UK.
Sectors we work in
In and around Bury St Edmunds we protect shops, offices, factories, food and drink producers, warehouses, schools and healthcare premises.
- Food production
- Manufacturing
- Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical
- Technology
- Retail
- Warehouses
- Education
A food producer needs controlled access to production areas and a clear fire plan, a warehouse needs its yard watched overnight. We design around how the site is actually used.
“The engineers that have been on site have liaised with all members of our team whilst working on site. They were professional, great to work with, have understood the importance of timely completion of task and have above all worked safely and considerately.”
Operations Manager, Amey
Next step
Free site visit and quotation
We do not quote fire and security systems from a price list. A visit shows us the building, how it is used and what needs protecting, and the design is then shaped to the site and the budget. There is no charge for the visit.
Talk to us about fire and security for your Bury St Edmunds premises
Book a free site surveyCall 01223 566 599No charge for the visit
Frequently asked questions
Yes. We design, install, service, inspect and repair commercial fire alarm and fire detection systems for businesses, landlords and responsible persons in Bury St Edmunds, including conventional and addressable systems. BDi Advance is a member of the Fire Industry Association (FIA).
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