Farmyard Security
General Advice
- Restrict access to your yard. Install gates and fix them to a sturdy concrete or metal post. Keep locked.
- Make your plant and equipment less attractive to thieves by making it more distinctive. Use livery stickers or paint your plant and equipment in corporate colours. Security devices such as Datatag marking or trackers should be considered as an option.
- Keep a register of plant and equipment, noting serial numbers, markings colour etc. Photographs are also a useful way of recording the scale of items.
- Store your tools and smaller machinery items in a building with enhanced security features close to the farmhouse.
- Fencing, hedges and walls should be robust, well maintained and checked regularly for breaches.
- Consider installing an alarm in vulnerable areas. An alarm will emit an audible warning and CCTV will provide surveillance on places out of view of the farmhouse.
- Illuminate areas which are overlooked from the dwelling or covered by CCTV.
For more information please download the Farm security booklet in .pdf format.
Property marking and registration
CESAR
There are a number of property marking and registration schemes available. CESAR (Construction Equipment Security and Registration scheme http://www.cesarscheme.org/ ) is approved by the Construction Equipment Association and supported by the Home Office Association of Chief Police Officers. The visible and covert marking CESAR offers should be a deterrent to those who are looking to steal the plant/ agricultural equipment, and will help in the detection and investigation and prosecution of the offender.
CESAR has been proven to deter theft, however remember when plant/agricultural equipment is left unatteded, immobilise them or use additional security devises to limit the potential for unauthorised use.
Stats:
Over 4 times less likely to be stolen (compared with IMIA data)
Recovery rate increased by 6 fold (source. Met police. )
