Static Guard Services
Static Guard Services
A permanent, visible presence at your gate, lobby or perimeter — the strongest deterrent there is. The same officers return to your site, so they learn your people, your routine and what does not belong.
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- Victoria Police Licensed Private security licence (LRD)
- WorkSafe Insured Workers compensation cover in place
- Public Liability Insured Certificate of currency available on request
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What a properly run static post gives you
- Written post orders agreed before the first shift
- A documented handover between every shift change
- The same small team, so officers learn your site
- An honest recommendation if patrols would cover you for less
What is a static guard?
A static guard is a fixed post: one officer, one location, for the length of the shift. It is the most expensive form of guarding per hour and, for a site that carries risk continuously or needs someone controlling access, comfortably the most effective. Fortress supplies static officers to gatehouses, lobbies, docks and perimeters across Victoria.
A post is not a person standing somewhere. It is a defined position with a defined job, written down before the first shift: where the officer is and the circuit they leave it for, what they check and how often, who they admit and on whose authority, what they do when something happens and who they call first.
Sites that skip this get an officer who invents the role. Sites that do it get consistent cover no matter who is rostered.
The honest rule is this: if the risk exists for the whole shift, use a static guard. If it exists in windows, use mobile patrols. Most sites that think they need a guard actually need patrols plus alarm response, and we will tell you so.
Static guarding against mobile patrols
| Presence | Continuous for the whole shift, against 2-6 visits per night on patrol |
|---|---|
| Deterrence | Constant, against deterrence at the time of each visit |
| Response | Immediate, against next visit or on alarm |
| Access control | Possible — a patrol cannot admit your contractors |
| Relative cost | The highest per hour of any guarding option |
| Best suited to | High-value assets, continuous risk, or a site where somebody must check things through the shift |
Where a fixed post earns its cost
Gatehouses at distribution sites
Somebody has to check loads against dockets on the way out. No perimeter measure does that, which is why this is the highest-value post on most logistics sites. See security for warehouses and distribution centres.
Building sites at lock-up stage
The window when copper, cable and fit-off materials are on site and the building is not yet secure. Covered in more detail on construction site security.
Commercial lobbies in business hours
Visitor control and tailgating prevention, where the officer is also the first person a client meets.
The handover between shifts
Cover fails between shifts, not during them. An officer who arrives not knowing the rear roller door has been faulty for three days will not check it — so ours write a handover every shift, and you get it too.
Where we deploy static guard services
We are a service-area business: officers travel to your site from our Williams Landing base, across metropolitan Melbourne and out to regional Victoria. Travel is quoted separately and up front, so you can see what coverage costs before you book.
Static Guard Services FAQs
A static guard remains at one site for the whole shift. A mobile patrol visits multiple sites on a schedule, spending a short period at each. Static guarding gives maximum deterrence; mobile patrols give cost-effective coverage across several locations.
Our standard minimum engagement is four hours, in line with the Security Services Industry Award. Most static posts are booked as 8 or 12 hour shifts.
Yes. Concierge-style officers can manage visitor sign-in, deliveries, keys and switchboard duties alongside their security responsibilities.
Yes. Round-the-clock cover is typically rostered as two 12-hour shifts or three 8-hour shifts with supervisor handovers between each.