The Danish Institute of Fire & Security (DBI), based in Copenhagen, applied to the EU for funding to send two groups of ten security trainers to the UK in a partnership with Skills for Security (SfS), the skills and standards setting body for the security sector. The aim; to show security training here in the UK and share best practices.
The second visit ran a week during June (the first visited in March 2013). Among the visitors were representatives from the Danish Security Parliament, installation companies and end users, including the Head of Investigations for the Danish Institute of Fire and Security. All are involved in security training and were keen to see the UK at work.
Trainers were welcomed by the organisations below who kindly gave their time and expertise. SfS thanks go to all involved from:-
โขWorcester Fire Station
โขG4S and Her Majestyโs Prison, Birmingham
โขAsset Protection and Brindley Place, Birmingham
โขThe Fire Protection Association, Moreton in Marsh
โขCooper Security, Mitcheldean
โขTavcom Training, Hampshire
โขBroadlands Guards and Kingston-upon-Thames Council CCTV Control Room
โขNova Security, Abington
Dudleyโs Coaches of Worcester again were shuttling everyone around for the week and keeping everyone on time.
What they say
Henrik Jensen – DBI, Group lead for Group 2
โโฆThe Leonardo Mobility provided a unique networking opportunity which will go on for years. We were impressed by how the security industry and the police team-up to solve problems and crime using all available resources.โ
Jack Hansen โ Bravida
โThis has been a very interesting week with lots of inputs and new ways of seeing things. I have found new inspiration and met a lot of people with great knowledge to learn from some of the most Skilled people from the security businesses in England.โ
โโฆWe got new inspiration about how online support could be done better by Cooper Securityโ
Ninna Auvinen โ Security Danish Parliament
โโฆKingston Council was an inspiration and would love to have had more timeโ
โโฆour driver was an excellent ambassador for the Brits way. He was flexible, innovative and very kindโโฆ
Ken Rasmussen โ DBI Head of Investigations
โThis trip was a great way to learn about how you in England tackle some of the same problems we also have to deal with in Denmark.โ
Bill Croft – Asset Protection
โโฆ.it was a pleasure to host the visit at Brindley Placeโฆโ
Frank Adamson – Broadlands Guards
โThe visit from the Danish representatives to the CCTV Control Room at Kingston upon Thames [pictured] went extremely well and we believe that ties have been made with our Danish colleagues and that both parties benefited a great deal from the visit.โ
