The Gold Standard.
Every Layer.
Most security companies provide a service. PT Alarms provides an ecosystem. From our own helicopter division to Level 1 B-BBEE status — we operate at a scale our competitors cannot match.
How We
Compare to Them.
When choosing a security partner, the differences are often hidden in the fine print. We've laid them out clearly so you can see the PT Alarms advantage.
7 Reasons
Clients Choose
PT Alarms.
Not marketing promises. Specific, verifiable facts that separate us from every other security company in South Africa.
No other private security provider in South Africa operates its own helicopter division. When a vehicle pursues into the bush, when a farm attack happens in a remote area, when aerial surveillance is the only way to track a fleeing suspect — only PT Alarms can respond from the air. Our competitors simply cannot match this.
Every service we offer — guarding, armed response, CCTV, access control, electric fencing, EMS, K9, air support, fire safety, investigations, retail security, control room monitoring and technical installation — is dispatched from a single 24/7 control room. No coordination gaps between providers. No delays in cross-service response.
Scale means we can always deploy. It means we hold stock of equipment, carry parts on every vehicle, have standby officers available and do not cancel shifts because of staffing shortages. 1,500+ people means you never wait because we ran out of resources. Most security companies cannot say this.
When your alarm triggers and our control room verifies a threat, we dispatch an armed response vehicle and an EMS unit at the same time. Your officer arrives to a situation that may require medical attention. Our paramedics are already en route. No other security company can do this — because no other security company has its own ambulance fleet.
PT Alarms is 100% Black female-owned — not through a BEE transaction, not through a front structure. It was founded this way and has operated this way since 1999. As a B-BBEE Level 1 contributor, we give your business the maximum procurement recognition points — critical for government tenders, JSE-listed companies and public sector contracts.
Founded in 1999 in Isipingo, Durban. Twenty-five years of deployments, incidents managed, systems installed and clients protected — across KwaZulu-Natal and beyond. Our systems, our processes and our people have been tested in the real world for a quarter of a century. The procedures that protect you were not written last year.
PSIRA (Reg: 1035505) · SAIDSA (#1336) · ISO 9001:2015 · SAQCC Fire · FPASA · NFPA · CIDB · FFETA · Dept of Labour · SABS Approved · SACAA Licensed. Every certification is current, audited and on file. When you partner with PT Alarms, your insurer, your auditor and your board can verify everything — and will find nothing missing.
What Your
Contract
Covers
When you sign with PT Alarms you are not buying a security guard. You are connecting your property to a full ecosystem of protection — every layer available on a single call to a single control room.
Get a ProposalEvery
Cert.
On File.
These are not honorary certificates. Every accreditation below is an active, current, audited credential held by PT Alarms — verifiable, on file, and available to clients and their auditors on request.
Level 1
PT Alarms is a verified B-BBEE Level 1 contributor. As a procurement partner, we give you the maximum B-BBEE scorecard recognition — critical for compliance in government tenders, listed-company supply chains and public-sector contracts.
Ownership
Rating
Day One
Supplier
"Three trucks stolen at 3am. Helicopter up in 12 minutes. All three located within 40 minutes. Two suspects arrested. Nothing else would have found them that fast."
"A worker collapsed — cardiac arrest. PT Alarms paramedics on scene in 6 minutes, defibrillated twice. He survived. I believe he is alive because of their response speed."
"Our premises failed a fire inspection. PT Alarms assessed, fixed every gap and issued our certificate in five days. The inspector signed off immediately on the second visit."
Everything
Covered.
Whether you need a single armed response connection or a full-site security and emergency services solution — our team will assess your property, design the right solution and have you protected fast.
