Event Security Guard Services
Count on us for top notch event security planning, management and execution.
Event security is a multi-faceted endeavor that requires careful planning and adept, professional execution. When you hire Commissionaires to look after your event security needs, you can be confident your special event will be in safe hands. Whether you are staging a corporate convention or a private function, large or small, indoor or outdoor, Commissionaires is perfect for the job.
Planning for Success
It starts with a comprehensive plan. Commissionaires’ professionally trained security experts will consult with you to determine the security plan that reduces risks and is most cost effective. Aspects we consider include:
- Anticipated size and nature of your event;
- Involvement of minors;
- Whether alcohol will be served;
- High profile or controversial presenter or performer;
- Formal and subdued event or a casual party atmosphere;
- Whether it is highly publicized;
- Valuable equipment that will be used at the venue.
First Impressions Count
When you hire Commissionaires, you are hiring highly-trained commissionaires who can think on their feet. The security team often represents first contact with your valued guests. Our uniformed commissionaires take their job as ambassadors for your event seriously. They are polite, articulate and professional as well as ready to field simple questions, gently ensure course corrections and effectively prevent or diffuse issues. They are extensively trained to ‘read’ the mood of a crowd, to quietly identify potential sources of concern and to respond quickly and effectively in emergency situations. So on event day, you can focus on what you do best, comfortable that your security needs are being met. Our commitment to you, the client, is twofold–the very best security guards and the highest level of customer service.
Our Security Services Cover All the Bases
Our full range of security services include:
- Security audits – identifying security concerns and solutions in advance;
- Access control – perimeter control, automated gates, ID management, security passes;
- Traffic control – ensuring vehicular traffic moves smoothly and efficiently;
- Crowd control – ensuring guests know where to go and how to get there with ease;
- Emergency response – professional personnel trained in best response to fire, medical and physical emergencies;
- Proactive patrolling (mobile patrol) – ensuring premises and surrounding grounds are patrolled to identify any suspicious persons, cars or materials and conducting regular security and fire alarm checks;
- Body checks and searches – systematic, discrete individual screening at the gate;
- Property protection – equipment and confidential areas protected from intruders, damage and theft;
- Parking attendants—checking all vehicles before entering and exiting parking areas for identification and access permits.
A Team Built to Meet Your Needs
Our team comprises a unique mix of youthful energy and seasoned judgment and each commissionaire is trained to step up, stand out and think on their feet to solve problems before they happen. Our seasoned, hands-on management team backs up every security guard 24/7. This means you can rest assured you have the right balance of youth and maturity working for you to ensure both safety and a high standard of customer service. Additionally, our commissionaires are:
- Experienced and diverse in background – many of our commissionaires and management team are former military and RCMP, who bring their front-line experience to current roles. We hire people of all ages, with a variety of backgrounds to ensure a strong, diverse workforce;
- Trained to high standards – commissionaires receive security training that meets or exceed provincially mandated standards as well as superior on the job training;
- Uniformed – the Commissionaires’ uniform ensures our people look highly presentable in their professional capacity. It also gives them a sense of pride, symbolizing the integrity and commitment with which they do their jobs. Many commissionaires have previously served in uniform, connecting them to their history of protecting their country and communities;
- Flexible and adaptable – whether you need to supplement your own security services or outsource all your security requirements, we can fill your specific needs. We can also train our commissionaires on your equipment and technology;
- Part of a dynamic organization – Commissionaires has more than 85 years of experience in protecting people and property with a forward-thinking approach to the business of security.