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Free security tools and checklists for South San Francisco sites
One page for every free planning aid on this site: a guard and patrol cost calculator plus two printable checklists. If you manage an office, a property or a facility in South San Francisco, they help you get a clearer read on your security needs before anyone comes out for a walkthrough.
What you’ll find here
Three resources sit on this page. One is an online calculator that puts a monthly range on a guard post or a patrol plan. The other two are checklists you can read on screen or print as a PDF: one for walking your own property, one for writing the orders an officer works from.
None of them needs the others. Pick the one that matches the question you have today, whether that’s the budget, the weak spots on the property or the instructions for the post.
Cost calculator
Security guard cost calculator: price an unarmed officer at your site by officers on duty, hours a day and days a week, or price mobile patrol by visits a night, minutes per visit and nights a week. A vehicle option covers larger sites, and the result is a low and high monthly figure for budgeting.
Printable checklists (PDF)
Property security assessment checklist: a self-guided walk that moves from the fence line and lighting to doors, docks, cameras, the parking lot, after-hours activity and how police and fire reach the right entrance. It comes as a PDF you can mark up on a daylight pass and again after dark.
Writing post orders: a checklist: a line-by-line list for drafting post orders or checking a set someone wrote for your site, covering the station and hours, duties for each shift, rounds, access, logs, emergency contacts and the shift handoff. Download it as a PDF to use as a markup sheet.
Using them side by side
A sensible order is to open the calculator first and see what a guard schedule or a set of patrol visits might cost per month. The assessment checklist then shows where the property is exposed, so you can judge whether that schedule covers the hours and areas that worry you. The post orders checklist helps once you know a guard is coming, because it lists what the officer should be told about the station, the rounds and who to call.
For background before you choose, our guides on choosing patrol or a posted guard and getting ready for a site walkthrough fill in the reasoning behind each tool.
Get help
If you’d like a second set of eyes on your numbers or your notes, request a free walkthrough and we’ll look at the property with you and put a firm rate in writing.
A few useful answers
Common questions
Do these tools cost anything?
No. The calculator and both checklists are free to use, on screen or printed, as often as your planning needs.
What should we bring to the walkthrough after using these tools?
Bring the range the calculator gave you and any checklist pages you marked up. We walk the property with them in hand, match posts or patrol visits to what you noted and send you a firm monthly rate in writing.
What format are the checklists in?
Both checklists can be read on their pages and downloaded as a PDF, which prints well enough to carry on a clipboard and mark by hand.
Can we send our calculator estimate to you?
Yes. The button under your result copies your schedule into the quote request, and we reply within one business day to set up a free walkthrough.
Do the checklists suit our type of property?
They’re written for the sites that make up much of South San Francisco: offices and research buildings, warehouses and docks, hotels, shops and apartment properties. Skip any line that doesn’t apply and add notes for anything unusual about yours.