HARDWARE&SECURITY
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Jackloc campaign highlights
springtime household dangers
Award-winning window lock supplier Jackloc has launched a seasonal campaign –
“Spring should be called Fall” - to highlight the danger of unrestricted windows.
The campaign aims to raise consumer
awareness of the increased risk of falls
from unrestricted open windows at this
time of year, when people are keen to
enjoy the finer weather after a cold, wet
winter.
Jackloc Director Emma Wells said: “As
the spring finally arrives, it is natural
that people want to make the most of the
warmer, dryer weather and let some fresh
air into their homes by throwing open
their windows.
“But it is a tragic fact that people of
all ages die needlessly each year – and
thousands are injured – in the UK through
falls from unrestricted windows”
.
Family-run company Jackloc, which
created its unique original universal
window restrictor in 2003, has been
campaigning for more than 10 years to
educate people about the dangers of open
windows.
The company works with clients and
organisations such as the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)
to promote risk assessments, appropriate
safety measures and ongoing checks on
such equipment in a variety of settings,
from care homes to hotels.
A number of children are killed and
RoSPA estimates that 4,000 are injured in
falls from windows in the UK each year.
UK-based Jackloc is campaigning to make
restrictors compulsory on all windows
above ground floor level.
Jacklocs have been installed to improve
safety and security in buildings such as
private homes, care homes, hospitals,
schools, hotels, student accommodation
and high-rise flats all over the world,
including Arabia, Russia, South Africa,
Mexico, Australia, the USA, Singapore and
Malaysia.
Jacklocs can be fitted to any type of
window or door, whether wooden, metal
or uPVC and come in a variety of different
finishes and colours. The company
have recently launched a new retrolook restrictor, with a chrome finish and
transparent sleeve to reveal the metal
cable beneath.
They also have a ‘push-and-turn’ design
which doesn’t need a key to lock it into
position or release it.
To find out more, go to www.jackloc.com
or call 01455 220616.
Jackloc is the original,
award-winning universal
window restrictor
It is simple, strong, exceeds the most
rigorous safety standards and can
be fitted easily to any window or door.
Available in various colours, it allows
windows to be opened safely and
securely, reducing the risk of injury
and fatality from falls from windows.
Available in three designs key release, push-and-turn release
or permanent fixed
cable.
Made in Great Britain, sold worldwide
CALL US TODAY 01455 220 616 AND VISIT WWW.JACKLOC.COM
To read more, visit www.locksmithjournal.co.uk
“the price of safety cannot be measured”
MAR/APR 2014
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