Self-storage customers trust you with their furniture, tools, vehicles and business stock. Most break-ins happen after the office closes, when the yard is dark and the gate is the only thing between a thief and hundreds of units. Secure Defence protects indoor, outdoor, climate-controlled and commercial storage facilities in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Mission, Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Hope with live video monitoring. Trained, licensed operators watch your cameras in real time and stop break-ins while they're still starting.
What we do: live video monitoring. We watch your facility as things happen and stop crime while it's still starting.
How we do it: smart cameras that detect people and vehicles, paired with trained, licensed operators in our own command centre in Richmond, BC, 24/7.
Your local team: a Lower Mainland salesperson who plans your coverage and a technician who installs and services your system.
Where we work: all of Western Canada, including BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
Track record: 11 years in business, award-winning, and named the Fastest Growing Security Company in Canada on The Globe and Mail and BIV lists for 2025 and 2026. 500+ businesses served and 1,000+ sites monitored across Western Canada.
The Abbotsford Police Department attended 178 business break and enters in 2025, and 72 more in just the first five months of 2026, including overnight break-ins at businesses on Townline Road and Peardonville Road in May (Abbotsford Police Department, June 9, 2026 release). Storage facilities, with rows of locked doors and few people around at night, face the same pressure.
One cut lock can turn into a dozen emptied units and a dozen unhappy customers. The aim is to stop the first one.
Picture a storage facility in Abbotsford at 2 am. Someone climbs the back fence and walks down a row of outdoor units with bolt cutters.
Our cameras flag the movement the moment it starts. An operator in our command centre sees the live picture within seconds. The operator speaks through the speaker and tells them they are on camera and police are being called. If they keep going, the siren and strobes go off. With a crime confirmed, the operator calls for Verified Police Response with a description, the vehicle and its direction of travel, and stays on the line until police arrive.
That's a 1-minute verified response. Because a person checks every alert, there are zero false alarms. Our clients see 98%+ overall crime reduction. More on our live video monitoring page.
Climate-controlled buildings with many unit sizes, hallways and door access.
Drive-up units and lots for vehicles, RVs, boats and large items.
for documents, equipment and sensitive items.
for business inventory and equipment.
with cut locks and pried doors.
by people who climb the fence or follow a customer through the gate.
so goods stored with you stay safe from theft and damage.
when the office is closed.
from outdoor lots, including catalytic converters.
in hallways and between buildings.
fire and smoke detection gives early warning, day or night.
of the gate, the perimeter and every row.
that ties customer codes to video, so you know who came in and when.
at the gate.
with operator notes and HD video to share with customers, police and insurers.
we keep 30 to 90 days and can search across all cameras in under 5 seconds.
for RV and boat lots with no power. See off-grid solutions.
Recorded cameras only show you what happened after a customer calls to say their unit was emptied. Live operators see someone walking the rows at 2 am, tell them they are on camera, and call for help before the second lock is cut. That protects your customers and your reputation, and it gives you a clear answer when someone asks what happened.
One monthly fee covers the equipment, installation, maintenance and live monitoring.
Your local rep walks the site with you and sends a recommended layout and quote within 24 to 48 hours.
Existing cameras can usually be connected to our command centre the same day.
Our technician installs pole cameras, speakers and strobes around your office hours. Pole-camera sites go live in 5 to 7 days.
RV and boat lots with no power get a solar tower within 24 hours. Each tower carries 4 to 8 cameras, and the battery lasts 2 weeks without sun, winter included. See off-grid solutions.
Every powered site gets a 24-hour backup power system. We keep 30 to 90 days of video and can search across all your cameras in under 5 seconds.
Clients save up to 70% compared with on-site guards, and one operator can watch the gate, the perimeter and every row at once. Guards are still available as a secondary option for special cases such as an auction day. The service is insurance-approved, and our 30-Day Performance Guarantee lets you see the results before you commit.
See our Fraser Valley security hub and commercial and industrial security.
Tell us about your storage facility. Our local team will visit and send a recommended setup and quote within 24 to 48 hours.