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Typically from $29 USD per guard/hour. See prices →
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BGS Security Division LLC
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Garden State Protection Group Inc
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National Secure Transport LLC
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Quality Security Services LLC
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Starboard Security Services LLC
U.S. Security Care of New Jersey, Inc.
Fire watch in Edison is usually an urgent, code-driven need — an impaired sprinkler or alarm system, or hot work — that requires trained officers, timed patrol logs and coordination with the local fire authority.
In Edison, demand for fire watch services is driven by central New Jersey's logistics and warehousing belt on the Turnpike and corporate and pharmaceutical office parks. The sectors that most rely on this service include logistics and warehousing, pharmaceutical and life sciences, corporate and R&D, with specific needs in areas such as the Turnpike distribution and warehouse belt, the corporate and pharma office parks, the retail centers. The city's main security concerns — warehouse and cargo theft and corporate campus and IP protection — make working with a licensed, professional provider a priority investment for businesses and homeowners.
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Estimated range per guard/hour in Edison:
$29 — $47 USD
That puts Edison about 4% above the US national range ($28 — $45) — local wage floors, cost of living and competition for licensed officers all push rates up.
Per guard per hour for code-required fire watch (impaired sprinkler/alarm systems, hot work). Urgency, required logs and marshal coordination bill above standard guard rates; usually 24/7 until systems are restored.
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Before you hire
A guide to fire watch: when it's required by code (NFPA 25 impaired sprinklers, OSHA and NFPA 51B hot work, fire-marshal orders), what a fire watch guard does, what it costs, and how quickly it can deploy.
Read the fire watch services buyer's guidePrivate security in New Jersey is licensed at the state level by the New Jersey State Police, Private Detective Unit (SORA). A legitimate company operating in Edison holds a Security Officer Company license (SORA), which means it has cleared New Jersey State Police's ownership, background-check and insurance requirements. Ask for that license number in writing and verify it yourself — a certificate on the wall tells you nothing about current standing, since a license can be suspended or revoked.
Hiring an unlicensed company is a risk you carry. In New Jersey, operating without a license is fourth-degree crime (indictable) (N.J.S.A. 45:19A-3 and 45:19A-4). Working as, or performing the functions of, a security officer without SORA registration is a fourth-degree crime (up to 18 months imprisonment, up to $10,000 fine), and a company owner/operator who employs an unregistered officer is separately guilty of a fourth-degree crime per officer employed, with civil penalties of $1,000 (first offense) to $2,500 (subsequent) also recoverable.
14 providers below list fire watch services in Edison. Ranking is based on verifiable signals, but the last checks are yours — and they are the ones that decide whether a contract holds up.
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